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Steven Bach

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born

in Pocatello, Idaho, The United States

April 29, 1938

died

March 25, 2009

gender

male

genre

Film, Biographies & Memoirs, Nonfiction

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Steven Bach was senior vice-president and head of worldwide productions for United Artists studios. In Final Cut: Dreams And Disaster in the Making of Heaven's Gate (1985), Bach chronicles his involvement in the troubled production of Heaven's Gate (1980), a film widely considered to have been the decisive reason for the financial bankruptcy of United Artists.

Bach is the author of The Life and Legend of Marlene Dietrich and Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart. He taught film studies at Columbia University and Bennington College.

His biography of the Nazi-associated filmmaker Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl (2007) overturns many of the claims Riefenstahl put forward in her self-defence regarding her contact with Hitler's regi...more

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	Final Cut: Art, Money, and Ego in the Making of Heaven's Gate, the Film That Sank United Artists 4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 1985 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 2007 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marlene Dietrich: Life And Legend 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2010 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2001 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why the Hell Didn't You Tell Me? 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Genius of the System: Hollywood Filmmaking in the Studio Era by Thomas Schatz, Steven Bach (Preface by) 4.22 of 5 stars 4.22 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1988 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“She attempts to give the impression of untiring activity, thereby underlining her importance. Meanwhile her colleagues calmly and expertly get on with the job at hand.”
― Steven Bach, Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl

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