Awesome newsletter, Jason! I can't wait to read your upcoming comics. And I love the movie Crossroads. I saw it in the theatre when it came out and I have it on DVD. Also, thru that killer movie Ralph Macchio taught me the proper way to put on a fedora. Crossroads rocks!
1986 was a good year for movies. Blue Velvet, Top Gun, Aliens, Stand By Me, The Color of Money... probably a bunch of others I'm missing.
Never heard of Crossroads though. My favorite Walter Hill movies are The Getaway (he wrote, not directed) and The Driver. I'll have to check out Crossroads.
What about The Driver? I heard Edgar Wright talk about it on the Baby Driver commentary so I had to check it out. It's also the inspiration for Drive by Refn and Gosling.
My pleasure. By the way, I'm reading Scalped again and I just now realized you likely named Carol's husband's last name after James Ellroy, or is that just a coincidence?
I just read the L.A. Quartet and Ellroy is now one of my favorite writers, racism and Nazi youth aside. (He identified as a Nazi in high school.)
Yeah, I used that name because of James Ellroy. He’s one of my favorite writers too. Got to meet him a few times when he lived in Kansas City. He gave me simple but great writing advice. People always say “Write what you know,” but Ellroy says “Write the kinda shit you like to read.”
That's awesome. Curtis Hanson said the same thing about directing L.A. Confidential. He said he didn't know if people were gonna like it but he knew he made a movie he would want to watch it.
Ellroy's quite a character. I love watching his old appearances on Conan O'Brien.
Awesome newsletter, Jason! I can't wait to read your upcoming comics. And I love the movie Crossroads. I saw it in the theatre when it came out and I have it on DVD. Also, thru that killer movie Ralph Macchio taught me the proper way to put on a fedora. Crossroads rocks!
1986 was a good year for movies. Blue Velvet, Top Gun, Aliens, Stand By Me, The Color of Money... probably a bunch of others I'm missing.
Never heard of Crossroads though. My favorite Walter Hill movies are The Getaway (he wrote, not directed) and The Driver. I'll have to check out Crossroads.
LOVE The Getaway. Peckinpah + McQueen + Jim Thompson + Slim Pickens = yes please.
What about The Driver? I heard Edgar Wright talk about it on the Baby Driver commentary so I had to check it out. It's also the inspiration for Drive by Refn and Gosling.
It's good but a little slow.
Haven’t seen it. Just added it to my watch list. Thanks.
My pleasure. By the way, I'm reading Scalped again and I just now realized you likely named Carol's husband's last name after James Ellroy, or is that just a coincidence?
I just read the L.A. Quartet and Ellroy is now one of my favorite writers, racism and Nazi youth aside. (He identified as a Nazi in high school.)
Yeah, I used that name because of James Ellroy. He’s one of my favorite writers too. Got to meet him a few times when he lived in Kansas City. He gave me simple but great writing advice. People always say “Write what you know,” but Ellroy says “Write the kinda shit you like to read.”
That's awesome. Curtis Hanson said the same thing about directing L.A. Confidential. He said he didn't know if people were gonna like it but he knew he made a movie he would want to watch it.
Ellroy's quite a character. I love watching his old appearances on Conan O'Brien.
this is all super exciting!
thanks for sharing as always!