Tom Bissell
Author
Language
English
Description
In his fourth book, journalist and fiction writer Bissell (Chasing the Sea) revisits the much-trodden territory of the Vietnam War to offer a fresh perspective: that of the adult children of the war's veterans. On assignment for GQ magazine, Bissell and his ex-Marine father, John, retrace the elder Bissell's tour of duty through a now mostly peaceful and prosperous Vietnam. The first of the book's three sections narrates the historical lead-up to...
Author
Language
English
Description
Nineteen-year-old Greg Sestero met Tommy Wiseau at an acting school in San Francisco. Wiseau's scenes were rivetingly wrong, yet Sestero, hypnotized by such uninhibited acting, thought, 'I have to do a scene with this guy.' That impulse changed both of their lives. Wiseau seemed never to have read the rule book on interpersonal relationships (or the instructions on a bottle of black hair dye), yet he generously offered to put the aspiring actor up...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"From the best-selling author of The Disaster Artist, a new collection of stories that range from laugh-out-loud funny to disturbingly dark--unflinching portraits of people struggling to bridge the gap between art and life. A young and ingratiating assistant to a movie star makes a blunder that puts his boss and a major studio at grave risk. A writer and his wife hire a partner for a threesome to rejuvenate their relationship after the birth of their...
Publisher
Cemetery Dance Publications
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
An anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube with hundreds of strangers. All the ways a trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some never thought of before. Featuring brand new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic tales and one poem from the likes of Richard Matheson,...
5) The Disaster Artist: Ma vie avec The Room, le film le plus génialement nul de l'histoire du cinéma
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Language
Français
Description
En 2003, l'acteur Greg Sestero participe sans le savoir à un futur film-culte...
Lorsque Greg Sestero, 19 ans, fait la connaissance d'un certain Tommy Wiseau dans une école d'acteurs de San Francisco, il est immédiatement fasciné par les improvisations délirantes de ce personnage improbable. Un face-à-face sur scène va changer leur vie à tous les deux. Ensemble, ils prennent une décision: partir pour Hollywood, et devenir des stars! Un...
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Series
Language
English
Description
What happens to people's lives during times of battle and strife? From the American Revolution to the ongoing war in Iraq, the subject of this collection is how people cope with the dramatic shifts that come with war. Before Independence, a slave fights for freedom by taking up arms for the British, in WWI, a mother goes to the front lines to see her son, and in our time, a teenager in Oregon waits for e-mail from his father in the Middle East.
