THE ANGRY SCREENWRITER. CAN YOU BLAME HIM?

HERE IS SOMETHING AMUSING I FOUND ON AMAZON TOIGHT. LOL. I READ JOE'S HOLLYWOOD ANIMAL AND FOUND IT HORRIBLE. 2 MILLION DOLLARS OR MORE TO WRITE SHOW GIRLS OR BASIC INSTINCT OR THE ALLEN SMITHIE BURN HOLLYWOOD BURN SCRIPT?! OMG!!! THE FRENCH NEW WAVE GUYS COULD HAVE MADE ONE OF THE MASTERWORKS OF THAT ERA FOR THAT [BREATHLESS, THE 400 BLOWS, JULES AND JIM ETC.]. HERE IS A REVIEW WRITTEN BY A JUSTIFIABLY ANGRY SCREENWRITER. HAHAHAHAHA:

I bought this book months ago and just now got around to reading it completely (I was too busy writing screenplays and reading other more interesting books). If you like reading irreverent gossip columns and enjoying a mindless chuckle while whoofing down your morning bowl of Frosted Flakes, then please, go ahead and check this book out at your local library. But I would advise against buying it. The author, crusty ol' Eszterhas, pretends to be an advocate for the screenwriter, but in acuality, despises them (along with 99.9% of humanity). He pawns off advice in his book, not actually expecting you to follow it, then when you do, he becomes sanctimonous and offended. For example, he states in his book that if you're a young screenwriter and not out hounding people, beating on windows `til you get arrested, then you're not doing your job. I did not take his advice literally, but I did venture to Bainbridge Township, Ohio to meet Eszterhas and ask him to look at my script. I met him in the parking lot of his church and politely introduced myself whereupon he called me disgusting! Now imagine my shock when the writer of Showgirls has the nerve to call me disgusting! The man who brags about his many affairs with married women calls me disgusting! Normally I would not tolerate being talked to in this manner but he had his young "grandson" with him.
Eszterhas writes a book, puts the name and location of his church in it, then doesn't expect writers like myself to show up. I find it ironic that a diseased-ridden old man who's lived his bitter booze-filled life treating people like dirt now finds religion, hoping to get into heaven. His life has become a cliché, much like the majority of the scripts he has written.

A TWO GARBO WEEK.

A week ago I watched two Greta Garbo movies from the golden studio era at MGM. Clarence Brown directed Garbo in the U.S. version of Anna Christie. I found it slightly dated but Garbo is the star attraction. Her performance in both the foreign and U.S. versions are great. I found the non American version the better one.

Queen Christina was also good. John Gillbert plays a visitor to her country who sweeps her up into a love affair. Wow! Anna Christie has Garbo in a role as a Queen of her nation who has to decide upon true love and loyalty to her subjects. Will she make the right choice? John Gillbert is wonderful and more than holds his own opposite the great Garbo. His voice sound terrific. Do not be fooled into thinking talkies killed the acting career of Gillbert. It was his own ways that did him in. Drinking and trouble making. Fighting with L.B. Mayer was bad for him at MGM.

All in all it was fantastic Garbo. What a double feature!!!

DEATH OF A GAMER.

As anyone that knows me can tell you I am a gamer of sorts. My favorite pc game is Counter Strike Source. I play on a CSS server know as The Whore clan 24/7 office server. Its map is of an office. Hostage rescue is the objective on it. One of the clan's members and a very nice guy has passed away.

His name was "c.IN". The server is shocked and saddened by his death at only 38 years old. :( It was a heart attack from what I was told. :(

GOOD BYE FELLOW GAMER.

"ALLWAYS REMEMBER!!!" _________c.IN________

BOOKS FOR SPRING AND SUMMER.

I plan on doing more reading during the Spring and Summer months. A comfy comforter on my lawn + ice tea with a great book will = a great Spring and Summer. Here are some of the titles I'm planning to read.

The Lost One: The Life Of Peter Lorre [613 pages].

Marilyn Monroe: The Biography [448 pages]

The Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich: A History Of Nazi Germany [1,000+ pages].

WILL ADD MORE AS TIME ALLOWS. WATCH THIS SPACE.

MARY CHESTNUT'S CIVIL WAR.

I'm reading a rather large diary from a Southern woman during the Civil War. Its around 900 pages and is slow going. The length is one reason but also it has alot of information that might seem trivial to a reader. Yet it has its good parts so far. Time has not really allowed me to read much of it lately. I'm hoping that in the next few weeks I'll get to the heart of this massive text. I'll keep my blog readers updated on how the book is. Its cheap on Amazon used books section so get yourself a copy. Link to book on Amazon.

TICKLE ME EMO.

LOL. This is funny funny. Hahahaha. Emo video.

BONNIE & CLYDE + BOOK ON THE WAY.

I just pre ordered Bonnie & Clyde and I ordered the book about the 1967 Best Picture Oscar noms. It should get here about 5 days before the movie gets here. That will be nice.

I am also going to read Pauline Kael's famous review of the movie. In it she defended the film because of negative writing on it by other critics. Her review was a 10,000+ word answer that catapulted Bonnie & Clyde to good box office and 10 Oscar nominations.

KEEP UP WITH THE 2008 ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT.

Four years ago I found a web site that I checked daily during the race for the White house. It gave the standing of each state and the Electoral College vote based on polling data. The site is up again this election year and I can't wait to follow all the numbers like last time. Here is the page. Its called Electoral-Vote.com. It is now focused on the delegate race. I hope you find it as useful as I do.

BONNIE & CLYDE: 3.25.08

"We rob banks".

After years and years of waiting Bonnie & Clyde [1967] is to be released as an Ultimate Collectors Edition on March 25th. There will be docs on the discs but sadly there will be no commentary track. I know it would have been nice to have. Thank you Warners for the great work again. Can hardly wait. Link to DVD on Amazon.

Also there is a book on that film to be released at around the same time: Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood. I read on Amazon that the book is good. I'll let everyone know what I think of it after reading it. Link to the book on Amazon.

I'M BACK!!!!

Yes after some months of getting my life together I shall post again. :-) Happy 2008 to all who read this.