Eszterhas Week

I love Joe Eszterhas.

And it’s a good thing I read his books The Devil’s Guide to Hollywood and Hollywood Animal, because on the merit of his scripts alone I don’t think you get nearly as much an idea of how cool this guy is. They’re funny, sarcastic books about the history of film. It also becomes clear that Joe is a pretty famous one. He’s written some of the highest selling spec scripts of all time, has penned some fairly big hits, and also been the creative mind behind some tremendously large flops. This week, I’m going to be reviewing the good (the one with the ice pick), the bad (the one with Elizabeth Berkley) and the unproduced of Joe Eszterhas.