new review/highlight
Monsieur Appleby over at the nifty Rushmore Academy blog, which focuses on all things Wes Andersonian, informed me last night that my first book, Charlie Kaufman and Hollywood’s Merry Band of Pranksters, Fabulists and Dreamers (Kamera Books), was highlighted over at David Hudson’s The Daily blog at IFC.com. Pretty cool, I think. The mention there is due to a new lengthy review of the book (which I did know about) in the latest online issue of the always interesting Bright Lights Film Journal. And if you head over there to read the review, make sure to check out the reviews for Richard Brody’s stellar book on Godard, Everything is Cinema: The Working Life of Jean-Luc Godard, director Michel Gondry’s book You’ll Like This Book Because You’re In It: A Be Kind Rewind Protocol, a new book on cult exploitation director Jack Hill (Spider Baby!), and what looks like a great book on the much maligned but sturdy Epic film genre (a not-so-guilty pleasure of mine) by Jeffrey Richards.
May 7, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Fantastic news, D! Congrats!
May 8, 2009 at 5:34 pm
Your readers should know that the book about my films is not the Michel Gondry book, as your post seems to indicate, but is actually “Jack Hill, The Exploitation and Blaxploitation Master, Film by Film,” written by Calum Waddell, published by McFarland.
May 11, 2009 at 3:55 pm
Derek,
I’m thrilled to see your wonderful book getting the attention it deserves.
May 11, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Thanks Greg and Jeremy.
And thanks for stopping by, Jack.
Derek