Do Not Detonate Without Presidential Approval: A Portfolio on the Subjects of Mid-century Cinema, the Broadway Stage and the American West
(By Wes Anderson)
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** Includes an exclusive interview with Wes Anderson in which the director details how the pieces collected here influenced the characters, stories, and settings in the film **
Featuring 8 newly commissioned pieces alongside more than 20 classic essays from the likes of François Truffaut and Jonas Mekas, DO NOT DETONATE explores key influences on celebrated director Wes Anderson's new film Asteroid City . Together they form a detailed, captivating portrait of the mid-century film world and the enduring myths of the American West.
A Conversation Between Wes Anderson and Jake Perlin
A Life excerpt – Elia Kazan
The Celluloid Brassière – Andy Logan
Rainy Day – Lillian Ross
The Other Men’s Women – Gina Telaroli
The Petrified Forest – Jorge Luis Borges
Ace in the Noir in Broad Daylight – Molly Haskell
What Makes a Sad Heart Some Came Running – Michael Koresky
One False Start, Never Wear the Same Dress Twice – Durga Chew-Bose
Maigret at the Coroner’s excerpt – Georges Simenon
Sunbelt Desert Fury – Imogen Sara Smith
The Voyage Down and Inferno – Kent Jones
Bad Day Near The River’s Edge – Nicolas Saada
Watching Fail Safe at the End of the World – K. Austin Collins
Black Desert, White Desert – Serge Toubiana
Marilyn Monroe and the Loveless World – Jonas Mekas
Beyond the Stars – Jeremy Bernstein
“Nashville” – Pauline Kael
Coming Around the Close Encounters of the Third Kind – Matt Zoller Seitz
Selections from Close Encounters of the Third Kind Diary – Bob Balaban
Introduction to Small A Film Novel – François Truffaut
By The Time I Get to Phoenix – Thora Siemsen
My Guy – Hilton Als
Wild to the Wild – Sam Shepard”
