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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.
Nov 9, 2021 · Twenty years older than his wife, his father was also a bootlegger and bookie with mysterious mob ties, ever flying off to such places as Miami, Havana, New York and Acapulco, sometimes with ...
Jun 29, 2021 · Throw in Boris Karloff dressed as a Mandarin cross-dresser and Bela Lugosi as a deranged obsessive looking to off Karloff for marrying and then killing his wife AND his daughter and you're talking demented classic.
Oct 22, 2021 · Named after a “gay maître d’ at the Belden Stratford hotel,” future scribe Gifford led a latchkey life on Chicago’s streets, his father dying while he was a young teen and mother suffering a string of bad marriages and health problems.
Apr 5, 2024 · Camper: Barry Gifford on inspiration. Georgescu’s back pain forced them to stay overnight at a local motel, which he likened to the Overlook in “The Shining.”. Luckily, the trio survived, and before Gifford left Romania, he shook hands with Georgescu on the idea of eventually making a film together.
Oct 21, 2022 · One of the most prolific and wide-ranging American writers—with more than 40 works of fiction, nonfiction, poetry and screenwriting to his name—Barry Gifford is most immediately known for his series of “Sailor and Lula” novels, one of which, 1990’s “Wild at Heart,” became the David Lynch film starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern, the first … INTERVIEW: Barry Gifford on “Roy ...
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. Gifford writes nonfiction, poetry, and is best known for his series of novels about Sailor and Lula, two star-crossed protagonists on a ...
