The Operator: David Geffen Builds, Buys, and Sells the New Hollywood
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| Rating | : | 4.64 (645 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0767907574 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 688 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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This is the perfect title for this book JB Vick Pretty good read . Definitely filled with insight from people who know the subject and are afraid to say anything negative about him. However, the author makes up for it by inserting that train of thought himself and paints a clear picture. It ends around 1992 so we can expect a sequel! I hope they add more "how he did this" type of stories rather just saying "he did it"Big drawback is you can't find it digital. Gotta buy the tree. But its worth the effort.. Lots of anecdotes, little depth. Carl99 You have to wonder how a reporterfrom The Wall Street Journal, no less, can be so adept at cliche slinging and say so little about character and motivation in so many pages. If you read this book, you'll read it because you already know a little about Geffen and are curious as to how he got where he is. You'll find out about the "how", but you won't find out about the "why". You'll read about Geffen's clever and frequently dishonest deal making, but you won't know why he was compelled , or driven, to do what he did. Instead of providing som. An unintelligent approach towards an intelligent mogul S. Haldar The book is a good read, mainly if you are a fan of gossip. The book by Tom King seems like his research was based on unintelligent gossips, more than a well-thought-out dive into the life of a very successful businessman. It's hard to analyze intelligent, successful people, just for the simple fact that they think so differently. Geffen is an exceptionally talented human being, with a very keen sense of business management. And like any super-smart person, in order to be very successful, one has to be ruthless sometimes. But, after reading
With The Operator, Tom King–who interviewed Geffen for the book and had unimpeded access to his circle of intimates–presents a mesmerizing chronicle of Geffen’s meteoric rise from the mailroom at William Morris, as well as a captivating tour of thirty sizzling years of Hollywood history. “A detailed portrait of Hollywood’s premier manipulator…The Operator is as much a composite portrait of the ‘New Hollywood’ as it is of the fifty-seven-year-old partner in DreamWorks SKG.” –San Francisco Chronicle“IlluminatingThe Operator shows how raging ambition and c
Geffen allegedly softens up his prey in a business deal by offering up disarming gossip about his own life--his traumatic courtship of Cher, or Marlo Thomas, perhaps, or the male prostitute he is said to have boasted about being in bed with the night John Lennon was shot. "I'm not screaming!" Geffen screams. As a visionary in the music, movie, and Broadway theater industries, Geffen orchestrates the sale of his record companies, which made him a billionaire, and brings you Laura Nyro; Cats; Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young; Tom Cruise; the Eagles; Nirvana; Bob Dylan; John Lennon; Guns N' Roses; Saving Pri