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In this author interview, I speak with Koren Shadmi, the author of Bionic, Rise of the Dungeon Master, Gary Gygax and the Creation of D&D, and The Twilight Man: Rod Serling and the Birth of Television. He joins me today to talk about his graphic novel, Lugosi: The Rise & Fall of Hollywood’s Dracula.

Listen to hear about how Lugosi's history as an activist, how Lugosi's career might have been different had he played Frankenstein's monster, and why Dracula is such an enduring story for film adaptation.

Books mentioned in this episode include:

• All Tomorrow’s Parties: The Velvet Underground Story by Koren Shadmi
• Dracula by Bram Stoker
• Lugosi The Man Behind the Cape by Robert Cremer
• Bela Lugosi: Hollywood’s Prince of Darkness by Nige Burton and Jamie Jones
• Acting Class by Nick Drnaso

Films mentioned in this episode include:

• Dracula directed by Tod Browning & Karl Freund
• Son of Frankenstein directed by Rowland V. Lee
• The Black Cat directed by Edgar G. Ulmer
• Frankenstein directed by James Whale
• Renfield directed by Chris McKay
• Last Voyage of the Demeter directed by André Øvredal
• Videodrome directed by David Cronenberg
• The 400 Blows directed by François Truffaut
• Vertigo directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Music mentioned in this episode includes:

• Bauhaus

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​In this author interview, I speak with Ian Nathan, the author of Stephen King at The Movies, Ridley Scott: A Retrospective and James Cameron: A Retrospective, and biographies of The Coen Brothers, Quentin Tarantino, and Wes Anderson. He is the former editor and executive editor of Empire, the world's biggest movie magazine, and a regular contributor to newspapers, magazines, and TV. He joins me today to talk about his new book coming out September 7th, Clint Eastwood: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work. 

Listen to hear about how Eastwood fits in to both the old star tradition of Hollywood and the upstart filmmakers that came in the 1970s, how Eastwood can be considered a feminist filmmaker, and whether Eastwood will ever truly retire from filmmaking.

Books mentioned in this episode include:

• Flags of Our Fathers by James Bradley and Ron Powers
  
• Clint Eastwood: A Biography by Richard Schickel
  
• Clint Eastwood Interviews edited by Robert E. Kapsis and Kathie Coblentz
  
• City of Nets: A Portrait of Hollywood in the 1940's by Otto Friedrich
  
• Final Cut: Art, Money, and Ego in the Making of Heaven's Gate, the Film that Sank United Artists by Steven Bach
  
• David Lynch: A Retrospective by Ian Nathan

Films mentioned in this episode include:

• Dirty Harry directed by Don Siegel
  
• Play Misty for Me directed by Clint Eastwood
  
• The Gauntlet directed by Clint Eastwood
  
• Million Dollar Baby directed by Clint Eastwood
  
• Bird directed by Clint Eastwood
  
• Flags of Our Fathers directed by Clint Eastwood
  
• Letters From Iwo Jima directed by Clint Eastwood
  
• Invictus directed by Clint Eastwood
  
• The Outlaw Josey Wales directed by Clint Eastwood
  
• Unforgiven directed by Clint Eastwood
  
• Mystic River directed by Clint Eastwood
  
• Rawhide (television series)
  
• A Fistful of Dollars directed by Sergio Leone
  
• For a Few Dollars More directed by Sergio Leone
  
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly directed by Sergio Leone
  
• High Plaines Drifter directed by Clint Eastwood
  
• Pale Rider directed by Clint Eastwood
  
• Juror No. 2 directed by Clint Eastwood
  
• Cry Macho directed by Clint Eastwood
  
• Blade Runner directed by Ridley Scott
  
• Paris, Texas directed by Wim Wenders
  
• Miller’s Crossing directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
  
• E.T. The Extraterrestrial directed by Steven Spielberg
  
• Rear Window directed by Alfred Hitchcock
  
• Quo Vadis directed by Mervyn LeRoy
  
• The Godfather directed by Francis Ford Coppola
  
• Blue Velvet directed by David Lynch
  
• Barton Fink directed by Joel and Ethan Coen