{"product_id":"filmlandia-isbn-9781632174253","title":"Filmlandia!","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eTwilight\u003c\/i\u003e, from \u003ci\u003ePractical Magic \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003ePortlandia!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFilmlandia!\u003c\/i\u003e highlights more than 200 film and television entertainments created and centered in Seattle, Portland, and the greater Pacific Northwest, extensively researched and curated by culture writer David Schmader.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe PNW has a thriving, rich film culture, and it's finally celebrated in a guide as visually arresting and compelling as the films and television themselves!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMore than 200 entries are included and feature:\u003cbr\u003e• Hilarious, insightful synopses\u003cbr\u003e• Behind-the-scene facts and trivia\u003cbr\u003e• Regional scenic highlights\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition, sidebars pepper the pages, covering:\u003cbr\u003e• Regional filmmakers like Gus Van Sant and Lynn Shelton\u003cbr\u003e• Television shows that shaped the public's perception of the region (such as \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks, Shrill,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePortlandia!\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e• Documentaries, queer cinema, silent films, Vancouver-shot imposters, and more. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eColorful artwork, inspired by the primary VHS color palette of the 80s, turns this handy guide into a visual treat as well. This is a book for any cinephile, but for those who love and live in the PNW, \u003ci\u003eFilmlandia!\u003c\/i\u003e is an absolute must-have.\u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: A Film Lover's Paradise\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSEATTLE \u0026amp; WASHINGTON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Fun Boxes \u003c\/i\u003e(sidebars to appear throughout)\u003cbr\u003eBruce Lee | Dystopian Futures | Film Festivals | Frasier | Grey’s Anatomy | Kurt Cobain | Lynn Shelton | Megan Griffiths | Movie Houses | Northern Exposure | PNW Film All-Stars | PNW XXX | Queer Cinema | Seattle Verite: Seattle Documentaries | The Real World | Rose Red | Scarecrow Video | Twin Peaks | Vancouver Switcheroo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10 Things I Hate About You | 21 \u0026amp; Over | 50 Shades of Gray | American Heart | The Art of Racing in the Rain | Assassins | Battle in Seattle | Beacon Hill Boys | Benny \u0026amp; Joon | A Bit of Bad Luck | Black Widow | The Book of Stars | Boy Culture | Brand Upon the Brain! | Bustin Loose | The Changeling | Cinderella Liberty | Come See the Paradise | Cthulu | Daredreamer | Dear Lemon Lima | The Details | Disclosure | Dogfight | Double Jeopardy | East of the Mountains | Enough | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Fear | Frances | Georgia | Get Carter | Gory Gory Hallelujah | Grassroots | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Harry and the Hendersons |Harry in Your Pocket |Highway |Hit! |House of Games |The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle | It Happened at the World’s Fair | Karl Krogstad | The Last Mimzy | Late Autumn | Life or Something Like It | Little Buddha | Love Happens | Mad Love | Money Buys Happiness | My Last Year with the Nuns | Officer \u0026amp; a Gentleman | Old Goats | Paper Tigers | The Parallax View | Plain Clothes | Police Beat | Power |Practical Magic | Red Dawn | The Ring | Safety Not Guaranteed | Say Anything | Seven Hours to Judgment | Singles | Slaves to the Underground | Sleepless in Seattle | The Slender Thread | Snow Falling on Cedars | Surviving the Game | This Boy’s Life | Trouble in Mind | True Adolescents | Tugboat Annie | Twice in a Lifetime | Twilight | Unforgettable | The Vanishing | Waiting for the Light | War Games | Where’d You Go, Bernadette? | World’s Greatest Dad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePORTLAND \u0026amp; OREGON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePortland Fun Boxes \u003c\/i\u003e(sidebars to appear throughout)\u003cbr\u003eAstoria! | Behind the Music | Eternal Silents | Film Festivals | The Technicolor Frontier! | Grimm | Gus Van Sant | Jack Nicholson | Kelly Reichardt | LAIKA Studios | Movie Houses | PDX Docs | Portlandia! | Prefontaine vs Prefontaine | The Real World: Portland | Shrill | The Simpsons\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eAnimal House | Benji the Hunted | The Black Stallion | Body of Evidence | Captain Fantastic | C.O.G. | Dead Man | The Fog | Foxfire | Free Willy | The Goonies | Hear No Evil | How to Beat the