On Locations
Lessons Learned from My Life On Set with The Sopranos and in the Film Industry

I received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. I love The Sopranos, and have seen it at least 3 times, and have the DVD set. Also, I lived in the Los Angeles area for most of my life, and have been around 'the industry' for decades. I learned a lot about the business from this b......more

Thank you to Libro FM, Mark Kamine, Tantor Media, and Penguin Random House for the ALC of this book! I have never seen The Sopranos, but I enjoy memoirs from lesser known areas usually. This one was forgettable. It had some interesting parts of his job, but none of it really stuck in my brain. If you......more

Not all that interesting, oh well. More content about his other career instead of locations/film industry than I expected (expected none!)......more

Serviceable and dry telling of how a movie location supervisor does his job but lacking in depth or even well-rounded stories. The author claims to have been an English teacher before going into show business but this reads more like a movie or TV "treatment" than a full screenplay (to use industry......more

For anybody interested in what it's like to work on crew in movies and tv, this will give a lot of insight. For anybody who likes good books about making good movies, this will be a good read. Frequently very well written. But for anybody interested in specifics about individual directors and cast m......more