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'
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…