DO NOT DETONATE Without Presidential Approval
eBook - ePub

DO NOT DETONATE Without Presidential Approval

A Portfolio on the Subjects of Mid-century Cinema, the Broadway Stage and the American West

  1. 240 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

DO NOT DETONATE Without Presidential Approval

A Portfolio on the Subjects of Mid-century Cinema, the Broadway Stage and the American West

About this book

Writings on people and places, theater and film, in a portfolio of essays and photographs informing Wes Anderson's film Asteroid City.

A collection of mid-century Americana (and beyond), beginning on the New York stage, and moving south and west towards the small desert town of Asteroid City.

New work and vintage articles by Hilton Als, Bob Balaban, Durga Chew-Bose, K. Austin Collins, Molly Haskell, Kent Jones, Lillian Ross, Sam Shepard, Gina Telaroli, and more.

Images from Roy Schatt, Stanley Kubrick and never-before-published photographs by Brigitte Lacombe.

Frequently asked questions

Yes, you can cancel anytime from the Subscription tab in your account settings on the Perlego website. Your subscription will stay active until the end of your current billing period. Learn how to cancel your subscription.
No, books cannot be downloaded as external files, such as PDFs, for use outside of Perlego. However, you can download books within the Perlego app for offline reading on mobile or tablet. Learn more here.
Perlego offers two plans: Essential and Complete
  • Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
  • Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Both plans are available with monthly, semester, or annual billing cycles.
We are an online textbook subscription service, where you can get access to an entire online library for less than the price of a single book per month. With over 1 million books across 1000+ topics, we’ve got you covered! Learn more here.
Look out for the read-aloud symbol on your next book to see if you can listen to it. The read-aloud tool reads text aloud for you, highlighting the text as it is being read. You can pause it, speed it up and slow it down. Learn more here.
Yes! You can use the Perlego app on both iOS or Android devices to read anytime, anywhere — even offline. Perfect for commutes or when you’re on the go.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Yes, you can access DO NOT DETONATE Without Presidential Approval by Various Authors,Various, Jake Perlin in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Literature & Literary Essays. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Pushkin Press
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781805330516
eBook ISBN
9781805330523
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Essays
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. In the Orbit of Asteroid City – A CONVERSATION BETWEEN WES ANDERSON AND JAKE PERLIN
  4. A Life excerpt – ELIA KAZAN
  5. The Celluloid Brassière – ANDY LOGAN
  6. Rainy Day – LILLIAN ROSS
  7. Backstage at Playhouse 90 – TIME
  8. The Outskirts: Other Men’s Women – GINA TELAROLI
  9. The Petrified Forest – JORGE LUIS BORGES
  10. Ace in the Hole: Noir in Broad Daylight – MOLLY HASKELL
  11. What Makes a Sad Heart Sing: Some Came Running – MICHAEL KORESKY
  12. One False Start, Never Wear the Same Dress Twice – DURGA CHEW-BOSE
  13. Maigret at the Coroner’s excerpt – GEORGES SIMENON
  14. Sunbelt Noir: Desert Fury – IMOGEN SARA SMITH
  15. The Voyage Down and Out: Inferno – KENT JONES
  16. Bad Day Near The River’s Edge – NICOLAS SAADA
  17. Marines Get Taste of Atomic Warfare – BY GLADWIN HILL
  18. ‘The Atomic City,’ Low-Budget, High-Voltage Paramount Film, Opens at the Mayfair – BOSLEY CROWTHER
  19. Watching Fail Safe at the End of the World – K. AUSTIN COLLINS
  20. Black Desert, White Desert – SERGE TOUBIANA
  21. Marilyn Monroe and the Loveless World – JONAS MEKAS
  22. Beyond the Stars – JEREMY BERNSTEIN
  23. Coming: Nashville – PAULINE KAEL
  24. Coming Around the Mountain: Close Encounters of the Third Kind – MATT ZOLLER SEITZ
  25. Selections from Close Encounters of the Third Kind Diary – BOB BALABAN
  26. Introduction to Small Change: A Film Novel – FRANÇOIS TRUFFAUT
  27. By the Time I Get to Phoenix – THORA SIEMSEN
  28. My Guy – HILTON ALS
  29. Wild to the Wild – SAM SHEPARD
  30. Acknowledgments
  31. Biographies
  32. Rights and Permissions
  33. About the Authors
  34. Copyright