Paul Duncan (paul.duncan@asml.nl)
Thu, 18 Nov 1999 11:08:57 +0100
ED,
Sorry, I should have been more precise. The trade paperback
edition is just out in the UK, and it is that which I
read/reviewed for CT.
Jane,
> I got Crime Wave for my birthday in
September,
> and was struck by the use of real characters
in
> situations that if they were still alive, would end
up with a major libel
> case,(Hush-hush, Tijuana Mon Amour and Hollywood
Shakedown) the ones
> regarding Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jnr, Ida
Lupino, Rock Hudson et al
In public, Ellroy is quite happy to shock and relate the
latest gossip.
(I snipped this stuff out of the interview I did with Dog, as
he likes to be called.) I think it is part of his on-going
crusade to demythologise Hollywood - they are ordinary
people, like us, subject to the same desires and
faults.
Mark,
> Going through the latest update from Video Search, I
noticed Perdita
> Durango, starring Rosie Perez. Now I'm assuming this
is based on the
> Barry Gifford novella, featuring the character who
also appeared in Wild
> at Heart. Has anyone seen it? Is it any
good?
Yes, it is based on one of Gifford's short stories. Haven't
seen the movie. The story was also turned into a comic strip
a few years back, under the Neon Lit imprint (not very good,
it must be said).
Ellroy's Brown's Requiem
I see this has been turned into a movie. Any good?
Ellroy's Black Dahlia
I hear that David Fincher (Seven, Fight Club) is making this
into a movie.
Ellroy's Suicide Hill
Ed Bunker, ex-con and excellent novelist in his own right,
has written a screenplay based on this Lloyd Hopkins novel.
Don't know the status of this at the moment.
- paul
-- # To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" to # To unsubscribe, say "unsubscribe rara-avis" to majordomo@icomm.ca. # The web pages for the list are at http://www.miskatonic.org/rara-avis/ .
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.0b3 on Thu 18 Nov 1999 - 05:08:53 EST