{"product_id":"larry-cohen-the-stuff-of-gods-and-monsters-hardcover-edition-by-michael-doyle","title":"LARRY COHEN: THE STUFF OF GODS AND MONSTERS (HARDCOVER EDITION) by Michael Doyle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cstyle\u003e\nhttp:\/\/www.bookpleasures.com\/websitepublisher\/articles\/8722\/1\/In-Conversation-With-Michael-Doyle-Author-of-Larry-Cohen-The-Stuff-of-Gods-and-Monsters-and-Hancock-on-Hancock\/Page1.html\u003c!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Arial;\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Cambria;\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n@page Section1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;\n\tmso-header-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-footer-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.Section1\n\t{page:Section1;}\n--\u003e\n\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cstyle\u003e\n\u003c!--\n \/* Font Definitions *\/\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Arial;\n\tpanose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}\n@font-face\n\t{font-family:Cambria;\n\tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;\n\tmso-font-charset:0;\n\tmso-generic-font-family:auto;\n\tmso-font-pitch:variable;\n\tmso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\np.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal\n\t{mso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmargin:0in;\n\tmargin-bottom:.0001pt;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-bidi-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;}\n@page Section1\n\t{size:8.5in 11.0in;\n\tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;\n\tmso-header-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-footer-margin:.5in;\n\tmso-paper-source:0;}\ndiv.Section1\n\t{page:Section1;}\n--\u003e\n\u003c\/style\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;\nmso-bidi-font-family:Arial\"\u003eBest Film Book - The Phantom's Annual \"B\"wards 2017\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;\nmso-bidi-font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;\nmso-bidi-font-family:Arial\"\u003eLarry Cohen: The Stuff of Gods and Monsters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-family:Arial\"\u003e traces\r\nthe extraordinary career of the legendary\r\nwriter\/producer\/director responsible for such cult and classic\r\nfilms as \u003ci\u003eBlack Caesar, It's Alive, God Told Me\r\nTo, The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover, Q - The Winged\r\nSerpent, The Stuff, Maniac Cop,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePhone Booth. \u003c\/i\u003eCreator\r\nof some of the most diverse and thematically rich genre films that have been\r\nmade in American independent cinema, Cohen's oeuvre has embraced\r\nhorror, science fiction, thrillers, Westerns, comedies, the biographical film,\r\nand blaxploitation gangster movies. At turns provocative, disturbing, and\r\nhumorous, his distinctly personal works in film, television, and theater\r\nare distinguished by their ferocious intelligence, biting satire, and powerful\r\nemotionalism. Over the course of 28 chapters, this in-depth career-length\r\ninterview is an entertaining, enlightening, and gripping account of the\r\nsingular career of a true American original. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family:Arial;\nmso-bidi-font-family:Arial\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\"For those of us who love the works of Larry Cohen, this is the most revealing and informative material ever published about him. And if by some chance you don't know about Larry's remarkable career, take this opportunity to learn how one maverick writer\/director\/producer has been able to survive and flourish in the ever changing madhouse of show biz.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e-- Joe Dante, director of \u003c\/span\u003eThe Howling, Gremlins\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003eThe 'Burbs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Basically a 600-page Q\u0026amp;A followed by extensive notes and appendices, Larry Cohen delivers the longtime maverick moviemaker’s story straight from the auteur’s mouth. Following a recounting of Cohen’s youth, early success as an episodic TV writer, and subsequent work as a big screen scenarist, Cohen and Doyle explore the writer\/director’s prolific output film by film, from his provocative 1970 racial fable, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBone\u003c\/span\u003e, and subsequent Blaxploitation fare (\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eBlack Caesar, Hell Up in Harlem\u003c\/span\u003e), through such subversive scare classics as the \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eIt’s Alive\u003c\/span\u003e trilogy, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eQ:The Winged Serpent, The Stuff,\u003c\/span\u003e and the \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eManiac Cop \u003c\/span\u003eseries, up to his 2005 \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eMasters of Horror\u003c\/span\u003e episode, “Pick Me Up.” Having interviewed the auteur during his \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003ePhone Booth\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eCellular\u003c\/span\u003e thriller resurgence (VS #48), we can attest to the filmmaker’s storytelling skills, on more than ample display in this massive volume. Cohen-heads will not want to miss.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e-- Videoscope\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This amazing, 702-page book is essentially one gigantic interview conducted over a three year period, covering every niche of Larry Cohen's life, beginning with his Washington Heights childhood, sneaking into the NBC Studios, early television writing gigs, and his fondness for tackling controversial themes. Containing dozens of photos from Larry's personal collection and over 100 pages of footnotes and credits, this is an absorbing, in-depth celebration of Cohen's unique brand of guerilla filmmaking.\" \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Shock Cinema \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eReview in Starburst Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eReview by Film International\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAuthor Interview by BookPleasures.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BearManor Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48919709221096,"sku":"gfx1787308007845","price":36.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0736\/3991\/9848\/files\/larry-cohen-the-stuff-of-gods-and-monsters-hardcover-edition-by-michael-doyle_1.jpg?v=1787308014","url":"https:\/\/elitebagfashion.shop\/products\/larry-cohen-the-stuff-of-gods-and-monsters-hardcover-edition-by-michael-doyle","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}