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Flicker : A Novel
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Roszak, Theodore.
- Series:
- Rediscovered Classics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Missing persons--Investigation.
- Motion picture industry.
- Suspense fiction.
- Local Subjects:
- Missing persons--Investigation.
- Motion picture industry.
- Suspense fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (609 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Flicker : A Novel (Expanded Edition)
- Flicker
- Place of Publication:
- : Chicago Review Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 movies-a 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 s
- Contents:
- ""Cover ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents""; ""1 The Catacombs""; ""2 An Erotic Education""; ""3 The Magic Lantern""; ""4 Venetian Magenta""; ""5 The Children of Paradise Caper""; ""6 The Grave Robber's Progress""; ""7 Zip""; ""8 The Sallyrand""; ""9 The Perils of Nylana""; ""10 The Celluloid Pyre""; ""11 The End of the Affair""; ""12 Orson""; ""13 Deeper into Castle""; ""14 Neurosemiology""; ""15 Rosenzweig""; ""16 Olga""; ""17 Six Minutes Untitled""; ""18 Dr. Byx""; ""19 Sleaze at the Ritz""; ""20 Black Bird""; ""21 Morb""; ""22 Sub Sub""; ""23 The Connection""; ""24 The Great Heresy""
- ""25 The Oracle of Zuma Beach""""26 The Sad Sewer Babies""; ""27 Angelotti""; ""28 2014""; ""29 Inner Sanctum""; ""30 The Conqueror Worm""; ""31 Paleolithic Productions Presents . . .""; ""32 The End of the World and Selected Short Subjects""; ""THE FILMOGRAPHY OF MAX CASTLE""; ""APPENDIX: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE MOVIES""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781569769904
- 1569769907
- OCLC:
- 714569579
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