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| Discussion: James Ellroy Anyone out there stuck on reading James Ellroy as much as me. It's become an addiction...can't seem to put his books down. >>By CD Toughguy prose at it's best. My personal favourites: "American Tabloid" and it's sequel "The Cold Six Thousand". They need to make more movies based on his books. "L.A. Confidential" was an excellent start. >>By Helmet Yeah... I remember taking the "kid-friendly" version of L.A Confidential outta the school Library when i was 12.... perhaps I'll read the REAL thing soon enough... I dont read enough books :( ahh yes- this is good- right beside the sexiest guy in the world..................... ;) >>By Tchock shazzam !!!!!!!! started to re-read American Tabloid a couple of nites ago yessiree the 2nd helping STILL grabs ya by the scruff of the neck & screams......"pay attention !!!" oh-yeah-daddy-o this novel crackles............ 1 super bad-ass french-canadian (pete bondurant) *the beard* (fidel castro) *the haircut* (john f. kennedy) crusading moping-moralist (bobby kennedy) super *closet* snoop ( j. edgar hoover) teaming Teamster Union pesion fund (& pres. jimmy hoffa) degenerate millionaire dope fiend (howard hughes) the MOB the CIA the FBI the Bay Of Pigs commies anti-commies hollywood skank 'n' scandal ALL tied together & ALL coming together on November 22nd, 1963 in Dallas, Texas. >>By Helmet i concur!! me loves american tabloid..... just need to finish it first......... haha... pg 350 (or thereabouts) & its soared to be my favourite book.... but then again i dont read much. >>By Tchock & why do i have to be so stupid?? (no- only related to what i said first.......) >>By Tchock it started with pete it ended with pete in conclusion : marvellous, inspiring.......... 585 pages of magic bring on the cold six thousand !! >>By Tchock the more i read about the 'facts' behind the jfk assassination (courtesy of wikipedia i might add) the more i am impressed by ellroy's american underworld series & the way he weaves fiction & fact together.............. & from what i've read mister. ellroy probably ain't TOO far from the truth................ & ellroy's a strict vegetarian.... yay!!!!!!!!!! ;) (EVEN if he has republican tendancies........) >>By Tchock just saw a tv commercial for an upcoming movie....... "Black Dahlia" (opens sept. 15) yes yes the sordid (unsolved) 1947 snuff of Elizabeth Short how she ended-up in 2 pieces on a vacant lot in Los Angeles is a mystery to this day well *fingers-crossed* that they've used James Ellroys "Black Dahlia" novel as a blueprint for the movie it would make a mucho-good addition to his other book / movie .............. "L.A. Confidential" >>By Helmet ok ellroy-ites let the good times roll a little web-surfing has revealed.......... the movie IS based on the Ellroy novel & is directed by Brian DaPalma & will star Hillary Swank & Scarlett Johanson >>By Helmet haha i think now that CD's left, Helmet, we're the only Ellroy-ites !!!! yeah my brother said that josh harnel/harnet/hartner (guy from Pearl Harbour) was going to be playing the lead role.... i hope he's wrong i HATE that man !!!!! :) ahhh the Cold Six Thousand almost made me miss my train station today could NOT put it down !!!! >>By Tchock You are not logged in. To access all functionality, you can log in via Flork. Flork is a worldwide community of people who are interested in music, movies and books. As a Flork-User, you can participate in this and other discussions, meet new people and exchange messages with other members directly: www.flork.com |