John Goodman Top 10 Reads
1. Tsleil-Waututh Nation's History, Culture and Aboriginal Interests in Eastern Burrard Inlet prepared by Jesse Morin for Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP (Gowlings) on behalf of Tsleil-Waututh Nation.
(Not actually a book but essential reading nonetheless. Access online at twnsacredtrust.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Morin-Expert-Report-PUBLIC-VERSION-sm.pdf).
2. Orson Welles's Last Movie: The Making of The Other Side of the Wind by Josh Karp (Fantastic read about the making of Welles' final film which has yet to be released. Research includes source material from Robert Aiken's article "Citizen Welles" first published in the North Shore News in 1999. Aiken lived in L.A. at the time and worked on the film with his buddy Gary Graver).
3. The Other Paris by Luc Sante (The flâneurs of Paris bohemia (Baudelaire, Walter Benjamin and Guy Debord) inform Sante's reading of the city's underground history).
4. The World Before Us by Aislinn Hunter (North Vancouver writer's tour-de-force novel rolls out like a gothic film made in the shadows).
5. Girl at War by Sara Novic (The before and after of a collapsing world).
6. Stanley Kubrick: New Perspectives edited by Tatjana Ljujic, Peter Krämer, and RIchard Daniels (Collection of essays spanning filmmaker's career with access to the Kubrick Archives in London).
7. Dust Grooves: Adventures in Record Collecting by Eilon Paz (The vinyl obsession).
8. Destruction was My Beatrice: Dada and the Unmaking of the 20th Century by Jed Rasula (Dada in context).
9. Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell (A French connection in revolutionary times).
10. 1966: The Year the Decade Exploded by Jon Savage (Brilliant prequel to England's Dreaming).
