The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

Admittedly, this book is dog-whistle perfect for my particular excitement and sensibilities. I adore Tom Hanks. I love his perspective on what it means to have character. And this story celebrates everything about filmmaking and the creative process that I love so much. It’s moving and inclusive, and thoughtful and funny—and completely unfilmable (which is possibly a happy accident, but hopefully it’s Hanks realizing that this tale is best suited for the novel form). It may seem overly wordy at times (if you’re not as deeply enthralled as I was), but Hanks is just trying to show that every little morsel of experience and inspiration and personality makes its contribution to the final product.