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Do not detonate without presidential approval : a portfolio on the subjects of mid-century cinema, the Broadway stage and the American West ; inspirations for Wes Anderson's 'Asteroid City' / edited by Jake Perlin.

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London : Pushkin Press, 2023.

Asteroid City (Motion picture)

9781805330516 (paperback) :

1805330519 (paperback)

234 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

In the orbit of Asteroid City: a conversation between Wes Anderson and Jake Perlin / Wes Anderson and Jake Perlin -- -- A Life excerpt / Elia Kazan -- The Celluloid Brassïre / Andy Logan -- Rainy Day / Lillian Ross -- Backstage and Playhouse 90 / Time -- The Outskirts: Other Men's Women / Gina Telaroli -- The Petrified Forest / Jorge Luis Borges -- Ace in the Hole: Noir in Broad Daylight / Molly Haskell -- What Makes a Sad Heart Sing: Some Came Running / Michael Koresky -- One False Start, Never Wear the Same Dress Twice / Durga Chew-Bose -- Maigret at the Coroner's excerpt / Georges Simenon -- Sunbelt Noir: Desert Fury / Imogen Sara Smith -- The Voyage Down and Out: Inferno / Kent Jones -- Bad Day Near The River's Edge / Nicolas Saada -- Marines get taste of atomic warfare / Gladwin Hill --"The atomic city," low-budget, high-voltage paramont film opens at the Mayfair / Bosley Crowther -- Watching Fail Safe at the End of the World / K. Austin Collins -- Black Desert, White Desert / Serge Toubiana -- Marilyn Monroe and the Loveless World / Jonas Mekas -- Beyond the Stars / Jeremy Bernstein -- Coming: "Nashville" / Pauline Kael -- Coming Around the Mountain: Close Encounters of the Third Kind / Matt Zoller Seitz -- Selections from Close Encounters of the Third Kind Diary / Bob Balaban -- Introduction to Small Change: A Film Novel / Fraṅois Truffaut -- By The Time I Get to Phoenix / Thora Siemsen -- My Guy / Hilton Als -- Wild to the Wild / Sam Shepard.

"Featuring 8 newly commissioned pieces alongside more than 20 classic essays from the likes of Fraṅois 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."--Provided by publisher.

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