Ed Zwick's Battles with the Stars

A dishy conversation about making movies — even with Julia Roberts, Matthew Broderick and studio bigwigs in the way. And why Hollywood today runs the risk of becoming 'opera'

Ed Zwick and Janice Min at Zibby’s Bookshop. (Courtesy Zibby’s Bookshop)

I read Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years Working in Hollywood, Ed Zwick’s New York Times bestselling memoir, expecting it to be a certain sort of eye-rolling self-hagiography, the kind one imagines successful industry figures fantasize about writing to cement…