About the book: 2018 / Why does the director decide to shoot this particular script? How to maintain tone and sincerity in actors from take to take? How to film a shootout scene with a hundred extras and three car accidents in the heart of the Diamond District in New York? What needs to be done to keep studio bosses happy? From the first reading to the premiere on the big screen, How Movies Are Made is the work of a master, written honestly, lucidly and with a large dose of healthy humor..