{"product_id":"the-burning-typewriter-the-rebels-and-other-writers-onscreen-volume-1","title":"The Burning Typewriter - The Rebels and Other Writers Onscreen Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Burning Typewriter - The Rebels and Other Writers Onscreen Volume 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby Brett Taylor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e548 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6x9 size\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN 9798887712741 paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLegendary authors are the stars of \u003cem\u003eThe Burning Typewriter\u003c\/em\u003e, the first major book to concern itself with acting appearances by writers, as well as biographical films about writers. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom macho epics based on the lives and works of Ernest Hemingway, Jack London, and Zane Grey to lighter forgotten fare (like Carol Burnett’s surprisingly believable turn as Erma Bombeck in \u003cem\u003eThe Grass is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank\u003c\/em\u003e), the book is a wild ride through an amazing array of cinema-literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHilarious gonzo portrayals of Hunter S. Thompson by Johnny Depp and Bill Murray. Biographical films. Talk show appearances, from shy Jack Kerouac to outrageous Truman Capote and boisterous Norman Mailer. Horror movies featuring (the real) Stephen King and the Edgar Allan Poe. There’s the sad demise of Yukio Mishima, perhaps Japan’s greatest post-WWII author, who rehearsed his own real-life suicide by acting it out first in the movies. Plays and other media appearances, all are covered and all are amazing to read about. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDid you know that \u003cem\u003eAll Quiet on the Western Front \u003c\/em\u003eauthor Erich Maria Remarque acted in a romantic war epic alongside fifties heartthrob John Gavin? Or that the prophetess of individualism, Ayn Rand, met her beloved husband while they were working as extras on the silent biblical epic \u003cem\u003eKing of Kings\u003c\/em\u003e? Probably not! And even if you did, \u003cem\u003eThe Burning Typewriter \u003c\/em\u003eis a wild ride through decades of author appearances strange and fascinating. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVolume 1 covers the roots of the Romantic Writer tradition, from Christopher Marlowe, Lord Byron and the Bront\u003c\/span\u003eë\u003cspan\u003es all the way to wild men like William S. Burroughs, Bukowski and Harlan Ellison. Volume 2 follows feisty figures from Mark Twain to Gore Vidal, Dorothy Parker, and Kurt Vonnegut. Chances are your favorite writer is in here somewhere. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrett Taylor is  the author of \u003cem\u003eOld Roads\u003c\/em\u003e, which was published by Jim Kacian’s Red Moon Press in 2021. He has written for such film journals as  \u003cem\u003eMexican Film Bulletin\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eShock Cinema \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eVideo Watchdog\u003c\/em\u003e. His work has also appeared in \u003cem\u003eGreen Mountains Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBig Muddy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRedivider\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe South Carolina Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSkeptical Inquirer\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eFortean Times\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"718.5599999999997\"\u003eSHOCK CINEMA REVIEW\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"718.5599999999997\"\u003eTHE BURNING TYPEWRITER: The Rebels and Other Writers Onscreen, Volume 1\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"50.784000000000006\"\u003eand 2 by Brett Taylor(BearManor Media; bearmanormedia.com; paperback: $38.00 each).\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"299.13600000000014\"\u003eFull disclosure, Brett Taylor is a longtime Shock Cinema contributor, but that\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-canvas-width=\"706.9120000000008\"\u003edoesn’t mean I wasn’t genuinely impressed by this massive two-volume set — 548 pages and 544 pages, respectively — focusing on (1) famous writers who attempted to act on film, as well as (2) biographical films about renowned writers, with its eclectic subjects ranging from Mark Twain and Norman Mailer, to Yukio Mishima and Erma Bombeck. In the process, Taylor also examines the appeal of these writers, their troubled or self-destructive lives, films that whitewashed the past, as well as some asinine notions (an Edgar Allan Poe bio starring Sylvester Stallone?!)... Volume 1 kicks off with Chaucer and Shakespeare, followed by Mary Shelley, the Brontë sisters, Hans Christian Andersen, Lewis Carroll, L. Frank Baum, Beatrix Potter, and Charles Dickens. “Decadents and Drugs” embraces the Marquis de Sade and Oscar Wilde; plus we get “Sex” (Henry Miller, Jacqueline Susann); “Adventurers” (Jack London, Ian Fleming, Ernest Hemingway), “Tough Guys, Noir Division” (Dashiell Hammett, James Ellroy), and “Hipsters, Weed, Fags, Etc.” (Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs), while “More Drugs and More Bohemians” delves into Charles Bukowski and Hunter S. Thompson... Volume 2 tackles another roster of celebrated writers, including C.S. Lewis, Sylvia Plath, Ayn Rand, Roald Dahl, Agatha Christie, Truman Capote, Emily Dickinson, and Dorothy Parker. There are playwrights turned actors (Harold Pinter, Sam Shepard, Jason Miller); “Outlaws” (Jean Genet, Edward Bunker, Miguel Piñero); screenwriters (Dalton Trumbo, John Sayles); plus horror and sci-fi (including Stephen King’s misguided attempts at acting and directing). “Lovers, Loners and Postmen” focuses on the likes of Franz Kafka, Shirley Jackson and Pablo Neruda; and humorists include Kurt Vonnegut, Terry Southern and James Thurber. Those are only a handful of the names covered in these two hefty volumes. Overflowing with fascinating insights and trivia, this remarkable set is both incredibly informative and thoroughly engrossing.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46998046179500,"sku":"mae1787292144765","price":23.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":46998046212268,"sku":"kgl1787292144766","price":30.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0691\/4962\/2444\/files\/the-burning-typewriter---the-rebels-and-other-writers-onscreen-volume-1_1.jpg?v=1787292150","url":"https:\/\/streetlookboutique.shop\/products\/the-burning-typewriter-the-rebels-and-other-writers-onscreen-volume-1","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}