Greetings,
I subscribed about 2 months ago and have been enjoying all
the discussions and great info. I started reading Wade Miller
-among others - because of you folks.
I'm a writer/director living in the Los Angeles area. I
joined this group after a web search for Richard Prather led
me here. Okay, enough of that.
The reason I finally spoke up was because I just happened to
meet Mr. Bezzarides last night. (Saturday Jan 22). The Los
Angeles MOCA is running a Bogart series and last night they
showed to fine prints of THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT and
SIROCCO.
Buzz - he insisted I call him Buzz - was the guest speaker.
He wrote the novel Long Haul - made as They Drive By Night,
and adapted, Coup De Grace (as Sirocco) for the screen.
An interesting man - learned very little about his writing
career - he wanted to talk about his childhood. He was the
son of a Greek produce hauler in California. I think that
explains a lot. Thieves Market and Long Haul are both set
there.
He adapted his Thieves Market as Thieves Highway in '49 -
adapted On Dangerous Ground in '51 and in '55 adapted A
Bullet for Joey and Kiss Me Deadly.
He didn't want to talk about his novels at all. He really
loved talking about his childhood. And he was
fascinating.
-rik
"Timothy S. Oliver" wrote:
> One of the bad guys in Pelecanos' newest, Shame the
Devil, reads "two
> paperback novels by Edward Anderson and A.I.
Bezzarides."
>
> Amazon shows one book by Anderson called Thieves
Like Us. It apparently was
> made into a movie twice. Once by Altman.
>
> Amazon lists two by Bezzarides. One is called
Thieves Market. It's about
> Greek produce haulers in California's Central
Valley. Sounds a lot like
> Thieves Highway, the old noir flick with Richard
Conte.
>
> Both authors wrote in the 30s and 40s. I've never
heard of either.
> Presumably Pelecanos' reference is
praise.
>
> Anyone know anything about these two
writers?
>
> Tim Oliver
>
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