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It features a Foreword by Will “Sugarfoot” Hutchins, a discussion of why Lawman stands out from other television westerns, a history of its creation, episode summary capsules, a “Recollections” chapter with recent interviews of Lawman alumni, and photos covering the show’s four years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBill Levy is the author of \u003cem\u003eJohn Ford: A Bio-Bibliography, Beyond the Beach: The Wit and Wisdom of Nevil Shute\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eLest We Forget: The John Ford Stock Company\u003c\/em\u003e as well as numerous columns, articles, and stories on films, television, literature, and contemporary America. 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For the first time, the secretive Lynch agreed to tell the full story of the film’s production.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Gathered together in this volume are the original essay, the complete, unedited production history, and full transcripts of all the interviews Godwin conducted with Lynch himself and members of the cast and crew of\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eEraserhead\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e “Among the commentaries which Eraserhead has inspired, it is worth mentioning George Godwin’s most interesting comments ... a must for the Lynchmaniac”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e- Michel Chion,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eDavid Lynch\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e “David Lynch’s first work has become a cult film, but its bizarre imagery has never before received a cogent interpretation” -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eFilm Quarterly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/thebedlamfiles.com\/nonfiction\/eraserhead-the-david-lynch-files-volume-2\/\" title=\"Read the review\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/thebedlamfiles.com\/nonfiction\/eraserhead-the-david-lynch-files-volume-2\/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ehttps:\/\/thebedlamfiles.com\/nonfiction\/eraserhead-the-david-lynch-files-volume-2\/\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShock Cinema says: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first time I saw ERASERHEAD was at a packed college screening in early 1979, and I wound up sitting through this intense, baffling, oddly humorous, and uniquely unforgettable work of art several times during its semester-long run of midnight shows. Author Kenneth George Godwin begins this fascinating 256-page book recalling his own initial encounter with ERASERHEAD, and how his essay on the film led to in-person interviews with David Lynch in 1981 and a lengthy making-of article for the Fall 1984 edition of Cinefantastique, which is reprinted here. That’s followed by Godwin’s unedited interviews, which were incorporated into his article, including four separate talks with Lynch — filling 80 pages of this book — discussing everything from the filmmaker’s early days in Philadelphia, his passion for Bob’s Big Boy, working a paper route during breaks in ERASERHEAD’s stop-and-start production, and potential future projects such as DUNE and RED DRAGON. There are also numerous conversations with cast and crew members, including Jack Nance (“Henry Spencer”); Laurel Near (“Lady in the Radiator”); Jack Fisk (“Man in the Planet”); assistant director and future “Log Lady” Catherine Coulson; production manager Doreen Small; cinematographer Frederick Elmes; sound editor Alan Splet; and even brief interviews with distributor Ben Barenholz and Mel Brooks (who hired Lynch for THE ELEPHANT MAN). Stuffed with insightful anecdotes and amusing trivia — from Nance’s entire wardrobe coming from Goodwill, to Lynch actually living on the set for Henry’s room — it’s an essential acquisition for any true fans of this mind-blowing film... Godwin’s next Lynch book takes a very different yet altogether engrossing approach. In early 1983, Godwin was suddenly hired by Universal (at David Lynch’s personal request!) to drive down to Mexico and spend the next six months documenting the making of DUNE. This 316-page book primarily consists of Godwin’s original journal entries, which follows an inexperienced 28-year-old guy from Canada as he’s tossed into the maelstrom of one of the most expensive movies of the era, and often winds up being less about the actual filmmaking process than the absurdity and chaos which transpired throughout this fabulous, bloated boondoggle. Although there were certainly lots of enjoyable moments — attending dinners and parties with the cast and crew, hanging out with Jack Nance, and occasional conversations with Lynch — Godwin also chronicles the boredom, exhaustion, depression, intestinal issues, corporate bullshit, grueling schedules, equipment problems, abrupt crew changes, and our author’s eventual realization that the film may turn out to be “an awful mess.” In the saddest development, although Godwin and accompanying cameraman Anatol Pacanowsky shot hours of behind-the-scenes footage on VHS, all of their work was apparently trashed by the thoughtless studio. In addition to an epilogue containing Godwin’s opinion about the finished DUNE, he includes personal photos surreptitiously taken throughout the production, call sheets, plus a handful of interviews that he managed to save onto audio cassette, including Lynch, Nance, Max von Sydow, Jurgen Prochnow, Patrick Stewart, and special effects director John Dykstra. It’s a funny, crazy and extremely enlightening first-hand account of David Lynch’s “magnificent folly.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31553315307554,"sku":"9781629335391","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0115\/5789\/6251\/products\/EraserheadPromoCover_1fd3bffd-c373-4b3f-b09e-4f2bb7dfb0f1.jpg?v=1594804718"},{"product_id":"bewitched-and-beyond-the-fan-who-came-to-dinner-paperback","title":"Bewitched and Beyond: The Fan Who Came to Dinner (paperback)","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"tb_tabs_content\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"tab_product_description\" aria-labelledby=\"ui-id-1\" class=\"ui-tabs-panel ui-widget-content ui-corner-bottom\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-expanded=\"true\" aria-hidden=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tb_product_description tb_widget_text\" itemprop=\"description\"\u003eISBN \u003cspan id=\"print_isbn\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9781593932626\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003eImagine being so close to one of the characters in the Bewitched television series that you could twitch her nose. 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She was so much more than her roles as “Louise Tate” or as “Miriam” in \u003cem\u003eAlfred Hitchcock’s Strangers On A Train\u003c\/em\u003e (1951); she was a talented writer, a beauty who had two separate Hollywood careers under two separate names, and she was the creator of Women’s Motocross. Her friends became my friends, and I soon realized I was not in \u003cem\u003eBewitched\u003c\/em\u003e but living what felt like an odd episode for the next fifteen wonderful years . . . complete with magic and sound effects.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e33 chapters. 208 pages. Available in paperback and Kindle editions. Forewords by Bernard Fox (who played Dr. Bombay on Bewitched) and Rose Marie (who played Sally Rogers on The Dick Van Dyke Show). 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