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Yet others see in Lynch’s work the deification of the female, and actresses like Laura Dern and Naomi Watts jump at every opportunity to work with him. “He is the master of the juxtaposition of the creepy and the sweet, the sexual and the chaste,” wrote W’s Lynn Hirschberg. “And at the heart of this tense, intriguing friction, you will always find Lynch’s women.” The Women of Lynch is a deep, provocative dive into this paradox, featuring twelve essays, thought pieces, and impressionistic interpretations of Lynch’s depiction of women on screen by an eclectic array of accomplished female critics, scholars, performers, and writers, each tackling this vexing conundrum in her own unique way. It also contains brand new interviews with Lynch actresses Mädchen Amick (Shelly Johnson, \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e) and Charlotte Stewart (\u003ci\u003eEraserhead, Twin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book contains essays by:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ex. An Introduction by Philippa Snow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The Uncanny Electricity of David Lynch’s Women by Leigh Kellmann Kolb\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Women’s Films: Melodrama and Women’s Trauma in the Films of David Lynch by Lindsay Hallam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. A Colorless Sky: On the Whiteness of Twin Peaks by Melanie McFarland\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Welcome to the Bipolar Silencio Club! by Hannah Klein\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Warding off the Darkness with Coffee and Pie by Mallory O'Meara\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. “This is where we talk, Shelly.” An Interview with Mädchen Amick by Lindsey Bowden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. The Triple Goddess by Lauren Fox\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. Isabella Rossellini: The Shocking “Real” in Blue Velvet by Kathleen Fleming\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. Tea And Sympathy: Mrs. Kendal and The Elephant Man by Rebecca Paller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. Jade: Ornamental Gem or Protective Talisman? A Character Study by Marisa C. Hayes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. \"Mary X Marks The Spot.\" An Interview with Charlotte Stewart by Lisa Hession\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. 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The final six weeks of the series had guests like Julia Roberts, George Clooney, Oprah Winfrey, and the Obamas. All names you have heard many times. But it was the people behind the scenes who pulled off these twenty-eight unforgettable episodes of late-night television.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Author Scott Ryan conducted over twenty interviews with the staffers of David Letterman. Most of the participants had never given interviews before. The writers, directors, producers, and stage managers offer a behind-the-scenes look at what it was like to work on these shows. Find out what it takes to write a Top Ten list, book a president for a guest spot, and what it was like working at the Ed Sullivan Theater.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Long time Letterman writer Bill Scheft penned the foreword for the book. Included are over 100 color photos from staffers' personal collections, as well as publicity photos from the show. Get the first truly inside look at creating an episode of \u003ci\u003eLate Show\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Interviews with: Barbara Gaines - Executive Producer; Sheila Rogers - Supervising Producer\/ Talent Executive; Randi Grossack - Associate Director; Kathy Mavrikakis, Supervising Producer; Rick Sheckman, Associate Producer; Brian Teta - Supervising Producer\/Segment Producer; Sheryl Zelikson - Music Producer; Jay Johnson - Creative Director, Digital Media; Jerry Foley - Director; Michael Barrie - Writer; Lee Ellenberg - Writer; Jim Mulholland - Writer; Joe Grossman - Writer; Jeremy Weiner - Writer; Steve Young - Writer; Vincent Favale - Executive of Late Night Programing; Eddie Valk - Stage Manager; Bill Scheft - Writer; Janice Penino - Vice President, Human Resources; Jill Goodwin - Writer; and Mike Buczkiewicz - Senior Producer\/Segment Producer; Rupert Jee - Hello Deli Owner.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fayetteville Mafia Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53391599304977,"sku":"9781949024005","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/6890\/3185\/files\/cover_f503b616-6ddc-478f-9508-778ed1167de4.jpeg?v=1776867002"},{"product_id":"moonlighting","title":"Moonlighting","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiscover the real story behind the scenes of the 80s super-hit TV show Moonlighting, as cast and crew talk for the first time in this oral history that has “all the delightful bounce and energy of Moonlighting,” according to executive producer Jay Daniel.\"Scott Ryan Has compiled an amazing history of the show. I was there and honestly, I couldn't this down! Recommended!