BearManor Media News — q&a

          Girls Just Want to Have Funny: Female Film Comedies of the 1980’s                                     Short Interview with Author Dan Lalande   What first got you interested in the subject? My previous book, Heroes of The New Hollywood: Hoffman, Hackman, Nicholson, Pacino, Duvall and De Niro in the 70’s, was about the greatest generation of male actors the screen has ever seen, covering their peak period. But while the 70’s, on screen, was a great decade for men, it was a terrible time for women. Despite the fact that feminism was nearing full stride, there were few vehicles for women....

Q&A with Henry Nicolella, author of You Have to Run Fast - The Feature Films of Edward L. Cahn   1. What drew you to Edward L. Cahn and his work?   Years ago I saw his 1932 film “Afraid to Talk”. It was a stylish kind of proto-noir and startling in its cynicism about civic corruption.  They did change the play it was based on to allow the hapless hero to survive and a couple of the villains to get their just desserts but in the end the bad guys are still in charge with no indication anything will...

Q&A with David Da Silva, Author of Martial Arts in Cinema Volume 2: The Golden Era (1988-1997) 1. What made you decide to focus specifically on the 1988-1997 period for this second volume? That decade represents the absolute explosion of martial arts into mainstream Hollywood. After the groundwork laid by Bruce Lee in the 1970s and the Hong Kong wave, you suddenly had Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme becoming genuine box office titans. But more importantly, this era saw martial arts infiltrate every action film: whether it was Sylvester Stallone in Rambo III, Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon, or...

Q&A with Maranee Landau, author of The Wonderful Comic Books of Kenneth Landau  1- Q- What inspired you to write about your fathers career? A- When my father passed away in July 2012, I came across artwork, letters, comic strips, and collectibles I’ve never seen before. I found diaries of my grandfather's who is a concert violinist for MGM studios, and a diary of my fathers. It took me about a year to realize that there was a story here that needed to be told. One that many people would be very interested in. When someone by the name of...

Q&A with Frank Dietz, actor & author of Monsters, Movies and Me - True Tales of My Journey Into Cult Horror Films   What inspired you when you were younger?   The first movie I remember seeing was ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, and it had a major impact on me, one that has lasted every decade since. The Universal monster films, Hammer horror films and Ray Harryhausen movies were all inspirational, along with authors like Richard Matheson and Ray Bradbury. Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine was like a roadmap pointing the way to my career.   Why did you...