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    James Salter was a pilot in the US Air Force who later worked in the film industry from the 1960s-1970s, directing and writing scripts. He found both positive and negative aspects of the film world. While he enjoyed the social aspects and meeting celebrities, he ultimately felt he was wasting his time as only 4 of his 16 scripts were successful. Reading about Salter's film career experiences provides interesting insights despite perhaps not being the most productive time artistically.

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    James Salter was a pilot in the US Air Force who later worked in the film industry from the 1960s-1970s, directing and writing scripts. He found both positive and negative aspects of the film world. While he enjoyed the social aspects and meeting celebrities, he ultimately felt he was wasting his time as only 4 of his 16 scripts were successful. Reading about Salter's film career experiences provides interesting insights despite perhaps not being the most productive time artistically.

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    James Salter was a pilot in the US Air Force who later worked in the film industry from the 1960s-1970s, directing and writing scripts. He found both positive and negative aspects of the film world. While he enjoyed the social aspects and meeting celebrities, he ultimately felt he was wasting his time as only 4 of his 16 scripts were successful. Reading about Salter's film career experiences provides interesting insights despite perhaps not being the most productive time artistically.

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    JAMES SALTER’S DAYS IN FILM

    James Salter was a pilot in the United States Air Force. He abandoned

    the military profession in 1957 after the publication of his first novel,

    The Hunters. He is best known as a novelist, but during the sixties and

    seventies, he worked in film making. Salter made documentaries, wrote

    texts for films, and even was the director of a film called Three, starring

    Charlotte Rampling and Sam Waterston.

    In Passionate Falsehoods, which was adapted from Salter’s book Burning

    the Days, published in The New Yorker in 1997, Salter tells the story of his

    life in film.

    Salter’s time in the film world is both good and bad. In Rome, he met

    directors and stars. In New York, he explored the city with Robert

    Redford and enjoyed being famous. Deborah Treisman and Michael

    Agger have talked about Salter. Nick Paumgarten in The Last Book,

    describes Salter’s opinion about his film career:

    “Of sixteen texts for movies, only four were popular. There was money,

    attractive women, and entrance into rooms where there were stories more

    for the dinner table than for the page.” Salter thought he was wasting

    his time.

    Perhaps he wasted his time in a larger artistic way, but it still makes

    for attractive reading. The Last Book is available to everyone in online

    stores.

    17. James Salter played an important part

    in the making of movies from


    A. 1960 to 1979.

    B. 1960 to 1970.

    C. 1960 to 1985.

    18. Passionate Falsehoods is

    A. a newspaper.

    B. a play.

    C. a movie.

    19. Salter had nice and difficult times in his

    A. acting years.

    B. big screen work.

    C. visit to one city.

    20. The Last Book was written by

    A. James Salter.

    B. Deborah Treisman.

    C. Nick Paumgarten.

    21. James Salter thinks that his work in the

    cinema business was

    A. not useful.

    B. not hard.

    C. not usual.

    22. Reading about James Salter's years in


    the cinema could be

    A. clever enough.

    B. just fair.

    C. quite interesting.

    23. The Last Book can be found

    A. in museums.

    B. at a café.

    C. on the web.

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