tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9518779.post5125443155585630384..comments2023-07-06T04:29:27.227-05:00Comments on Reading for Writers: Easy Riders Raging Bulls by Peter BiskindA. P. Bucakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06041973307279126317noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9518779.post-744207073630815562008-02-19T18:37:00.000-05:002008-02-19T18:37:00.000-05:00My favorite anecdote about "The Graduate." Directo...My favorite anecdote about "The Graduate." Director Mike Nichols, while interviewing Robert Redford for the part of Benjamin, tried to explain that he was not right for the role. "Have you ever been rejected by a girl?" asked Nichols, to which Redford replied, "What do you mean?" <BR/>"Exactly!" said Nichols.William Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02079404187170586777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9518779.post-66361250657247892932008-02-19T18:31:00.000-05:002008-02-19T18:31:00.000-05:00My three favorite movie books are William Goldman'...My three favorite movie books are William Goldman's "Adventures in the Screen Trade" (I only wish it went past the early 1980s); David Mamet's "Bambi vs. Godzilla" (for its description of all the great movies I missed); and David McClintick's "Indecent Exposure: A True Story of Hollywood and Wall Street" (investigative journalism that reads like a novel).William Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02079404187170586777noreply@blogger.com