Michael W. Freeman Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Michael W. Freeman

#BOTD Richard Brooks, director of some fabulous films, most notably his powerful look at high school hell in The Blackboard Jungle, one of the best Tennessee Williams films in Cat On A Hot Tin Roof, his epic Elmer Gantry, and the superb Truman Capote adaptation In Cold Blood https://t.co/IDrezHETvG

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#BOTD: Richard Matheson, a superb horror writer ideally suited for cinema: his best includes the radioactive sci fi of The Incredible Shrinking Man and the post-apocalyptic I Am Legend; on TV, introducing Carl Kolchak in The Night Stalker and the devil doll in Trilogy Of Terror https://t.co/UPA4XfrjC8

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Happy birthday John Badham, a fine film director whose best work included the eerie TV horror movie Reflections Of Murder, the classic dance drama about life in Brooklyn, Saturday Night Fever, his stylish version of Dracula, and the great Cold War thriller War Games. https://t.co/A3N3pXrl90

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April 11 1976 was the premiere of The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea. Sarah Miles gives a brave, stunning performance in Lewis John Carlino's bizarre, fascinating adaptation of Yukio Mishima's tale of teens flirting with fascism. An underrated film, not for cat lovers. https://t.co/rNpNWmoYeg

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Oct. 22 1948 was the premiere of The Red Shoes. Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale became a superb film by Michael Powell, with Moira Shearer marvelous as the dancer obsessed with her work. The 17 minute fantasy ballet sequence is a masterpiece of cinema art. It's mesmerizing https://t.co/kCxnPkrrGe

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Michael W. Freeman

Jan. 19 1964 was the premiere of Strait-Jacket. William Castle's ode to Psycho (complete with a script by Robert Bloch) is great fun. Jealous Joan Crawford axes her cheating boyfriend, then gets out of the loony bin years later. Will she kill again? Joan devours that scenery! https://t.co/VUkmpIZ33H

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July 4 is National Alice In Wonderland Day, a chance to cherish Lewis Carroll's masterpiece. We can all relate to falling down a rabbit hole into a nonsensical world. Disney's 1951 animated version captured the book exceptionally well and was an acid-dropping college campus fave https://t.co/Og4BM5CpwO

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April 23 1993 was the premiere of The Dark Half. George Romero teams up with Stephen King for this Jekyll & Hyde variation, as author Timothy Hutton's pen name comes to life to terrorize his family. Fun to see nice guy Hutton play a real nasty; good, but Creepshow was better. https://t.co/WQvfbe0DdB

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#BOTD: John Steinbeck, a superb literary talent whose books became cinematic masterpieces, including the heartbreaking dramas Of Mice And Men and The Grapes Of Wrath. As screenwriter he gave us Alfred Hitchcock's thriller Lifeboat and the portrait of the rebel Viva Zapata. https://t.co/Y8eBAOZvWc

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#BOTD Jerzy Kosinski, the controversial author of superb books such as The Painted Bird, Being There and Blind Date. As a Jewish child, he survived the Holocaust, then came to America and married a wealthy heiress! I was fascinated by his books as a teen and I still am today. https://t.co/8pzASbtdL1

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