Peter Biskind





Peter Biskind

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Peter Biskind is a cultural critic and film historian. He was the editor-in-chief of American Film magazine from 1981 to 1986, and the executive editor of Premiere from 1986 to 1996. His writing has appeared in scores of national publications, including Rolling Stone, Paris Match, the Nation, The New York Times, the Times of London, and the Los Angeles Times, as well as film journals such as Sight and Sound and Film Quarterly. He is now a contributing editor for Vanity Fair. He has published six books: Seeing Is Believing: How Hollywood taught us to stop worrying and love the fifties (1983); The Godfather Companion (1990); Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll generation saved Hollywood (1998); Down and Dirty Pict...more


Average rating: 3.91 · 2,706 ratings · 293 reviews · 8 distinct works
Happens Every Day: An All-T...
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 3,936 ratings — published 1998 — 28 editions
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Down and Dirty Pictures: Mi...
3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 731 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions
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Star: How Warren Beatty Sed...
3.22 of 5 stars 3.22 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1969 — 14 editions
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Seeing Is Believing: How Ho...
3.38 of 5 stars 3.38 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions
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Gods and Monsters: Movers, ...
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The Godfather Companion: Ev...
3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1991
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