R.I.P. Steven Bach

COMMENTS (11)

• A great, great book. If you have not read it, go find it.
  Library, used book store, what ever it takes. Worth re-reading every couple of years.

  Comment by Mark Moore — Monday March 30, 2009 @ 9:32pm PDT  Reply to this post

• steven bach’s Leni Riefenstahl biography was wonderfully researched,
  beautifully written and critically insightful. How rare to have a second
  and third act as a top executive in Hollywood. Intelligence, compassion
  and creativity are not adjectives normally ascribed to studio chieftains …. how sad that the good die younger …..

  Comment by ronr — Monday March 30, 2009 @ 10:12pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Love the book! Essential what not to do.

  Comment by Buck Zollo — Monday March 30, 2009 @ 10:14pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Steven taught at Columbia Film School as well. A great, insightful mind. He will be missed.

  Comment by m — Monday March 30, 2009 @ 10:55pm PDT  Reply to this post

• No doubt. Final Cut is without question one of the best books about Hollywood behind the scenes ever written. A lot of people in Hollywood today don’t know their history, or shit from shinola for that matter, and it’s a book today’s execs should read, because those who forget the past are forever condemned to repeat it. A great writer who hit the nail right on the head, may Steven Bach rest in peace.

  Comment by David Konow — Monday March 30, 2009 @ 11:10pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Steven was my mentor when I was at Bennington. He convinced me, a naive 18 year old that I was a writer, not a director. He treated me as an adult in a way no one else did, and I became one. He helped me find my taste and philosophy in movies, life and even the way I dress. He even convinced me I need to come back from LA and spend more time finding myself in New York or Europe before I went out there to start my career.

  He was one of the most extraordinary men I’ve ever known and I absolutely credit him with all of my success in both film and television and also in life. I was only lucky enough to know him for a few years, but I can say honestly that he changed and influenced my life more than anyone save for my parents.

  I miss him a lot. It’s been a very sad week. The world feels a lot scarier not having Steven to answer my questions.

  Comment by Dan Abrams — Monday March 30, 2009 @ 11:56pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Sweet Dreams Babie, my condolences to his family.
  Thanks for the warnings and goals. While I never knew you, your words have gotten me to page 160. Save some room in the writers room for us little typists.
  Ciao.

  Comment by 8moviesfiveplays — Tuesday March 31, 2009 @ 12:20am PDT  Reply to this post

• His book Final Cut defined the movie business for me. It is without equal. Bach will surely be missed.

  Comment by Duke Theodore — Tuesday March 31, 2009 @ 12:17pm PDT  Reply to this post

• If you read only one book about Hollywood’s workings — and I to this date have read only one — let it be Final Cut. It’s one of my favorite books of all time. Thank You, Steven!

  Comment by Christopher Francis — Thursday April 2, 2009 @ 12:46pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Steven was my friend and neighbor in West Hollywood, circa late 1970s. I remember his cooking, his kindness, his special affinity for Joe Allen’s.

  Comment by Christopher Stone — Monday April 6, 2009 @ 2:17pm PDT  Reply to this post

• this was mandatory reading in film classes in the 80s
  rip… i read this before i hit hollywood in 84
  sad to hear of his passing.

  Comment by patty cake — Sunday June 21, 2009 @ 7:50pm PDT  Reply to this post