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French Kiss
I congratulate L.A. Weekly on publishing the splendid article by Philippe Garnier, who is absolutely the best film and music journalist working in Hollywood today. Alas, his work is generally accessible only to those who can read French, but apart from his consistently fascinating articles in Libération, he has written the best history of early Hollywood screenwriters (the well-researched Honni soit qui Malibu), as well as a study of classic Hollywood character actors (Caractères). Then there’s his definitive biography of David Goodis, the enigmatic pulp novelist who wrote the book on which François Truffaut’s Shoot the Piano Player is based. The biggest mystery to me is why Garnier’s books are unavailable in English! It’s time to brush up on your high school French — if only to be able to read Philippe Garnier in the original.
Neal McCabe
Los Angeles
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