Considering I spent the last week on vacation (for the most part), my movie watching was limited… very limited. I did watch Frozen a second time and watched Inside Llewyn Davis on the plane on the way home as I’m just now beginning to rewatch several of this year’s films as I put together my top ten list for 2013.
However, I did manage to finish a book I’ve been reading, Otto Freidrich‘s “[amazon asin=”0520209494″ text=”City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940s”]” and I’ve now started reading Sam Kashner and Jennifer MacNair‘s “[amazon asin=”0393324362″ text=”The Bad and the Beautiful”]”, which is centered on Hollywood in the ’50s, but it’s a decidedly different look than “City of Nets”.
“City of Nets” is more of a toned down overview of Hollywood in the ’40s akin to Peter Biskind’s “[amazon asin=”0684857081″ text=”Easy Riders, Raging Bulls”]” just a little less gossipy. However, after the first 100 pages or so, “Bad and Beautiful” is told largely through the gossip rags with a focus on Confidential. Seems appropriate enough, though so far it isn’t nearly as in-depth as some may be looking.
And that’s about it for me. Share what you watched this week and I hope you all have great plans for the coming holidays.
