“One of the reasons why I failed was because I figured out in the research process that I couldn't tell it as just, "This is what Frances Farmer's life was like." There are so many questions as to what her life was like because of the way her story has been seized upon and exploited by different factions.” WayHas BeensDifferentReasonStoriesProcessResearchFranceReason WhyFarmersFactions Author:Karina Longworth
“I have a degree in cinema studies and the big paper I wrote at the end of that was about Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli. So I thought that I knew quite a bit about Judy Garland, but I read in passing that the Stonewall riots were a reaction to her death and I had never really read enough to know what that meant or how that could be true. I was interested in that I knew so much about Judy Garland, but I really didn't know this story.” KnowsEndsEnoughStoriesBigsBitsStudyDegreesPaperReactionsPassingPassingsBeing TrueCinemaRiotGarlands Author:Karina Longworth
“For me, the Dennis Wilson story is a quintessential You Must Remember This story because it's one of these stories that people never talk about, don't really think about, and it's forgotten within this major thing that is thought to be this cataclysmic event of the 20th century.” PeopleThinkingStoriesRememberCenturyEventsMajorsForgotten20th CenturyWilsonQuintessential Author:Karina Longworth
“You read these stories of people who were in Hollywood in the late '60s. After they found out about the murders, everybody was like, "Have you met [Charles] Manson? Have you been to that ranch?" In some way, everybody felt connected, but what was it like for people who really were connected.” PeopleWayStoriesFoundFeltMetsLateHollywoodMurderConnectedManson Author:Karina Longworth
“I just think the David O. Selznick story is one of the great, epic stories of Hollywood history that nobody knows. Maybe one of the reasons why nobody knows it is because he wasn't a movie star.” ThinkingKnowsReasonStoriesStarsHollywoodReason WhyEpicMovie StarNobody KnowsEpic Stories Author:Karina Longworth
“There's a fantastic, thousand-page book by David Thomson about [David O. Selznick]. Again, it's not the best argument or the best advertisement for his story, because most people aren't going to read a thousand-page book. But I feel like the rise and fall and the work [Mayer] produced - not just the movies, but the memos, the volume of writing - he's just so passionate, and that's really exciting.” PeopleFeelsWritingBookStoriesFallThousandPagesArgumentExcitingPassionateFantasticVolumeAdvertisementsRise And FallMemosMayer Author:Karina Longworth
“Within a scantily plotted, novella-style narrative (the movie is an adaptation of a short story by Tom Bissell), single shots become story events that mere mention would spoil.” StoriesStyleEventsShotsMereNarrativeShort StoryTomsAdaptationSpoil Author:Karina Longworth