\" - Curtis Armstrong (Herbert Voila)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the spring of 1987, over sixty million viewers tuned in to watch Maddie Hayes (Cybill Shepherd) and David Addison (Bruce Willis) “get together” in one of the most famously controversial scenes in television history on \u003ci\u003eMoonlighting\u003c\/i\u003e, ABC’s groundbreaking series about an epically mismatched pair of private detectives . Two years later, the show was canceled due to low ratings. What happened? In \u003ci\u003eMoonlighting: An Oral History\u003c\/i\u003e, author Scott Ryan (\u003ci\u003eThe Last Days of Letterman\u003c\/i\u003e) interviews over twenty members of the cast and creative team to get to the bottom of this perplexing mystery, uncovering hilarious, provocative, poignant, and sometimes flat-out crazy never-before-told stories about what went on behind the scenes during production of this unforgettable series. Cybill Shepherd, Allyce Beasley, Curtis Armstrong, creator Glenn Gordon Caron, producer Jay Daniel, writers, directors, editors, and more—they’re all here, piecing together the incredible story of late scripts, backstage fights, pregnancies, and broken bones, all told for the first time. Enjoy the cases, the chases, and all the conversations in \u003ci\u003eMoonlighting: An Oral History\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe real story of this pioneering television series and the extraordinary behind-the-scenes challenges, battles, and rewards has never been told — until now. Author Scott Ryan (\u003ci\u003eThe Last Days of Letterman\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ethirtysomething at thirty: an oral history\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Decade of Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eMassillon Against the World\u003c\/i\u003e) interviews over twenty people, including the actors, writers, directors, and producers who made \u003ci\u003eMoonlighting\u003c\/i\u003esuch a dynamic, unforgettable show, delving deep into their thoughts and feelings as they relive this magical moment in pop culture history in this full color oral history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fayetteville Mafia Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53391599337745,"sku":"9781949024265","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/6890\/3185\/files\/cover_e8d15069-1a77-4994-b91c-79c0a9909a50.jpeg?v=1777309736"},{"product_id":"fire-walk-with-me","title":"Fire Walk With Me","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Lynch expert Scott Ryan takes a deep dive into the one of the filmmaker's most controversial works, \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me\u003c\/i\u003e, relying largely on original interviews with cast and creative team members (including Laura Palmer herself, Sheryl Lee) that offer brand-new information and insights into the film.\"Scott Ryan's heartfelt interest and thoughtful curiosity have created a place where the story of these characters continues to live on and evolve as the decades go by.\" —Sheryl Lee, actress\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Scott Ryan's writing and understanding of my music is unreal.\" —Angelo Badalamenti, composer of the Fire Walk With Me score\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1990, David Lynch was on top of the world. Wild at Heart won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and Twin Peaks was the hottest show on TV. In 1992, he released Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. It sure is amazing how fast coffee can get cold. The film was not well received, to say the least, by critics or ticket buyers. It seemed like the verdict was in: Twin Peaks was dead and wrapped in plastic. Thirty years later, the film is thought by many to be Lynch’s masterpiece. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book features brand new interviews with editor Mary Sweeney, Gregg Fienberg, DP Ron Garcia, lead actress Sheryl Lee, and interview clips from Writer Bob Engels, lead actor Ray Wise, and other cast members, as well as Ryan’s essays covering the different iterations of the script, Angelo Badalamenti’s superb score, the fandom, and the lore of the \u003ci\u003eThe Missing Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e. The book has a foreword by \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly's Twin Peak Podcast\u003c\/i\u003e host Jeff Jensen (HBO's \u003ci\u003eWatchmen\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fayetteville Mafia Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53391599468817,"sku":"9781949024241","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/6890\/3185\/files\/cover_873501bf-19a4-4ecc-b02b-719a6574e814.jpeg?v=1776867005"},{"product_id":"the-last-decade-of-cinema","title":"The Last Decade of Cinema","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis provocative tome, sure to foment heated discussions among cinephiles of all generations, argues that the 1990s was the last decade in which films were made for grownups, with complex, adult-based plots, nuanced characters, and meaningful themes.“I feel like Scott Ryan could have written this directly to me and others in our generation who have basically ‘given up’ on movies. It is at once tribute and eulogy, so bittersweet.” – Screenwriter Helen Childress \u003ci\u003e(Reality Bites\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The nineties are lucky to have Scott Ryan.” – Actress Natasha Gregson Wagner (\u003ci\u003eTwo Girls and a Guy, Lost Highway\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAh, the nineties. Movies were something in those days. We’re talking about a decade that began with \u003ci\u003eGoodFellas\u003c\/i\u003e and ended with \u003ci\u003eMagnolia\u003c\/i\u003e, with such films as\u003ci\u003e Malcolm X, Before Sunrise\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eClueless\u003c\/i\u003e arriving somewhere in between. Stories, characters, and writing were king; IP, franchise movies, and supersaturated superhero flicks were still years away. Or so says Scott Ryan, the iconoclastic author of The Last Days of Letterman and Moonlighting: An Oral History, who here turns his attention to \u003ci\u003eThe Last Decade of Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e—the prolific 1990s. Ryan, who watched just about every film released