High Cost of Living | I Don’t Feel at Home in This World | The Indian Fighter | Into the Wild | Kindergarten Cop | Lean on Pete | Leave No Trace | Lost Horizon | Maverick | Men of Honor | Mr. Brooks | Mr. Holland’s Opus | My Name is Bruce | Overboard | Pay It Forward | PIG | Point Break | The River Wild | Ring of Fire | Roaring Timber | Rooster Cogburn | Short Circuit | Sometimes a Great Notion | Stand By Me | Swordfish | Thumbsucker | Wild\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eViewing Lists\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSources\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIndex“\u003ci\u003eFilmlandia\u003c\/i\u003e is a quick, joyful read that’s as much a love letter to local film and television icons such as Lynn Shelton, Megan Griffiths, and Irene from the \u003ci\u003eReal World\u003c\/i\u003e as it is to the Pacific Northwest’s (mostly) sparkling scenery. And oh, boy, is this corner of the country filled with weird little treasures.” \u003ci\u003e—The Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“David Schmader’s film writing has always been dryly funny and incisive, but it has rarely been this affectionate. This very comprehensive collection of PNW-centric film and TV capsules is for locals or tourists, hardcore cinephiles or casual viewers. Full disclosure: David once called me a \"\u003ci\u003eShowgirls\u003c\/i\u003e truther.” —Matt Lynch, Scarecrow Video, cohost of \u003ci\u003eThe Suspense Is Killing Us\u003c\/i\u003e podcast and YouTube’s \u003ci\u003eViva Physical Media\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAVID SCHMADER\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and performer devoted to exploring his obsessions, from homophobic rock stars and pray-away-the-gay Christians to trash cinema and legalized drugs. His solo plays—\u003ci\u003eLetter to Axl\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStraight\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eA Short-Term Solution to a Long-Term Problem\u003c\/i\u003e—have been performed across the US. From 1998–2015, Schmader worked as a staff writer and editor for Seattle’s Pulitzer-winning newsweekly \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e, where he wrote the issue-opening column “Last Days: The Week in Review” for 18 years. In his spare time, he is the world’s foremost authority on the glorious terribleness of the movie \u003ci\u003eShowgirls\u003c\/i\u003e, hosting annotated screenings of Paul Verhoeven’s notorious stripper drama at cinemas all over North America and providing the commentary track for the \u003ci\u003eShowgirls\u003c\/i\u003e DVD. His first book \u003ci\u003eWeed: The User’s Guide\u003c\/i\u003e was first published by Sasquatch Books in 2016.\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e For filmmakers, the Pacific Northwest presents a double whammy of ravishing cinematic locales, offering both hyper-modern cityscapes amid vast natural splendor. Here moviemakers find a reliable setting for all sorts of cloudy human experiences, with the perpetual sog, low skies, and sporadic blasts of light forming a pressure cooker for drama, from love-starved vampires and obsessive con artists to poetic junkies and the nation’s most vengeful divorcees. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e But alongside the mossy noirs have bloomed some of the most romantic love stories that still manage to feel like real life, and the whole region has served to cultivate and inspire such world-class cinematic talents as Gus Van Sant, Kelly Reichardt, and Lynn Shelton. Beyond this are the non-cinema visual entertainments—the Frasiers, Portlandias, and Grey’s Anatomies, all drawing on the unique cultural character of the Pacific Northwest.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e During initial planning of this book, I assumed I’d be dealing with 80-90 films. But as I worked through those, more and more titles started to trickle in, and in the end I watched over 200. Still, this book is not exhaustive, just alphabetical, with the book’s entries split between Washington (where the primary visual motif is a glistening cityscape before a snow-capped mountain; bonus points for Space Needles) and Oregon (where the primary visual motifs are trees and bridges, bridges, bridges).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Helping me know what I’m talking about is a bunch of other people’s work, from Robert Horton’s 2013 MOHAI exhibit \u003ci\u003eCelluloid Seattle: A City at the Movies \u003c\/i\u003eand Michael Upchurch and John Hartl’s archived film writing in the \u003ci\u003eSeattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e to filmmakers’ DVD commentaries and the plethora of daily news reports celebrating local movie filmings with a “Hollywood’s coming to town!” featurette. Final thanks to Seattle’s Scarecrow Video, whose vast archives made it possible for me to see even the weirdest title I might have heard of; they can do the same for you. