{"product_id":"golden-hour-hb","title":"Golden Hour Hb","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA personal and cultural exploration of the struggles between art and business at the heart of modern Hollywood, through the eyes of the talent that shaped it\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatthew Specktor grew up in the film industry: the son of legendary CAA superagent Fred Specktor, his childhood was one where Beau Bridges came over for dinner, Martin Sheen’s daughter was his close friend, and Marlon Brando left long messages on the family answering machine. He would eventually spend time working in Hollywood himself, first as a reluctant studio executive and later as a screenwriter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, with\u003cem\u003e The Golden Hour\u003c\/em\u003e, Specktor blends memoir, cultural criticism, and narrative history to tell the story of the modern motion picture industry—illuminating the conflict between art and business that has played out over the last seventy-five years in Hollywood. Braiding his own story with that of his father, mother (a talented screenwriter whose career was cut short), and figures ranging from Jack Nicholson to CAA’s Michael Ovitz, Specktor reveals how Hollywood became a laboratory for the eternal struggle between art, labor, and capital.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning with the rise of Music Corporation of America in the 1950s, \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Hour\u003c\/em\u003e lays out a series of clashes between fathers and sons, talent agents and studio heads, artists, activists, unions, and corporations.\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eWith vivid prose and immersive scenes, Specktor\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eshows how Hollywood grew from the epicenter of American cultural life to a full-fledged multinational concern—and what this shift has meant for the nation’s place in the world. At once a book about the movie business and an intimate family drama, \u003cem\u003eThe Golden Hour \u003c\/em\u003eis a sweeping portrait of the American Century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57194634215806,"sku":"NW9780063008335","price":21.85,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780063008335.jpg?v=1778547168","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/golden-hour-hb","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}