Ask the Dust, the Paramount Classics film directed by Robert
Towne and starring Colin Farrell and Salma Hayek, goes into wide
release this Friday. It had opened in New York and Los Angeles last
week.
The movie is based on John Fante's novel Ask the Dust, an autobiographical account of a struggling young writer in Los Angeles in the late 1930s, first published in 1939 and just reissued (Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $12.95, 0061129798). This edition has a 16-page "P.S." section which contains a biography of Fante, letters from him about the creation of and reception to Ask the Dust, poems about Fante by Charles Bukowski and recommendations for further reading and viewing.
Because of the movie, Fante has received some extra notice lately, including essays in the New York Times by Chip McGrath, the Los Angeles Times by David Ulin and on Salon by Allen Barra. In addition, last Thursday director Towne spoke on the Charlie Rose Show about Fante's works.
The movie is based on John Fante's novel Ask the Dust, an autobiographical account of a struggling young writer in Los Angeles in the late 1930s, first published in 1939 and just reissued (Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $12.95, 0061129798). This edition has a 16-page "P.S." section which contains a biography of Fante, letters from him about the creation of and reception to Ask the Dust, poems about Fante by Charles Bukowski and recommendations for further reading and viewing.
Because of the movie, Fante has received some extra notice lately, including essays in the New York Times by Chip McGrath, the Los Angeles Times by David Ulin and on Salon by Allen Barra. In addition, last Thursday director Towne spoke on the Charlie Rose Show about Fante's works.