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Everybody Knows
Jordan Harper
just got that damn modern-day master @jordan_harper delivered to my doorstep. gonna fuck around and find out what everybody knows. https://t.co/RgTRqloCJa
Hardcover, 2023
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Memoirs and Misinformation
Jim Carrey
just finished @JimCarrey and @danavachon's book Memoirs and Misinformation... fuck, man. this book is a goddamn treat. it's so weird, so sincere, so deep. it's an attack on hollywood. it's a love letter to family & history & friends who stand by your side. it's dangerously good.
Paperback, 2021
$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff
Sean Penn
every holiday season for the last four years, i've asked my parents to get me "bob honey who just do stuff" by sean penn. i still don't have it. maybe this is the year.
Paperback, 2019
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dear Cyborgs
Eugene Lim
@metameathead @WordsOConnor damn, thank you — don’t feel like i should be on anyone’s list, so thank you. and mine are: — good at drugs by @wwwkurtcom — dear cyborgs by @lim_eugene — inherent vice by pynchon
Paperback, 2017
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A New Hope: Star Wars: Episode IV
George Lucas
this happened to me. i once told a guy an idea i had about an orphan who ends up becoming a great warrior. it was gonna take place in space. hero’s journey type stuff. my idea was completely stolen and i never saw a dime. the guy i told? george lucas. star wars was my idea. https://t.co/T1iKUfJELZ
Paperback, Mass Market, 1986
$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Counselor (Movie Tie-in Edition): A Screenplay
Cormac McCarthy
“at our noblest we announce to the darkness that we will not be diminished by the brevity of our lives.” — cormac mccarthy, THE COUNSELOR
Paperback, 2013
$14.95$7.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Birds Aren't Real
D. T. Robbins
@dt_robbins this is the book we’re gonna write together. BIRDS AREN’T REAL 2: GET FLOCKED
Paperback, 2023
$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Poetics
Aristotle
showed my class the first 20 mins of UNCUT GEMS and then spent the rest of the class giving an unbroken, way-too-fast, anxiety-inducing rant about aristotle's poetics, the importance of storytelling, and how structure is key to effective cinematic narratives.
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Fairy Tale
Stephen King
just finished reading FAIRY TALE by stephen king. took a while to get going, but the second half was badass. enjoyed it a lot.
Paperback, 2023
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shock Value: A Tasteful Book about Bad Taste
John Waters
@jeepers_justin totally! this is one of my favorite genre of books. also: dunno if you dig john waters but SHOCK VALUE is another great memoir that talks about making his movies. but only up until the 80s. https://t.co/FWcU2OeLjc
Paperback, 2005
$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book