flakmagnet Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 IMPORTANT NOTE: AS OF SEPT. 20TH, THE BOOK HAS PRINTING PROBLEMS. I WILL JUMP BACK ON WHEN THEY ARE FIXED. IT'S A MATTER OF PRINTING THE COLOR PHOTOS IN COLOR, INSTEAD OF HOW THEY BEGAN PRINTING THEM IN BLACK AND WHITE. THANK YOU FOR BEING PATIENT. DAVID __________________________________________________ With Steve’s kind permission, I’m happy to announce that a book I have just completed has just been made available for preorder. Although there is nothing about this forum that implies a book about feature films will be pertinent, because I am an inhabitant of DP, I wanted the people who contribute to this forum to know. “Best Seat in the House, An Assistant Director Behind the Scenes of Feature Films” covers thirty-three years of working on movies starting from the early 70s and winding up in the early 2000s. The book has just been made available today (Aug. 25th), for preorder and will be released on September 19th. https://bit.ly/3wuU34e for paperback https://bit.ly/3KjeIht for hard cover Okay, back to your regularly scheduled gold discussions - and thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostMiner Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 David was kind enough to let me read a pre-release copy of his new book. The thing I loved is he is not using his position to dish dirt on people. Just the opposite. His anecdotes on famous people reveal them often as kind, funny, but mostly just real humans. At worst maybe a bit difficult for being genius. Dave has lived quite a life, and I’m glad he is sharing some of it with us in this way. Great read, highly recommended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasong Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Great body of work, good job finishing the book David. It'll be an interesting read. I'm sure you already know, but Back to the Future was like..."the movie" when I was growing up, generation-defining. It single handedly got me and my friends into skateboarding, playing music, got me to see my first concert (Huey Lewis), got me stoked on science and adventure, and started my love affair with lifted Toyota trucks long before I could drive. I doubt there was a single kid my age who didn't see that movie, a true piece of pop culture history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phrunt Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Plenty of decent films on that list. Congratulations on the book, sounds like it will do very well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakmagnet Posted August 26, 2022 Author Share Posted August 26, 2022 Thanks phrunt, it's an amazing process in the face of 2 thousand books a day being released on Amazon. A very steep learning curve to figure out how to get its publication out past friends and family. But the good thing is, after almost a decade of writing on and off, it's done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drillerdave Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Congratulations Flak, wishing you the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paradiceau Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Congratulations David, I suspect the book will do well as most folks are curious about the movie business, the actors and how the whole thing works. It will give the reader an interesting behind the scenes view of the moving parts which I know little about but always wanted to have insight into. With decades of experience and observations to draw from it will be a fascinating read I reckon. Jeff Ordered! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swegin Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 Congratulations I'll be in for two books. I just ran you thru IMDB and I was amazed how many movies you had your hands in that I watched and enjoyed. Yes I even enjoyed Empire of the Ants. LOL Cheesy but still enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flakmagnet Posted August 26, 2022 Author Share Posted August 26, 2022 1 hour ago, Swegin said: Yes I even enjoyed Empire of the Ants. Well Swegin, you may be the only person who saw that film. I did write a story about it. It was one whacky show. (thanks) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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