The executive producer of The White Lotus shares how he got his big break in film and television production on ""the greatest TV show of all time"" (Rolling Stone)
An inside look at the film industry for fans, students, and aspiring professionals - featuring a foreword by Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning creator of The White Lotus, Mike White
The executive producer of The White Lotus shares how he got his big break in film and television production on ""the greatest TV show of all time"" (Rolling Stone)
An inside look at the film industry for fans, students, and aspiring professionals - featuring a foreword by Golden Globe and Emmy Award winning creator of The White Lotus, Mike White
This page-turning account of starting at the lowest rung on the production ladder among enormously famous & outrageously demanding people will be devoured for its insights, gossip, humor, & storytelling. Married and with a child, the author takes unpaid gigs to get a foot in the door, and eventually ends up working on all seasons of The Sopranos, often named the best TV show ever.
The show's setting and its creator's insistence on accuracy placed the native New Jersey author in the right place at the right time to become part of television history, and to witness the effects of sudden fame and acclaim on the show's principal players.
Includes many stories about guest stars like Steve Buscemi, Peter Bogdanovich, and Lauren Bacall, as well as the beloved cast, including new tales of James Gandolfini, who Kamine first meets after David Chase casts him as the Dean of Admissions in the classic first season ""College"" episode. Later, after he's been promoted, Kamine gets the calls from Gandolfini when he's hungover, or still drunk, and might or might not make it to the shoot that day. One night, Kamine tries to prevent Gandolfini from taking a swim in the ocean after they've been drinking all night, telling him it could be dangerous but Jim doesn't listen.
Woven in is a personal story of home life and strife, achievement and frustration, anxiety and accomplishment. The book's epilogue brings readers up to the moment as the author, after many more years as an anonymous everyman, eventually enjoys outsize professional success as executive producer of the HBO hit series created by Mike White, The White Lotus.
By:
Mark Kamine,
Mike White
Imprint: Steerforth Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 222mm,
Width: 146mm,
Weight: 567g
ISBN: 9781586423803
ISBN 10: 1586423800
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 06 February 2024
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Foreword 1. My New Jersey Family, Part One 2. Movie Star 3. Crime Series 4. My Sopranos Years, Part One 5. My New Jersey Family, Part Two 6. Between Seasons: An Innocent Man 7. My Sopranos Years, Part Two 8. Making the Most of It 9. Between Seasons: Preparation for an Emergency 10. My Sopranos Years, Part Three 11. My New Jersey Family, Part Three 12. My Sopranos Years, Part Four 13. Between Seasons: An Enemy of Art 14. My Sopranos Years, Part Five 15. The Writing Life 16. Between Seasons: One Step Forward 17. The Theater 18. My Sopranos Years, Part Six 19. Breaking the Fourth Wall Epilogue
Mark Kamine is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning executive producer of The White Lotus. His numerous prior film credits include American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook, 42 and Ted. While working on all seasons of The Sopranos, chiefly as the show's location manager, he also contributed frequent book reviews to the Times Literary Supplement, The New York Times, The Believer and The Wall Street Journal. Born and raised in New Jersey, he lives in New York City.
Reviews for On Locations: Lessons Learned from My Life On Set with The Sopranos and in the Film Industry
"“An engrossing, unique look at one man’s journey through the production of film and TV.” — Kirkus Reviews ""A delightfully wry, frank, funny and generous account of the hard labor that goes into film and TV production, it not only takes us behind the scenes but into the alert, cultivated, observant mind of Mark Kamine. It's so well-written I found it stimulating and a pleasure to read."" — Phillip Lopate “Location managers are the diplomats, finaglers and flak-catchers of the film and TV business, dealing with public officials, star-struck fans and the often unreasonable expectations of their employers- think Henry Kissinger with a bolt-cutter in the trunk of his Nissan. Mark Kamine has shared an honest and very personal report from the trenches.” — John Sayles"
