I knew the name Bezzerides looked familiar when I came across
it in the new Pelecanos novel SHAME THE DEVIL. I think he
wrote the screenplay for Robert Aldrich's KISS ME
DEADLY.
Jeff
rik joel carter wrote:
>
> 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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