![]() One, called Sex and Drugs, contains the hilarious story of drug fiend Scorsese surreptitiously maintaining his coke habit while under 24-hour guard from the FBI, following a death threat. The DVD extras are neatly labelled in coherent sections. This is not just a boys' club - Ellen Burstyn, Margot Kidder and Karen Black are among the perceptive interviewees, along with Paul Schrader, Richard Dreyfuss and many more. "What the fuck's an hommage?" was his reply. The sheer incomprehension from both sides of the battle are neatly summed up as Arthur Penn and Warren Beatty nervously attempt to explain the new wave- influenced Bonnie and Clyde to dinosaur studio boss Jack Warner as an hommage to the Warners' gangster films of the 40s. There are lots of pithy quotes, from Dennis Hopper's "I had final cut and cut my own throat", relating to his drug-fuelled The Last Movie, to John Milius's "Hollywood was a walled city. ©1999 Peter Biskind (P)2008 Brilliance Audio, Inc. There's enough detail in Biskind's book for a whole series, but this lengthy documentary, co-financed by the BBC and narrated by William H Macy, covers most bases in the battle between the artists/madmen and the suits. Easy Rider, Raging Bulls follows the wild ride that was Hollywood in the 70s - an unabashed celebration of sex, drugs, and rock n roll (both on screen and off) and a climate where innovation and experimentation reigned supreme.
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