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Nov 1, 2021 · An interview with author Barry Gifford and actor Lili Taylor about their new film, Roy's World: Barry Gifford's Chicago, directed by Rob Christopher.
Oct 23, 2021 · Gifford reflects on the multi-layered worlds in which he grew up, on his complicated and fascinating family life, and on the city itself, ‘some of it true, some of it not.’ His Roy stories are a fictional version of Gifford as a child. Des Barry reviews Barry Gifford's Roy's World.
We hear their voices over vintage photographs and footage of Chicago, as well as lovely animated sequences. A striking and unique work, the film should be more widely available next year.
Mar 16, 2018 · Barry Gifford has spent a lifetime writing stories about outsiders, particularly the hard-living petty thieves Sailor and Lula, the basis for the David Lynch film “Wild at Heart.”
Nov 9, 2021 · He is perhaps most famous for what are labeled his Sailor and Lula novels, a series that inspired filmmaker David Lynch’s “Wild At Heart,” the 1990 romantic crime film that Lynch wrote and...
Jun 10, 2020 · Rob Christopher’s documentary Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago, which is screening at this year’s Cheltenham International Film Festival, explores the impact of the Roy Stories and the world they reflect, whilst telling something of Gifford’s own story.
Barry Gifford (born October 18, 1946) [1] is an American author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American landscapes and prose influenced by film noir and Beat Generation writers.
