Six notable books about the creative process and its effects

David Thomson is the author of more than thirty books on film, including The New Biographical Dictionary of Film, Rosebud: The Story of Orson Welles, The Whole Equation: A History of Hollywood, and the recently released How to Watch a Movie. One of six favorite books about the creative process and its effects, as shared at The Week magazine:

The Authentic Death & Contentious Afterlife of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid by Paul Seydor

Sam Peckinpah's 1973 Western was a disaster as a factory-made film, with the director and the studio both left thirsting for blood. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid was hacked apart, but it found life again and now looks like a masterpiece. This is a story of the kind of collaboration that takes decades and many hands.

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--Marshal Zeringue