Lists of Bests: youdontseeyouwant's "Movies Referenced in Jonathan Lethem's "The Disappointment Artist"" http://www.listsofbests.com/list/51023 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. Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:55:18 GMT en-us 0 50 67 50 0 The Searchers (Ultimate Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/663810 <div id="position">1</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/663810"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000F0V0LI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Ford</div> Rooster Cogburn (...and the Lady) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/315977 <div id="position">2</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/315977"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/078322592X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stuart Millar</div> Blazing Saddles (30th Anniversary Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52489 <div id="position">3</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/52489"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001Z4OXS.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> 3:10 to Yuma (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2881251 <div id="position">4</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2881251"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11%2B7jRQbfQL.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Delmer Daves</div> The Harder They Come - Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66006 <div id="position">5</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66006"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/1559409061.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Perry Henzell</div> The Wizard of Oz (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/116696 <div id="position">6</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/116696"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000ADS63K.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Victor Fleming</div> Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36051 <div id="position">7</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/36051"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000055Y0X.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Stanley Kubrick</div> Liquid Sky http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827515 <div id="position">8</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/827515"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/6305660328.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Slava Tsukerman</div> The Draughtman's Contract (1982) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2446455 <div id="position">9</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Peter Greenaway</div> Batman (Two-Disc Special Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62065 <div id="position">10</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62065"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000B5XOY8.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Tim Burton</div> Taxi Driver (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2811598 <div id="position">11</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2811598"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/11YxtTl+pYL.jpg" /></a></div> Hardcore http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/136649 <div id="position">12</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/136649"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0002JZT5K.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Paul Schrader</div> Vertigo (Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50532 <div id="position">13</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/50532"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0783226055.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> In a Lonely Place http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67109 <div id="position">14</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/67109"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000087F79.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Nicholas Ray</div> Yellow Submarine http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45480 <div id="position">15</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/45480"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00000JRUQ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Harrison</div> Star Wars, Episode IV- A New Hope (Widescreen Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38388 <div id="position">16</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/38388"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0006VIE4C.01-A3INEY9W97IL96._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by George Lucas</div> Star Wars Episode V - 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Criterion Collection http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62989 <div id="position">24</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/62989"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0001GH5TW.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Altman</div> Love Streams http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/66012 <div id="position">25</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Cassavetes</div> The Warriors - The Ultimate Director's Cut http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55342 <div id="position">26</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/55342"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000A6T1JU.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Walter Hill</div> Rock 'n Roll High School - Special Edition http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70846 <div id="position">27</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/70846"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000B8QFZK.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> National Lampoon's Animal House (Widescreen Double Secret Probation Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57239 <div id="position">28</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/57239"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000A02TZ.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by John Landis</div> Taking of Pelham One Two Three http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/180948 <div id="position">29</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/180948"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0792843649.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Joseph Sargent</div> The French Connection (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/210822 <div id="position">30</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/210822"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000BZIST4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by William Friedkin</div> Heavy Traffic http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/262739 <div id="position">31</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/262739"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/0792846818.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> The Naked Spur http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1454275 <div id="position">32</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1454275"><img src="http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000FTCLQW.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> Anatomy of a Murder http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59111 <div id="position">33</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/59111"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B00004TJKI.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Otto Preminger</div> Blade Runner (Five-Disc Complete Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/2848694 <div id="position">34</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Ridley Scott</div> The Trouble With Harry http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/306254 <div id="position">35</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/306254"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000055Y17.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div> A Wedding http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/1499458 <div id="position">36</div><div class="place-image-placeholder"><span class="qm">*</span></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Altman</div> Beyond Therapy http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/99164 <div id="position">37</div><div class="item-image" style="padding:3px;float:left;"><a href="http://www.allconsuming.net/item/view/99164"><img src="http://ec2.images-amazon.com/images/P/B0000CERP4.01._SCTHUMBZZZ_.jpg" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 12px;"> by Robert Altman</div> Faces - 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