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  1. Barry Gifford (born October 18, 1946) is an American author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American landscapes and prose influenced by film noir and Beat Generation writers. Gifford writes nonfiction, poetry, and is best known for his series of novels about Sailor and Lula, two star-crossed protagonists on a perpetual ...

  2. Nov 8, 2021 · “Picasso said that ‘art is a lie that helps us see the truth,’ and Barry’s stories function in the same way about Chicago in the 1950s,” director Rob Christopher told me during our 2019 conversation about his extraordinary film, “Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago.” “He uses his memories to create fictionalized versions of that time period.

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  4. Aug 27, 2020 · And while Gifford only reports that Lula’s father got lead-poisoned, went crazy, and died by setting his house on fire, Lynch’s adaptation also suggests that the fire was caused by Marietta herself, who murdered her husband assisted by a gangster named Marcello Santos — her secret lover.

  5. Nov 9, 2021 · American writer Barry Gifford in Paris, France, in 2010. Gifford was born and grew up in the Seneca Hotel in Streeterville. His name was Barry Stein and his mother was a former Texas beauty queen ...

  6. Apr 5, 2024 · Gifford’s two new books, The Boy Who Ran Away to Sea and How Chet Baker Died, are available for purchase on Amazon and in bookstores. “Roy’s World: Barry Gifford’s Chicago” will screen on Saturday, April 30th, at the Wilmette Theatre in Wilmette, Illinois, and on Saturday, May 7th, at the Roxie Theatre in San

  7. Join Barry Gifford and friends to celebrate the new edition of Writers, published by Seven Stories Press. Barry, Peter Maravelis, Julie Lindow, Michael Ray, and Anne Rayat will be joined by multi-instrumentalist Sheldon Brown for a rousing evening of dramatic readings, music, and discussion.

  8. INTERVIEW: "Lost Highway Screenwriter Barry Gifford" by Ron Wells. "I like to remember things my own way." - Bill Pullman as Fred Madison. Three days before meeting co-screenwriter Barry Gifford, I sat down to watch David Lynch's Lost Highway. The French daily newspaper, Le Monde, dedicated three pages to its release and declared it the best ...

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