Film Freak
It is the late 1970s and twenty-something Christopher Fowler is obsessively watching lousy films in run-down fleapit cinemas. He longs to become a famous screenwriter and so heads for Wardour Street with an armful of terrible scripts.But he arrives just as Britain's filmmakers are being brought to their knees by the arrival of video and the destruction of the old movie palaces, reduced to making smutty low budget farces and TV spinoffs. And instead of being asked to write another 'Bullitt', Chris is churning out short films about boilers and nylon sheets. Somehow he finds success, albeit not quite the sort he'd expected. Hilarious and acutel…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4481-5459-3
- EAN: 9781448154593
- Produktnummer: 14334557
- Verlag: Transworld Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 352 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'152 KB
Über den Autor
Christopher Fowler is the author of more than forty novels (fifteen of which feature the detectives Bryant and May and the Peculiar Crimes Unit) and short story collections. The recipient of many awards, including the coveted CWA 'Dagger in the Library', Chris has also written screenplays, video games, graphic novels, audio plays and two critically acclaimed memoirs, Paperboy and Film Freak. His most recent book is The Book of Forgotten Authors, drawn from his 'Invisible Ink' columns in the Independent on Sunday. Chris divides his time between London's King's Cross and Barcelona. You can find out more by visiting his website and following him on Twitter.
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