catching up/DeLillo, Chandler, Hammett

[Paul Mackin]

On Aug 28, 2006, at 8:14 PM, rich wrote:

> elroy was invented by robert crumb--donkey-dicking his way thru  
> ghastly murder scenes, stroking himself, high on speed, in  
> inumerable LA flophouses
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> white jazz is just way too funny but we are talking about the LAPD  
> here; actually looking fwd to black dahlia film--of course, there's  
> True Confessions and LA Confidential--duval and crowe respectively  
> are great
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> see the doc on ellroy--he appeared un announced at the theater in  
> NYC I saw it in w/ a friend when it came out
>
> ellroy is a barker, nothing else
> but he does know seedy LA pretty well
> rich


In the Black Dahlia I thought he got post-war L.A. down quite well.  
Made a few minor technical slips now and then like  having the Herald  
Express newspaper coming out in morning.

He was born in '47, the year  of the famous murder.

A grisly question asked at the time was, who made Elizabeth Short.


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> On 8/27/06, Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
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> On Aug 26, 2006, at 10:19 PM, Scott Badger wrote:
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> > ...Elizabeth Short's nick-name, Black Dahlia, refers to The Blue
> > Dahlia, a 1946 movie written by Raymond Chandler...
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> Also, Veronica Lake, star of The Blue Dahlia, figures in L.A.
> Confidential. (the movie version at least)
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> Everything connects. :-)
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> > Fwiw, I vote Chandler.
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> > Scott
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> > Paul:
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> > They make good movies. "Black Dahlia" is about to premier.
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> > Arts, Briefly; Films in Venice
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> > By ELISABETTA POVOLEDO; COMPILED BY BEN SISARIO (NYT) 204 words
> > Published: July 29, 2006
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> > Five American films will be in competition at the Venice
> > International Film Festival from Aug. 30 to Sept. 9. Now in its
> > 63rd year, the festival is opening with the premiere of Brian De
> > Palma's ''Black Dahlia,'' an adaptation of James Ellroy's novel
> > about the murder of a young Hollywood actress. It stars Josh
> > Hartnett and Scarlett Johansson, below, who was a jury member in  
> 2004.
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