From noir and the western to the utopian world of screwball, where love is anything but love, and Hollywood reached its fairytale peak. Part 2 of my conversation with the film historian/critic/novelist David Thomson is all about being raised by movies, the importance (and occasional hazards) of insanity, and secrets of the moon.

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Story Board: George Bailey, James Stewart, perfect fathers, divorce, Julia Roberts, James Dean, Rock Hudson, Noel Coward, David Lean, Joan Didion’s last act, Virginia Woolf, a writer’s judgment, the loss of the great editor, Bob Gottlieb, Dino DeLaurentis, David Lynch, Blue Velvet, Irving Thalberg, Harvey Weinstein, book industry, Little Shop Around the Corner, Preston Sturges, the big secret, directorial power, Freeway, Spike Lee, Chick Hearn, Pat Riley

David Thomson is the author most recently of the enchanting fiction trilogy SUSPECTS, SILVER LIGHT, and CONNECTICUT. 

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