Few writers I’ve encountered are as informed by cinema as Jonathan Lethem. His novel "Girl In Landscape" is a sci-fi rewrite of John Ford’s "The Searchers" and he has written essays for several Criterion editions ("The Killers," "Unfaithfully Yours," "Five Films by John Casavettes"). "The Disappointment Artist" is his first collection of non-fiction essays, a self-described "series of covert and not-so-covert autobiographical pieces," many of which touch on his love of cinema. One essay is dedicated to his obsessive, defensive love for "The Searchers" while another describes the summer he spent, at 13 years old, seeing "Star Wars" 21 times during its initial theatrical run. The collection also includes his Casavettes essay along with a number of other essays which are loaded with cinematic references.
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The Searchers (Ultimate Collector's Edition)
by John Ford
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Rooster Cogburn (...and the Lady)
by Stuart Millar
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Blazing Saddles (30th Anniversary Special Edition)
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3:10 to Yuma (Special Edition)
by Delmer Daves
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The Harder They Come - Criterion Collection
by Perry Henzell
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The Wizard of Oz (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Victor Fleming
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Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Special Edition)
by Stanley Kubrick
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Liquid Sky
by Slava Tsukerman
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The Draughtman's Contract (1982)
by Peter Greenaway
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Batman (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Tim Burton
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Taxi Driver (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
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Hardcore
by Paul Schrader
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Vertigo (Collector's Edition)
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In a Lonely Place
by Nicholas Ray
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Yellow Submarine
by George Harrison
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Star Wars, Episode IV- A New Hope (Widescreen Edition)
by George Lucas
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Star Wars Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980 & 2004 versions, 2-Disc Widescreen Edition)
by Irvin Kershner
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The Matrix
by Larry Wachowski
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
by Stanley Kramer
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Smokey and the Bandit - Special Edition
by Hal Needham
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Metropolis (Restored Authorized Edition)
by Fritz Lang
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2001 - A Space Odyssey (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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Bringing Up Baby (Two-Disc Special Edition)
by Howard Hawks
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3 Women - Criterion Collection
by Robert Altman
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Love Streams
by John Cassavetes
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The Warriors - The Ultimate Director's Cut
by Walter Hill
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Rock 'n Roll High School - Special Edition
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National Lampoon's Animal House (Widescreen Double Secret Probation Edition)
by John Landis
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Taking of Pelham One Two Three
by Joseph Sargent
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The French Connection (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
by William Friedkin
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Heavy Traffic
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The Naked Spur
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Anatomy of a Murder
by Otto Preminger
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Blade Runner (Five-Disc Complete Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray]
by Ridley Scott
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The Trouble With Harry
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A Wedding
by Robert Altman
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Beyond Therapy
by Robert Altman
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Faces - Criterion Collection
by John Cassavetes
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A Woman Under the Influence - Criterion Collection
by John Cassavetes
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Shadows - Criterion Collection
by John Cassavetes
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The Muppet Movie
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Big Trouble (1986)
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Whose Life Is It Anyway?
by John Badham
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The Killing of a Chinese Bookie - Criterion Collection
by John Cassavetes
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Husbands
by John Cassavetes
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Opening Night (Criterion Collection)
by JOhn Cassavetes
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Minnie and Moskowitz
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Unfaithfully Yours (Criterion Collection)
by Preston Sturges
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The Man Who Fell to Earth - Criterion Collection
by Nicolas Roeg
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Barry Lyndon
by Stanley Kubrick
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