Let’s get the Touchstones going again for the Newbies.
A touchstone is “a standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized.” In The Dutch Forum, the term means a connection that exists in Elmore’s work across the boundaries of a single work. A touchstone may be a character, a place, a line of dialogue; basically the evolution of the writer’s thought process.
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ComicExperience
@MerrillHagan I’ve always wanted to get into Elmore Leonard, but never have. Maybe now’s the time.
MerrillHagan
@ComicExperience If you’ve never read any Elmore Leonard, I highly recommend it. Try “Tishomingo Blues,” “Cuba Libre” or “Freaky Deaky”
mysterybooks
Tod: He and Matt Nix (creator of Burn Notice) are both influenced by Elmore Leonard.
Prog_Blog
#cdnleft #cdnprog Paging Elmore Leonard… (Cathie from Canada): This could be an Elmore Leonard… http://dlvr.it/3WRXm #cdnpoli
therealemmamme
@itsmeborci You’re a bus-driver Raoul! So don’t start spouting some Elmore Leonard bullshit you just heard because i saw that movie too.
JapaneseDenim
i think im going to finish this Book by Elmore Leonard ..its called Be Cool .... you may have seen the movie…
ladri
I try to leave out the parts that people skip. - Elmore Leonard, author #quote
The Wrestlerstarring Mickey Rourke just won big an the Venice Film Festival. Is Mickey Rourke the reason The Weinstein Company just announced a Nov. 7 release date for Killshot? He’s DAMN good in Killshot and Harvey knows it.
Everybody is still saying the information is bogus.
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler” won the top award at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
The film awarded the Golden Lion stars Mickey Rourke as a wrestler forced into retirement who strikes up a romance with an aging stripper played by Marisa Tomei.
In “The Wrestler,” Rourke plays a fighter with heart problems who tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter while feeling the dangerous allure of a return to the ring.
German filmmaker Wim Wenders, who headed the jury for the 65th edition of the storied festival, announced the winning movie and played on the lead character’s heart problems to praise Rourke’s work, which he called “a truly heartbreaking performance, in the very sense of the word.”
What’s the next Elmore Leonard novel or story you’d like to see made into a movie?
Jim Whitworth
Cuba Libre, hands down.
Paolo Buffa
Mr. Paradise
Brandon Hall
SWAG. The story’s not beholden to the period in which it was written, so a modern spin would work. Two strong male leads would be required, creating an opportunity for a classic movie duo, a la Redford and Newman. And it’s pitch perfect Leonard. Can’t lose. $20 million opening weekend, depending on RD.
Paul Compton
@ Jim agreed. There’s a lot of contemporary crime thriller movies being made at the moment, why not go for something a bit different that still has wide appeal, like Cuba Libre.
Paolo Buffa
oh yea Swag great choice also!
Matthew Teet
City Primeval
Owais Piracha
wait…. what about Killshot? i thought that was a great movie! I want to see Riding the Rap. and Pronto.
Pete Hamill
Tishomingo Blues.
Brandon Hall
Also, The Hunted, which is in my opinion a western set in Israel. Great climatic shootout. Steady action throughout the story. And Al Rosen is one of the best characters Dutch has ever created and then given Rosen’s fate—it would make for great cinema so long as the studio backed the source material.
Benny Estrella
I would love to see FREAKY DEAKY be made into a movie.One of my favorite books by the best writer in the world.
Jason C. Long
I’ll second that vote for Mr. Paradise.
David Beilstein
Cuba Libre.
Jason Edwards
I want to do “SWAG” but I missed my boat on that one, So I will redo “Stick” LoL
Ces Manansala
Definitely City Primeval…plus, The Law at Randado, Gunsights, and a remake of 52 Pickup
David McCracken
The movie that needs re-made is stick. Such a terrible version of a great book. One I would like to see made is LaBrava.
Trevor Holliday
SPLIT IMAGES.
Travis R. Gishie
“Freaky Deaky” or “Glitz”. Hands down.
Stuart Mayne
Give Soderbergh Swag. That’s a book that deserves to be a great movie.
Michael Chaney
Any of the books or stories from SWAG on, including Buena Vista.
The issue isn’t which one; it’s will it be written by someone who doesn’t fuck with what Elmore wrote, who’s smart enough to lift and drop in intact huge chunks of dialog? Ala…See More
Ashley Weisdorf
Bring back Clooney as Foley for “Road Dogs”.
Jeffery Abbott
La brava, with the celebrity culture?
Clive Sacke
Would love to see `La brava. Always one of my favourites. Would it be better set now or in the 80’s?
Daniel Kash
I cannot just choose just one because the books are all incredible!
Don Webb
Gotta be Stick. They really ruined that. Or The Big Bounce.
H Lyndon Arledge
Freaky Deaky!
Darrell James
Pagen Babies.
Scott Hagen
Glitz, Tishomingo Blues, Cuba Libre, re-do Stick
Christopher Leonard
Are you kidding? How about any of them. There have only been a few that stick to the story, the dialogue and the way a story is supposed to move. OK, I’l get off the soap box.
H Lyndon Arledge
Unfortunately, you’re dead on, Christopher.
Don Webb
You`ve only got to see what those two clowns “executive producers” did to Stick. They saw it as a really cute comedy. Same as Hollywood did to Matt Helm and James Bond in the beginning.They just don`t get it and never will.
May 4 - Road Dogs in Paperback.
October 12 - New Novel, Djibouti
