John Bleasdale 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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Mother Night
Kurt VonnegutJohn Bleasdale“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” Kurt Vonnegut from Mother Night, a novel about an American working for the Nazis. https://t.co/UrQCPNnllu
Paperback, 1999
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Nightmare Alley
William Lindsay GreshamJohn BleasdaleFirst Time Read. Nightmare Alley by William Lindsay Gresham (1946) My favorite discovery of the year. This novel deserves to have as high a ranking as Gatsby or On the Road. It’s better than both. Lucid and yet deranged; vicious and kind- a masterpiece. https://t.co/9ntORjpw27
Paperback, 2010
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The Creative ACT: A Way of Being
Rick RubinJohn Bleasdale@whytology @GarethMeadows I’d recommend this. Rick Rubin The Creative Act: a Way of Being https://t.co/LrND2YxK0M
Hardcover, 2023
$32.00$16.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dune
Frank HerbertJohn BleasdaleHey #scifibooks fans. Are any of the non Frank Herbert #Dune books worth a look?
Paperback, 2005
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Crooked, But Never Common: The Films of Preston Sturges
Stuart KlawansJohn BleasdaleStuart Klawans has been the critic for @thenation since 1988. He has now written an amazing book on Preston Sturgess called Crooked But Never Common: The Films of #PrestonSturges He talked with me @WritersOnFilm1 What's your favorite Sturges movie? https://t.co/XzDQakaX4Z https://t.co/VP8DUxmWrG
Paperback, 2023
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Mike Nichols: A Life
Mark HarrisJohn BleasdaleMark Harris talks about writing film books and his @nytimes bestseller Mike Nichols A Life https://podcasts.apple.com/it/podcast/writers-on-film/id1567023095?l=en&i=1000531893468
Paperback, 2022
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Querelle
Jean GenetJohn BleasdaleFirst time watch: Querelle dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1983) Beautiful and brilliant queer boy film. Based on Jean Genet play. Totally invests in its own universe like William S Burroughs at his most coherent. The music is seductive all the way thru. https://t.co/iNda2xyLPu
Paperback, 1994
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Queer
William S. BurroughsJohn BleasdaleFirst time watch: Querelle dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1983) Beautiful and brilliant queer boy film. Based on Jean Genet play. Totally invests in its own universe like William S Burroughs at his most coherent. The music is seductive all the way thru. https://t.co/iNda2xyLPu
Paperback, 2022
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The Conversations: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film
Michael OndaatjeJohn Bleasdale@ikillick7 @mattglasby And any Walter Murch book, but I particularly liked The Conversations with Michael Ondaatje
Paperback, 2004
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Alien: The Official Movie Novelization
Alan Dean FosterJohn BleasdaleA year ago I interviewed Alan Dean Foster the poet laureate of film novelizations - Star Wars, Alien, Outland, Krull, The Pale Rider … https://t.co/bJ82wBcaiK
Paperback, Mass Market, 2014
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