I personally did not find Trufaut's film on par with
the book, when I saw it at the time (1959/60).
A good film if you forget about Goodis' book impact;
a miss if you link it to its literary origins.
As for the details of Goodis' life and attempt to
enlighten the behavior of this secretive and complex
personality, Garnier's book remains a must. Not only
a very good biography, it reflects Garnier's
journalist skills and his passion for his subject.
E.Borgers
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6384
---Jay Gertzman <jgertzma@epix.net> wrote:
>
> I'm writing about this David Goodis novel b/c
it
made a deep impression
> on me. Goodis called it _Down There_, more apt
than
Truffaut's
> alternative, _ Shoot the Piano Player_.
Goodis
creates a character who
> is under sentence to death-in-life.
> SNIP
>*******
> Jay A. Gertzman
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