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Sample Entries:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt Happened at the World’s Fair\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (1963, dir. Norman Taurog)\u003cbr\u003e Fresh out of the military and focusing on his film career, Elvis Presley made 27 movies during the 1960s, nearly all of them corny musical comedies that critics hated and audiences ate up.\u003ci\u003e It Happened at the World’s Fair\u003c\/i\u003e is no exception. Presley stars as a freelance cropduster who takes time out of his sexually-harassing-women-from-biplanes schedule to hitchhike to Seattle, where he assumes custody of a stranger’s 7-year-old daughter for a day and together they tour the Seattle World’s Fair. Presley also sings ten whole damn songs, and is perpetually macking on a parade of women who are all hairdos, boobs, and mincing steps. Still, the day at the Fair is pretty thrilling, touring the famous Century 21 exhibit and featuring a reveal of the Space Needle so ravishing you will applaud from the comfort of your own home. Other local delights photographed all Hollywood-pretty: the Monorail, the Seattle Center fountain, and the blue-purple sky over the Sound at dusk. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn Officer and a Gentleman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e (1982, dir. Taylor Hackford)\u003cbr\u003e Lodged in the collective cinematic imagination for its swoony factory-floor finale set to a soaring “Up Where We Belong,” this tough romantic drama stars Richard Gere as a sailor working his way through the Navy’s Officer Candidate School, Debra Winger as the Puget Sound Debutante who wins his heart, and Louis Gossett Jr. as the gunnery sergeant whose inspired yelling earned him an Oscar. It’s all thoroughly Northwesty, with the bulk of filming occurring in Port Townsend on the Olympic Peninsula, from the training camp at Fort Worden (where the decompression chamber set remains in the building’s basement) to the Tides Motel, where the “Officer and a Gentleman Suite” in which Gere and Winger go bang is available for rent. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSleepless in Seattle \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e (1993, dir. Nora Ephron)\u003cbr\u003e Nora Ephron’s starry romcom stands so tall as a genre-defining blockbuster that re-encountering its humble actuality is a surprise. In \u003ci\u003eSleepless\u003c\/i\u003e, an eight-year-old imp decides to find his widowed father a new wife. His method: a call-in radio show, through which the father’s tale of eternal love gone too soon is broadcast nationwide, inspiring a raft of amorous correspondence from America’s single women and setting \u003ci\u003eSleepless \u003c\/i\u003eon its sweet, shaggy path toward love found on top of the Empire State Building. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo what makes this thing so lastingly magical? The stars help. Tom Hanks, who’ll spend the years immediately after \u003ci\u003eSleepless\u003c\/i\u003e collecting Best Actor Oscars for \u003ci\u003ePhiladelphia\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eForrest Gump, \u003c\/i\u003eperfects his patented fractious sweetheart act as a man teetering poignantly between mourning and moving on. Meg Ryan, America’s romcom queen at the height of her reign, brings her fizzy charm and heady intensity to a woman on the verge of having it all, who’s harboring an\u003cbr\u003e ever-growing feeling that there’s something…not necessarily more, just\u003ci\u003e else\u003c\/i\u003e. Lording over all is writer\/director Nora Ephron, whose wise choices abound, from adhering to a muted color palette and era-generic wardrobe to keep the film visually timeless to engaging the legendary Sven Nyquist—who won international renown and two Oscars for his work with Ingmar Bergman—as cinematographer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd then there’s the setting. Filmed in late summer of 1992—a season that required producers to fake almost all rain seen on-screen—the movie gives viewers the full Seattle tour, from Pike Place Market (which super-foodie Ephron loved so much she invented an shopping-for-dinner scene to secure its inclusion) to Sea-Tac International Airport, where Hanks’ and Ryan’s high-stakes eye-meet scene was shot at Gate N7 (and where one can purchase \u003ci\u003eSleepless in Seattle\u003c\/i\u003e nightshirts in gift shops). Lake Union is home to Tom Hanks’ incredible houseboat (which sold for over $2 million in 2014), the Athenian Inn at the Market hosts Tom Hanks’ and Rob Reiner’s beloved tiramisu conversation, and West Seattle’s Alki Beach is the destination in a low-speed car\/boat chase infamous among locals for its geographical impossibility. (“Throw reality out the window!” says Ephron on the film’s commentary track, cementing her romcom bona fides.