| Description |
1 online resource (608 pages) |
| Contents |
The catacombs -- An erotic education -- The magic lantern -- Venetian magenta -- The children of paradise caper -- The grave robber's progress -- Zip -- The sallyrand -- The perils of Nylana -- The celluloid pyre -- The end of the affair -- Orson -- Deeper into castle -- Neurosemiology -- Rosenzweig -- Olga -- Six minutes untitled -- Dr. Byx -- Slease at the ritz -- Black bird -- Morb -- Sub sub -- The connection -- The great heresy -- The oracle of zuma beach -- The sad sewer babies -- Angelotti -- 2014 -- Inner sanctum -- The conqueror worm -- Paleolithic productions presents ... -- The end of the world and selected short subjects. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
From the golden age of art movies and underground cinema to X-rated porn, splatter films, and midnight movies, this breathtaking thriller is a tour de force of cinematic fact and fantasy, full of metaphysical mysteries that will haunt the dreams of every moviegoer. Jonathan Gates could not have anticipated that his student studies would lead him to uncover the secret history of the moviesa tale of intrigue, deception, and death that stretches back to the 14th century. But he succumbs to what will be a lifelong obsession with the mysterious Max Castle, a nearly forgotten genius of the silent screen who later became the greatest director of horror films, only to vanish in the 1940s, at the height of his talent. Now, 20 years later, as Jonathan seeks the truth behind Castle's disappearance, the innocent entertainments of his youththe sexy sirens, the screwball comedies, the high romancetake on a sinister appearance. His tortured quest takes him from Hollywood's Poverty Row into the shadowy lore of ancient religious heresies. He encounters a cast of exotic characters, including Orson Welles and John Huston, who teach him that there's more to film than meets the eye, and journeys through the dark side of nostalgia, where the Three Stooges and Shirley Temple join company with an alien god whose purposes are anything but entertainment. |
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Missing persons -- Investigation -- United States -- Fiction.
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Motion picture industry -- United States -- Fiction.
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FICTION -- General.
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FICTION -- Thrillers -- General.
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Missing persons -- Investigation.
(OCoLC)fst01023707
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Motion picture industry. (OCoLC)fst01027150
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
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Suspense fiction.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Roszak, Theodore, 1933- Flicker. Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2005 155652577X (OCoLC)58441139 |
| ISBN |
9781569769904 (electronic bk.) |
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1569769907 (electronic bk.) |
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9781569769928 (electronic bk.) |
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1569769923 (electronic bk.) |
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9781569769911 (electronic bk.) |
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1569769915 (electronic bk.) |
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1306031478 (electronic bk.) |
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9781306031479 (electronic bk.) |
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