Jake Perlin
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Featuring 8 newly commissioned pieces alongside more than 20 classic essays from the likes of François Truffaut and Jonas Mekas, DO NOT DETONATE explores key influences on celebrated director Wes Anderson's new film Asteroid City. Together they form a detailed, captivating portrait of the mid-century film world and the enduring myths of the American West." --
Series
Criterion collection volume 734
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
In the mid-sixties, the maverick American director Monte Hellman conceived of two westerns at the same time. Shot back-to-back for famed producer Roger Corman, they feature overlapping casts and crews. The films - The Shooting, about a motley assortment of loners following a mysterious wanted man through a desolate frontier, and Ride in the Whirlwind, about a group of cowhands pursued by vigilantes for crimes they did not commit, are rigorous, artful,...