Saturday, February 6, 2021

Recent discovery: Schüsse aus dem Geigengasten

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I acknowledged, in my introduction to both books, that space (and time) constraints prevented much of a dive into international waters. The ...
Monday, February 1, 2021

From the cutting-room floor: Les Tricheurs

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This is another one I hated to lose, given its sensational, wall-to-wall jazz score. But as with  Alfie , this is a study of deplorable beha...
Friday, October 2, 2020

The publicity machine keeps on rollin' along...

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I continue to be quite pleased by the attention these books are getting, and the generous reviews and comments coming in from various quarte...
Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Settling a new score: The Streets of San Francisco

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La-La Land celebrates autumn’s arrival with the third volume in its  Quinn Martin Collection  series: a stylish two-disc set of Patrick Will...
Friday, September 18, 2020

Recent discovery: Missione speciale Lady Chaplin

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The echoes of  Thunderball  are impossible to ignore in  Missione speciale Lady Chaplin  ( Special Mission Lady Chaplin ), the last — and mo...
Friday, September 4, 2020

Recent discovery: Upperseven, l'uomo da uccidere

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Writer/director Alberto De Martino was granted a better than average budget for 1966’s  Upperseven, l’uomo da uccidere , released in the Sta...
Friday, August 28, 2020

From the cutting-room floor: Alfie

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I hated dropping this one from the manuscript, but — at the end of the day — it simply isn’t a crime drama (although I tried hard to justify...
Friday, August 21, 2020

Recent discovery: Kiss Kiss - Bang Bang

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Apparently unable to fully exercise his inane side while co-scripting 1965’s  James Tont operazione U.N.O. , Bruno Corbucci and a more coope...
Friday, August 14, 2020

The publicity machine purrs along...

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  Social-distancing restrictions notwithstanding, I've done reasonably well during the past few months, with respect to securing interes...
Saturday, August 8, 2020

Recent discovery: Le concerto de la peur

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Absent Chet Baker’s aggressively dissonant free jazz score, there’d be little to recommend 1963’s  Le concerto de la peur . Director José Bé...
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