Boooooo. This is my first by Adrian and I love it. Very curious about your notes. Do you think it was something about the writing such that you’d not want anything from the author, or was it particular to that series?
Thought you’d appreciate this from the author in the acknowledgements. Give this one a shot.
I had been writing the Sean Duffy series of detective novels set in the Belfast of my youth, and although these books were getting well reviewed and winning a few awards, they weren’t quite breaking through in the way I wanted. Shane phoned and asked if I had an American book in me, and I pitched him the short-story version of The Chain. I heard something drop and smash in his kitchen, and he urged me to stop whatever I was doing and immediately begin writing The Chain as a novel, which is what I did.
His agent is screenwriter Shane Salerno, who owns the uber successful agency The Story Factory. Shane is a little different in that he is a successful writer on his own and thus provides crucial brainstorming behind the scenes to help a writer craft an idea that has a chance of breaking through into real commercial success.
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I was unaware I’d risen above zero. Let me think about this… I’ve never had a reputation to lose!
Looks like Tarantino will be making content into his elder years after all. I for one am very excited for him to write more. He will be this generation’s Elmore Leonard.
Quentin Tarantino is ready to be an author. The Oscar-winning writer-director, who has repeatedly pledged that he will retire from filmmaking after helming his 10th film, has signed a two-book deal with HarperCollins.
The novel will be an even deeper dive on the film’s characters—particularly Dalton and his numerous attempts to rejuvenate his career—and will be released next summer as a paperback, coupled with an e-book and digital audio editions. A deluxe hardcover version will be released next fall.
Tarantino’s second book is Cinema Speculation, a nonfiction book outlined as a “deep dive into the movies of the 1970s, a rich mix of essays, reviews, personal writing, and tantalizing ‘what ifs,’ from one of cinema’s most celebrated filmmakers, and its most devoted fan.”
The writer-director’s new literary phase won’t come as a surprise to any of his fans. For years Tarantino has pledged that he will stop directing films after his 10th project (Once Upon a Time was his ninth) and pivot toward writing full-time.
Tarantino is a high school dropout and most of his films are bad.
I’ll allow this vaccine-ready take if you’ll post a brief review for each Tarantino movie you’ve seen.
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Lol no
Come on man.
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Santa brought me the newly minted Finnish edition of Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. It took 2 years to translate it and I can’t wait to read how it’s done in Finnish.
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let us know when you’re Finnished with it
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Hitchcock was a high school drop out and most of his films are…oh wait.
Terrible!
I can’t say it with a straight face.
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Come on, man.
Bonjour, Tristesse.
Interesting story from the perspective of a teenage girl with a care free womanizing father and how that affects her world view and interpretation of things happening around her. Alot of haters for this book about how it was written by a teenager. How else are you going to get a legit teenage perspective. It’s interesting seeing the world from a vastly different perspective than your own and being able to relate to some of her struggles to define who she is and who she wants to be.
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It’s simplicitus, the guy who thinks a person’s worth is determined by the quality of their school and number of degrees obtained. Any pleb who doesn’t go to an ivy and have at least a couple post grad degrees is worthless.
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Are there film school elitists? I couldn’t tell you where any director I like or dislike went to school
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Hitchcock does have some legit terrible films, but they aren’t much watched these days. He started out as a journeyman and made a lot a random stuff like boxing films before he got started in suspense. The book A Year of Hitchcock is worth checking out if you are interested in learning more about his early stuff.
The description promised an interesting but oddly familiar memoir, and a little research revealed why. The memoir is written by cam-model-turned-writer/producer Isa Mazzei, who used her story as the basis for the very cool horror movie Cam.
The memoir is excellent for fans of stories of family dysfunction and the extreme paths we take to break free. The horror movie version was exceptionally well received by audiences and critics. It isn’t as deep but is just as thought-provoking due to the nature of its horror-driven premise.
I’d be fine if he didn’t make shitty lowbrow movies. Basically violence porn.
I mean, he’s made some original films, but you screw a couple of pigs and pretty soon you’re a pig-screwer.
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I’m not sure about elitists, but I’ve heard that Wesleyan is very desirable simply because Joss Whedon went there and apparently he helps lots of fellow graduates break into the industry with good jobs.