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Don Simpson: Movie partnership made in hell
New York Times article by Eric Pace on Hollywood’s most deranged producer Don Simpson and his partnership with super producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
The problem with creative briefs
Creative briefs don’t speak your language. They speak the language of the advertising agency or the public relations firm or designers. Whoever is writing the brief.
Don Simpson: Keep it simple, stupid
New York Times article by Bernard Weinraub on Hollywood’s most notorious producer Don Simpson and his role in creating the high concept blockbuster model that came to dominate the film industry.
Don Simpson: It’s all about the money
The pursuit of making money is the only reason to make movies. We have no obligation to make history. We have no obligation to make art. We have no obligation to make a statement.
Don Simpson: Let me count the ways
In 1985, Don Simpson was introduced to Elizabeth Adams aka Madam X, a procurer for Hollywood and other high fliers from 1971 to 1992. Simpson used three to five of her girls a week.