ben schwartz Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Superman: Year One
Frank Millerben schwartzill go with frank miller's superman, frank gorshin’s riddler, and lego two face. https://t.co/FZjgJ68kfd https://t.co/KZoKQc5Mx3
Paperback, 2025
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Woody Allen: Interviews
Robert E. Kapsisben schwartzit’s gotta be pretty bad if you’re getting fired from hosting your own instagram live interviews with woody allen. https://t.co/d37cpL9csn
Paperback, 2006
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Jean-Luc Godard: Interviews
Jean-Luc Godardben schwartztwo good interviews by adam shatz: j. hoberman and then claire denis on the death of jean-luc godard for the @LRB podcast: https://t.co/gcCKhKggBe
Paperback, 2010
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If George Orwell Were Alive Today...: On Nineteen Eighty-Four and the Thrust of Orwellian Satire
John Daleben schwartzif george orwell were alive today he’d be tweeting about how excited he is to be doing “animal farm babies” with disney. https://t.co/yzljwR2nJ4
Out of stock
The Harder They Fall
Budd Schulbergben schwartz@murderxbryan lol i just watched "the harder they fall" and it's rod steiger fixin' boxing again in a budd schulberg story and i thought, "oh, ok, it's charley malloy's origin movie before he sold terry out. is there a johnny friendly series?" it's even got a cool cab scene with bogart. https://t.co/s40q3TWT6e
Paperback, 1996
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The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood
Sam Wassonben schwartzi just finished sam wasson's "the big goodbye," which i liked more for the industry history than the biographical storylines. i did not come away from this seeing robert towne the same way as a writer.
Paperback, 2021
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Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong
Terry Teachoutben schwartzI got to know terry teachout online after I wrote this piece about louis armstrong and talked about his play, "satchmo at the waldorf," and his biography of louis, "pops." I never got to meet him in person. my loss. https://t.co/XblY2sFFqw
Paperback, 2010
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Tropic of Cancer
Henry Millerben schwartzi drove up to berkeley today and had to make a pilgrimage to one of literary california's sacred shrines, the mcdonald's in santa nella where a young henry miller wrote "tropic of cancer." https://t.co/oTinUVLBNo
Paperback, 1994
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Mike Nichols: A Life
Mark Harrisben schwartz@FilmIntuition im sure you’ve read it, but the george c. scott stories in mark harris’ mike nichols bio are nuts, too.
Paperback, 2022
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Animal Farm
George Orwellben schwartzif george orwell were alive today he’d be tweeting about how excited he is to be doing “animal farm babies” with disney. https://t.co/yzljwR2nJ4
Hardcover, 1990
$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book