Perhaps part of #1 and #2, but I would add to maintain relationships, hobbies, activities OUTSIDE of the film industry. It helps fuel creative energy, inspiration, creates balance and grounds a person. For me, nothing is better than taking a break with the family, going on holiday, playing one of my instruments, taking photographs, etc... Vital for maintaining a creative and sustainable life (in film) for the long haul, in my opinion.
Working as a filmmaker outside the “film industry” has been the best move for me - professionally speaking. It’s given me fresh  perspective how to approach scripted Narratives when I decide to explore a new no-budget project. I find movie industry people to be fickle and caught up in an echo chamber.
Thinking on #2 -- what are some of the sharpest books that interrogate the machinery of the industry? Not in terms of how to succeed, but in terms of how it really works and what drives it, past, present and future.
Excellent question. Someone needs to write it. I do it on my own. I will be sharing some of thoughts, processes, questions/answers here. And I will look to source your answer further. Thanks.
Theres also 'the big picture' by epstein for history...'streaming, sharing stealing' by smith and telang for the present future... 'disney war' for the disaster stories...Corman's book...and of course Lumet for directors.
but nothing recent from an insider.
help us obiwan, you're our only Hope!
(hollywood could use something akin to what ray dalio did for macroeconomics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0 ...how the hell does the hollywood machine work anyway?
Perhaps part of #1 and #2, but I would add to maintain relationships, hobbies, activities OUTSIDE of the film industry. It helps fuel creative energy, inspiration, creates balance and grounds a person. For me, nothing is better than taking a break with the family, going on holiday, playing one of my instruments, taking photographs, etc... Vital for maintaining a creative and sustainable life (in film) for the long haul, in my opinion.
Working as a filmmaker outside the “film industry” has been the best move for me - professionally speaking. It’s given me fresh  perspective how to approach scripted Narratives when I decide to explore a new no-budget project. I find movie industry people to be fickle and caught up in an echo chamber.
Thinking on #2 -- what are some of the sharpest books that interrogate the machinery of the industry? Not in terms of how to succeed, but in terms of how it really works and what drives it, past, present and future.
Excellent question. Someone needs to write it. I do it on my own. I will be sharing some of thoughts, processes, questions/answers here. And I will look to source your answer further. Thanks.
Thanks Ted!
Getting some answers for you already on my twitter feed if you check it out.
William Goldman's "Adventures in the Screen Trade"
The Producer. A 1951 novel by Richard Brooks
My Indecision is Final: The Rise and Fall of Goldcrest Films by Jake Eberts and Terry Ilott
And Picture by Lillian Ross
Stephen Bach. Final Cut.
Theres also 'the big picture' by epstein for history...'streaming, sharing stealing' by smith and telang for the present future... 'disney war' for the disaster stories...Corman's book...and of course Lumet for directors.
but nothing recent from an insider.
help us obiwan, you're our only Hope!
(hollywood could use something akin to what ray dalio did for macroeconomics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHe0bXAIuk0 ...how the hell does the hollywood machine work anyway?