WHAT JUST HAPPENED? (Art Linson) - June 10/08

A very breezy autobiography by producer Art Linson detailing his experiences getting movies like The Edge (AKA Bookworm), Great Expectations, and Fight Club made. This is an incredibly breezy read (I finished it in about two days) that's chock full of interesting anecdotes and stories (ie Alec Baldwin's beard), and it's also an eye-opening look at just what a producer does. The wraparound stuff with "Jerry" is kind of superfluous and some of this stuff is just too inside, but on the whole, What Just Happened? is as entertaining as one might've hoped. ***1/2 out of ****