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Peter Biskind

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The United States

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http://peterbiskind.com/

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Nonfiction, Entertainment

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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

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Average rating: 3.91 · 2,706 ratings · 293 reviews · 8 distinct works

	Happens Every Day: An All-Too-True Story 3.69 avg rating — 3,936 ratings — published 1998 — 28 editions	My rating:
	Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film 3.71 avg rating — 731 ratings — published 2004 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Star: How Warren Beatty Seduced America 3.22 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1969 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Seeing Is Believing: How Hollywood Taught Us to Stop Worrying and Love the Fifties 3.38 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1983 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Gods and Monsters: Movers, Shakers, and Other Casualties of the Hollywood Machine 3.22 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Godfather Companion: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about All Three Godfather Films 3.74 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1991	My rating:
	Mon Hollywood by Peter Biskind, Marie-Mathilde Burdeau (Traduction) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Wie Das Trauma Vietnam In Die Strassen Von New York Kam Martin Scorseses "Taxi Driver" ; Nach "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls" by Peter Biskind, Martin May 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Cinema Nation: The Best Writing on Film from The Nation. 1913-2000 by Stuart Klawans, Carl Bromley, Peter Biskind (Foreword) 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2000	My rating:

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