Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood

Film Flam: Essays on Hollywood is a 1987 collection of essays by writer Larry McMurtry about movies including his own experiences with the adaptations of his novels The Last Picture Show.[1][2]

The book was based in part in a regular column McMurtry did for American Film, a magazine for the American Film Institute.[3]

Reception

Kirkus called it "a top-notch collection."[4]

The Sun Herald said "there's a spareness to it."[5]

References

1. Review of book at Publishers Weekly
2. Review of book at Los Angeles Times
3. McMurtry, Larry (2010). Hollywood: A Third Memoir. p. 27.
4. Review of book at Kirkus
5. "McMurtry's Hollywood does have heart". Sun Herald. 2 August 1987. p. F3.