***NOW AVAILABLE AS A HARDCOVER!!! RUDOLPH WURLITZER’s 1984 Hollywood-and-elsewhere opus, Slow Fade now available in printed form. Rudy Wurlitzer’s 1969 novel Nog was embraced by the burgeoning counterculture. The time following the success of Easy Rider was a period of wide-open opportunity for hip young writers in Hollywood. In 1970–71, Wurlitzer worked on a script for Monte Hellman, which became the cult classic Two-Lane Blacktop. Following his experiences during Sam Peckinpah’s production of Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid (which he also scripted), he withdrew from Hollywood for a time, writing the book Quake before returning in the ‘80s for further film work with Alex Cox (Walker), Robert Frank (Candy Mountain) and Bernardo Bertolucci (Little Buddha), among others. Slow Fade is the portrait of Wesley Hardin, whose life has been devoted to manipulations of all kinds—cinematic images, conference table negotiations, actors, technicians, and even (and especially) those closest to him. Nearing the end of the career, he tries to divest himself of illusions, to make peace with his demons and his past. The process is complex and at times appears to occur by committee. After his son Walker returns from a long spell in India, (where he was searching for Wesley’s daughter at his father’s behest), Wesley hires him to write a script about his experiences there, which Walker will not otherwise discuss. As Wesley grapples with control over one final film project, Walker roams the American landscape with a disaffected roadie named A.D., who is desperately trying to make...
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06/28/2011
***RUDOLPH WURLITZER’s 1984 Hollywood-and-elsewhere opus, Slow Fade now available in printed form. Rudy Wurlitzer’s 1969 novel Nog was embraced by the burgeoning counterculture. The time following the success of Easy Rider was a period of wide-open opportunity for hip young writers in Hollywood. In 1970–71, Wurlitzer worked on a script for Monte Hellman, which became the cult classic Two-Lane Blacktop. Following his experiences during Sam Peckinpah’s production of Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid (which he also scripted), he withdrew from Hollywood for a time, writing the book Quake before returning in the ‘80s for further film work with Alex Cox (Walker), Robert Frank (Candy Mountain) and Bernardo Bertolucci (Little Buddha), among others. Slow Fade is the portrait of Wesley Hardin, whose life has been devoted to manipulations of all kinds—cinematic images, conference table negotiations, actors, technicians, and even (and especially) those closest to him. Nearing the end of the career, he tries to divest himself of illusions, to make peace with his demons and his past. The process is complex and at times appears to occur by committee. After his son Walker returns from a long spell in India, (where he was searching for Wesley’s daughter at his father’s behest), Wesley hires him to write a script about his experiences there, which Walker will not otherwise discuss. As Wesley grapples with control over one final film project, Walker roams the American landscape with a disaffected roadie named A.D., who is desperately trying to make a new career for himself...
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06/21/2011
***Drag City’s first foray into the wide world of audio books is a reading of RUDOLPH WURLITZER’s 1984 Hollywood-and-elsewhere opus, Slow Fade, read by WILL OLDHAM with D.V. DEVINCENTIS. Rudy Wurlitzer’s 1969 novel Nog was embraced by the burgeoning counterculture. The time following the success of Easy Rider was a period of wide-open opportunity for hip young writers in Hollywood. In 1970–71, Wurlitzer worked on a script for Monte Hellman, which became the cult classic Two-Lane Blacktop. Following his experiences during Sam Peckinpah’s production of Pat Garrett and Billy The Kid (which he also scripted), he withdrew from Hollywood for a time, writing the book Quake before returning in the ‘80s for further film work with Alex Cox (Walker), Robert Frank (Candy Mountain) and Bernardo Bertolucci (Little Buddha), among others. Reading the text are Will Oldham (BONNIE PRINCE BILLY). Will is countered by his good friend D.V. DeVincentis, who has worked in Hollywood writing and producing films all of his adult life. Slow Fade is the portrait of Wesley Hardin, whose life has been devoted to manipulations of all kinds—cinematic images, conference table negotiations, actors, technicians, and even (and especially) those closest to him. Nearing the end of the career, he tries to divest himself of illusions, to make peace with his demons and his past. The process is complex and at times appears to occur by committee. After his son Walker returns from a long spell in India, (where he was searching for Wesley’s daughter at his father’s behest),...
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04/19/2011