during the decade when he was a video store clerk in a small town in Ohio, identifies twenty-five unique and varied films from the decade, including \u003ci\u003ePretty Woman, Pulp Fiction, Menace II Society\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Prince of Tides\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Shawshank Redemption\u003c\/i\u003e, focusing with his trademark humor and insight on what made them classics and why they could never be produced in today’s film culture. The book also includes interviews with writers, directors, and actors from the era. Go back to the time of VCR’s, DVD rentals, and movies that mattered. Turn off your streaming services, put down your phones, delete your Twitter account, and take a look back at the nineties with your \u003ci\u003eEyes Wide Shut\u003c\/i\u003e, a White Russian in your hand, and yell “Hasta la vista, baby” to today’s meaningless entertainment. Revel in the risk-taking brilliance of Quentin Tarantino, Amy Heckerling, Spike Lee, Robert Altman, Paul Thomas Anderson, and others in Scott Ryan’s magnum opus, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Decade of Cinema\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fayetteville Mafia Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53391600156945,"sku":"9781949024708","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/6890\/3185\/files\/cover_44a0e447-89e3-4b0a-8359-0c8c737e83a3.jpeg?v=1776867020"},{"product_id":"lost-highway","title":"Lost Highway","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis full-color deciphering of the 1997 cult classic Lost Highway features brand-new revealing interviews with Academy Award winner Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, producer Deepak Nayar, director of photography Peter Deming, and more as it takes readers on a journey through the making of one of the most challenging works in the oeuvre of master filmmaker David Lynch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 1997 David Lynch released Lost Highway starring Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty and Natasha Gregson Wagner. The film came and went and critics famously panned the film. While it did span a top 10 soundtrack, the film has largely been forgotten until now. In 2022, the film was remastered and rereleased. Film lovers, Lynch fans and critics started to take notice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor Scott Ryan, Fire Walk With Me: Your Laura Disappeared, The Blue Rose magazine, has turned his interviewing sites on the cast and crew of Lost Highway to write maybe the first book ever to focus on this forgotten Lynch film. The book has interviews with Academy Award winner Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Producer Deepak Nayar, Production Assistant Sabrina S. Sutherland, DP Peter Deming, Camera man Scott Ressler, Actress Natasha Gregson Wagner and more. The book also covers the film, the script and the famous soundtrack by Angelo Badalamenti and Trent Reznor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Fayetteville Mafia Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":53391607333137,"sku":"9781959748021","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0928\/6890\/3185\/files\/cover_eaa8d658-b2f3-490c-81da-6e97b3d0eec6.jpeg?v=1776867158"},{"product_id":"always-music-in-the-air-the-sounds-of-twin-peaks","title":"Always Music in the Air The Sounds of Twin Peaks","description":"\u003cp\u003eA first-time-ever exploration of the 290 songs from the entirety of \u003ci\u003ewin Peaks, \u003c\/i\u003esure to \u003ci\u003ee\u003c\/i\u003entice fans of the David Lynch-Mark Frost's cult classic that revolutionized TV, with brand-new interviews with Frost and several of the key composers and musicians involved.\"Where we're from, the birds sing a pretty song and there's always music in the air.\" When author Scott Ryan (\u003ci\u003eFire Walk With Me: Your Laura Disappeared, The Last Days of Letterman\u003c\/i\u003e) heard those words on the television series \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e in 1990, he wanted to live there as well. Problem was, most of the music that played in \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e was not released. Only one soundtrack came out from the series, and one from the film. It wasn't until 2011 that director David Lynch and composer Angelo Badalamenti opened the archives and released every track on MP3. These tracks were never officially released and do not stream anywhere today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRyan interviews band members who performed the songs and music editors and directors from the series and draws from archived interviews with the late Badalamenti and singer Julee Cruise. This book explores all the music that was in the air, from Cruise's 1989 release \u003ci\u003eFloating into the Night\u003c\/i\u003e through all the \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e soundtracks, the 2011 online releases called the \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks Archives\u003c\/i\u003e, and the releases from \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003ci\u003eThe Return \u003c\/i\u003ein 2017.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRyan conducts brand-new interviews with Dean Hurley (composer for \u003ci\u003eThe Return\u003c\/i\u003e, curator of the \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks Archive\u003c\/i\u003e), Tim Hunter (director), Lori Eschler (music editor), David Slusser (composer, music editor), Kevin Laffey (A\u0026amp;R for Julee Cruise), Duwayne Dunham (editor, director), Kinny Landrum (keyboards), and Al Regni (saxophone). Also included are excerpts from Ryan's 2018 interview with Cruise. 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