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DO NOT DETONATE Without Presidential Approval: A Portfolio on the Subjects of Mid-century Cinema, the Broadway Stage and the American West

DO NOT DETONATE Without Presidential Approval: A Portfolio on the Subjects of Mid-century Cinema, the Broadway Stage and the American West

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The book "Do Not Detonate: Writings on People and Places, Theater and Film, in a Portfolio of Essays and Photographs Inform Wes Anderson's Film Asteroid City" explores key influences on Anderson's film, including conversations with Anderson, life excerpts, and essays by filmmakers and critics.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 22 June 2023
Publisher: Pushkin Press



Featuring 8 newly commissioned pieces alongside more than 20 classic essays from the likes of François Truffaut and Jonas Mekas,
DO NOT DETONATE explores key influences on celebrated director Wes Anderson's new film Asteroid City.
Together, they form a detailed, captivating portrait of the mid-century film world and the enduring myths of the American West.


Contents:


A Conversation Between Wes Anderson and Jake Perlin


A Life excerpt - Elia Kazan


The Celluloid Brassière - Andy Logan


Rainy Day - Lillian Ross


The Outskirts: Other Men's Women - Gina Telaroli


The Petrified Forest - Jorge Luis Borges


Ace in the Hole: Noir in Broad Daylight - Molly Haskell


What Makes a Sad Heart Sing: Some Came Running - Michael Koresky


One False Start, Never Wear the Same Dress Twice - Durga Chew-Bose


Maigret at the Coroner's excerpt - Georges Simenon


Sunbelt Noir: Desert Fury - Imogen Sara Smith


The Voyage Down and Out: Inferno - Kent Jones


Bad Day Near The River's Edge - Nicolas Saada


Watching Fail Safe at the End of the World - K. Austin Collins


Black Desert, White Desert - Serge Toubiana


Marilyn Monroe and the Loveless World - Jonas Mekas


Beyond the Stars - Jeremy Bernstein


Coming: Nashville - Pauline Kael


Coming Around the Mountain: Close Encounters of the Third Kind - Matt Zoller Seitz


Selections from Close Encounters of the Third Kind Diary - Bob Balaban


Introduction to Small Change: A Film Novel - François Truffaut


By The Time I Get to Phoenix - Thora Siemsen


My Guy - Hilton Als


Wild to the Wild - Sam Shepard

Weight: 214g
Dimension: 129 x 198 x 23 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781805330516

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