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Bezig met laden... The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hitdoor Ron Shelton
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. This book is for a specific audience. You pretty much have to be a fan of the movie Bull Durham to get into this book. I also happen to be a fan of the city of Durham which helps also. If you are, then you will find much of this fascinating--he covers the origin of the story and the birth of it's characters, the crafting of the screenplay and translating it to film in a straightforward informative manner. If you are not a fan of the movie you will likely not care about any of it. Written by the writer/director, the book touches on broader industry topics but usually with a throwaway line or quip. A minor league player himself, his career is treated as a series of impressions rather than a personal history. Alas, I am a fan of the movie and Durham, so this is in my wheelhouse--otherwise this would be three stars. Fascinating! I don't know how directors manage to make the great films they do. This book would certainly discourage anyone from taking up the task. We watched the film before we read the book. Now I'm ready to watch it again. Ron Shelton did a good job reading his work. I'm grateful for all he put up with to make this film. I want to track down some of the books and movies he mentioned in the book as well. I love a book that opens so many doors. Shelton, Ron. The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit. Knopf, 2022. In 1987, Ron Shelton was a first-time director, and Kevin Costner was not yet an actor whose presence would automatically greenlight a Hollywood movie. Nor was a script about minor league baseball an idea to make studio moguls dig for their wallets. But Costner looked good swinging a bat, and Shelton, who had played in the minor leagues, had the bones of the script that would eventually become Bull Durham. The film launched Shelton’s career and became a lasting cultural icon. His memoir about the gestation of the project is the best book I have read on the process of filmmaking since William Goldman’s Adventures in the Screen Trade (1983). It details a filmmaking process and an industry structure that already seem as nostalgic as a Whitman poem about baseball. 5 stars. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"Bull Durham, the breakthrough 1988 film about a minor league baseball team, is widely revered as the best sports movie of all time. But back in 1987, Ron Shelton was a first-time director and no one was willing to finance a movie about baseball-especially a story set in the minors. The jury was still out on Kevin Costner's leading man potential, while Susan Sarandon was already a has-been. There were doubts. But something miraculous happened, and The Church of Baseball attempts to capture why. From organizing a baseball camp for the actors and rewriting key scenes while on set, to dealing with a short production schedule and overcoming the challenge of filming the sport, Shelton brings to life the making of this beloved American movie. As he tells the story of Bull Durham, Shelton also explains the rarely revealed ins-and-outs of moviemaking, from a film's inception and financing, screenwriting, casting, the nuts-and-bolts of directing, the post-production process, and even through its release. But this is also a book about baseball and its singular romance in the world of sports. Shelton himself spent six years in the minor leagues before making this film, and his experiences resonate throughout this book. Full of wry humor and insight, The Church of Baseball tells the remarkable story behind an iconic film"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The reviews were terrific-except for the guy in Durnam-but two particular responses stuck with me then and now.
First, a message on my phone from Bill Kirkpatrick, a tough pitcher and teammate from the minors I hadn't talked to in years. The message was simple: "Shelly. Willy K. Great fuckin' flick. Bye." I had the guys on the bus.
Good stuff, definitely recommend. ( )