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eApart from all the Seattle locales, our city also served as setting for many non-Seattle scenes, with sets for scenes in Baltimore and New York City—including the finale on the observation deck of the Empire State Building!—built in hangars at the decommissioned Sand Point Naval Air Station.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFun closing fact: The role of the gloriously deadpan babysitter Clarise was played by Seattleite Amanda Maher, who was discovered waiting tables at the legendary health-food restaurant the Gravity Bar and hired for what is still her one and only film credit, giving a sharp little performance that inspired Nora Ephron to twice declare her “a genius!” on the film’s commentary track.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Sidebar:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eKurt Cobain\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nothing retroactively suffuses a life with meaning like suicide, and thanks to his beauty, artistic brilliance, famous wife, and premature end, Kurt Cobain has provided regular inspiration for filmmakers. Here’s the good, bad, and ugly of Cobain cinema.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKurt \u0026amp; Courtney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (1998, dir. Nick Broomfield)\u003cbr\u003e A tabloid-level documentary that strains to float the notion that Courtney Love may have had a hand in the death of Kurt Cobain, \u003ci\u003eKurt \u0026amp; Courtney\u003c\/i\u003e is a garbage parade, full of the flimsiest what-ifs and if-you-say-so mysteries. Still, it looks like a masterwork next to \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSoaked in Bleach\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (2015, dir. Benjamin Statler), another “Was Kurt killed?” rumor puzzle, with \u003ci\u003eUnsolved Mysteries\u003c\/i\u003e-quality reenactments and edits so manipulative the film was denounced by its interview subjects. Comedy gold!\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLast Days\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (2005, dir. Gus Van Sant)\u003cbr\u003e Gus Van Sant’s slow, spare feature tracks the decline of a junkie musician whose sock-monkey puppets and soggy blonde locks peg him as Cobain. (Actor Michael Pitt stars, holds a spooky likeness, at least from afar, which a lot of this movie is.) Shot in New York’s Hudson Valley, with film stock treated to suggest the misty PNW, the film wanders to its subject’s inevitable but unseen end, spending time on the minutia—Mormons at the door, a ringing phone always ringing somewhere—that fills the days of a guy on his way out. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKurt Cobain: About a Son\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (2006, dir. AJ Schnack)\u003cbr\u003e Cobain is presented via audio of his interviews with Michael Azerrad, author of the Nirvana bio \u003ci\u003eCome as You Are\u003c\/i\u003e. Bracing in edited text, here Cobain’s unedited insights come wrapped in his rambling junkie whine, which plays over “corresponding” images of a disorienting randomness. For fetishists only.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCobain: Montage of Heck\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e (2015, dir. Brett Morgen)\u003cbr\u003e The only Cobain documentary produced with his family’s okay, \u003ci\u003eMontage \u003c\/i\u003emakes powerful use of its subject’s art, with Kurt’s ballpoint sketches brought to animated life over alternate takes of his songs. The first half cements the legend of childhood trauma and artistic aspiration, while the second introduces the genius junkie and shitty dad. \"The second half, we all ended up hating Kurt,” said Frances Bean Cobain, Kurt’s daughter and executive producer of the doc, to \u003ci\u003eThe Independent\u003c\/i\u003e. “We were all like, 'You whiny little bitch.’” (For those craving a film experience that captures a Cobain worthy of admiration forever, watch Nirvana’s set on \u003ci\u003eMTV Unplugged\u003c\/i\u003e.)","brand":"Sasquatch Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302049698021,"sku":"NP9781632174253","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781632174253.jpg?v=1767726863","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/filmlandia-isbn-9781632174253","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}