About this episode
Dana Gould interviews film noir expert Eddie Muller and author Katharine Coldiron about their new books and the cult classic Gun Crazy.
Welcome to the dog days of summer. We've got an action-packed episode to get you to through August, so fasten your enthusiasm harness, and get ready to listen, and enjoy. Eddie Muller is an expert in film noir. If you like movies with private eyes, tough guys and saucy dames who kiss and lie, Eddie is your dude. Eddie is the host of TCM's Noir Alley, which is forever and always a celebration of all things noir. He has a new book out called Dark City Dames , which examines the lives and careers of a group of actresses from the heyday of film noir. As you may suspect, their true life stories are often more intense than the movies they made. Eddie is also the author of Dark City , San Francisco Noir, The Art Of Noir, the novels The Distance and Shadow Boxer. He is a fascinating guy. It was a great interview. I could have talked to him all day to be honest. Also, one of my favorite people, Katharine Coldiron, is back. Katharine also has a new book entitled Out There In The Dark . It's part memoir, part film criticism. Maybe one could say it is memoir AS film criticism. Or film criticism as memoir? You decide. But I read it in one sitting. It's a great. Informative, honest, brave…
People in this episode
Host: Dana Gould
Guests: Eddie Muller, Katharine Coldiron
Topics covered
- film noir
- interviews
- book discussions
- cult films
- memoir
- film criticism
Keywords
- film noir
- Eddie Muller
- Katharine Coldiron
- Gun Crazy
- Dark City Dames
- Out There In The Dark
- memoir
- film criticism
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Dark City Dames, Out There In The Dark, Gun Crazy, Gun Crazy And The Origin Of American Outlaw Cinema
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