March 16, 2005
Los Angeles connections
Something I'd like to read: A comparison of Sarah Morris's film Los Angeles and Bruce Wagner's new novel The Chrysanthemum Palace (review coverage here, here, and here). From what I've gathered by watching the film and reading a dozen reviews of the book, they both peek behind the scenes of a Hollywood-centric version of the city. Who would I assign it to? David Thomson, perhaps, author of two somewhat related books, and who was recently interviewed at length by Robert Birnbaum.