Emma Westwood writes about writing, cinema and other wild trips
I’ve bored myself with constant mention of my Monster Movies book, so I’ll refrain from further plugging (until my next post), except to say that promotion of my book was the reason for writing this piece, which appeared on Fangoria.com. As much as the incomparable John Cusack in High Fidelity made it über [...]
This week has been an interesting one, to say the least, both challenging and surprising. As many Melburnians contemplating their schedules for the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) will know, Bruce LaBruce’s L.A. Zombie has been crushed by the Aussie censors, which means us consenting adults won’t have the choice to watch what I was [...]
Director: Frank Lloyd Producer: Irving Thalberg & Albert Lewin Based on a Novel by: Charles Nordhoff Screenplay: Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman & Carey Wilson Starring: Charles Laughton, Clark Gable & Franchot Tone Fellow Nominees: Alice Adams – dir. George Stevens, prod. Pandro S. Berman Broadway Melody of 1936 – dir. Roy Del Ruth, prod. John [...]
A couple of sample entries from my book, Monster Movies: FRANKENSTEIN (dir. James Whale, USA, 1931) When Mary Shelley first penned Frankenstein (or The Modern Prometheus) in 1818 as part of a literary parlour game with her husband and Lord Byron, she could not have fathomed the ‘monster’ she had created. Her story became the [...]
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October 13, 2010
Emma Westwood
