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Pull up a chair and listen to a sharp, funny Hollywood legend spill decades of behind-the-scenes secrets to an eager fellow filmmaker. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with Conversations with Wilder.
- nostalgic
- intimate
- reflective
- glamorous
- 01
Hitchcock
Francois Truffaut · 1993
Pull up a chair and listen in as two master architects of cinema dismantle the mechanics of suspense, frame by frame.
- 02
Easy riders, raging bulls
Peter Biskind · 1998
A breathless, gossipy, and utterly addictive front-row seat to the brilliant, drug-fueled trainwreck that birthed modern American cinema.
- 03
Propositioned Into A Foreign Affair
Catherine Mann
A glamorous, high-stakes contemporary romance where a mutually beneficial arrangement between a vulnerable starlet and a protective magnate inevitably blurs into real passion.
- 04
Hollywood Babylon
Kenneth Anger
A lurid, gleefully wicked tour through the rotting foundations of the world's most glamorous company town.
- 05
Lulu in Hollywood
Louise Brooks
A razor-sharp, unsentimental tour through the golden age of cinema, guided by one of its most fiercely intelligent and uncompromising stars.
- 06
Full service
Scotty Bowers
A breezy, unapologetic backstage pass to the secret, sun-drenched hedonism of Golden Age Hollywood.
- 07
The Talk Of Hollywood
Carole Mortimer
A high-glamour, high-tension clash of egos where professional boundaries melt under the heat of undeniable attraction.
- 08
The other side of me
Sidney Sheldon · 2005
A glittering, fast-paced trip through Hollywood's golden era that hides a surprisingly vulnerable story of creative survival.
- 09
Wishful Drinking
Carrie Fisher · 2008
A razor-sharp, laugh-out-loud survival guide to Hollywood royalty, addiction, and the absurdity of being a human action figure.
- 10
Hank Williams
Colin Escott, George Merritt and others · 1994
An intimate, visual excavation of a country music legend's meteoric rise and tragic fall.
- 11
Role Models
John Waters
A gleefully subversive self-portrait painted through intimate, amusing, and happily horrifying profiles of eccentric inspirations.
- 12
Clara Bow
David Stenn
A glittering but tragic portrait of Hollywood's first 'It' girl, capturing both the dizzying heights of Roaring Twenties fame and the devastating cost of studio exploitation.
