BearManor Media News — q&a

Who was Charles Brackett? Most people know Charles Brackett because of his partnership with Billy Wilder, with the two men co-writing screenplays, Brackett producing and Wilder directing such classic films as Five Graves to Cairo, The Lost Weekend, A Foreign Affair, and, of course, Sunset Blvd. He was a highly educated, Republican gentleman of the old school, who was drama critic of The New Yorker in the 1920s, the author of five novels, who came to Hollywood in 1932, initially working at RKO and then beginning a long-time relationship with Paramount, where he was teamed with Billy Wilder. When did...

Peter Shelley Q&A on his book, Steve Cochran - Noir Ladies Man Why did you choose Steve Cochran as a subject? At the time I wrote the book there was none on him. This August the University Press of Mississippi released a book on Cochran by Michelangelo Capua. I have not read it but have one of Capua’s other books. So I would guess that my coverage of Cochran’s films and performances is probably more detailed. I’m not one to bag the competition and I do find Capua an excellent writer. But I was told we could go ahead since...

THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE OUTRAGEOUS: 1980s Horror Cinema    Author Bryan Senn   Book Review and Exclusive Interview: By Anthony W. Northrup    Sometimes we talk about the past decades. We all love to reminisce about our childhood, what influenced us, and what made us happy. Some consider the 1980s their favorite decade. Bring up that decade in conversation, and people can't wait to share their thoughts and memories of the decade that was dubbed "totally awesome"! In these conversations, many agree that the 1980s were one of the best decades for horror films.     Horror films have been a...

              Q&A WITH FILMMAKER/AUTHOR MARJORIE SHORT Q.        Making Mischief: The Intern Diaries is a pretty unusual book. Why did you write it? A.        Actually, it was never intended to be a book!  It was my notes about my Academy/AFI Directing Internship on the feature film Mischief that was shot in Ohio in 1984.  By the end, I had five notebooks full!  I was supposed to turn it into a report to the AFI assessing my experiences on the internship. Q.        What kinds of things did you write about? A.        Well, when I first got to location, it was things I...

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