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Liked the Movie? Read the Book!These books are the source material on which Christian's films were made. Additionally, we've listed related books as well as books which Christian would like to see turned into a film! All excellent reading!
New titles added Sept 14, 1999.
Order the great 1970s soundtrack here! (Sample sound files too!)
Shooting to Kill: How an Independent Producer Blasts Through the Barriers to Make Movies That Matter is the acclaimed new book by indie film producer, Christine Vachon. She produced VELVET GOLDMINE as well as Mary Harron's (AMERICAN PSYCHO) first feature, I SHOT ANDY WARHOL. Aside from being a great insider's view on making indie films, there are a number of anecdotes about Christian! A must read for movie buffs/Baleheads!
American Psycho is a disturbing tale about a Manhattan Wall Street yuppie who becomes soulless and consequently, a serial murderer. From the author of LESS THAN ZERO, Brett Easton Ellis has said that he'd like to see Christian Bale play the lead character, Patrick Bateman. You've all heard about the controversy. Check out the reader reviews at the Amazon site. Better yet, read the book and see what all the uproar's about!
The Journey Is the Destination : The Journals of Dan Eldon is the collection of writings from Reuters photographer, Dan Eldon. At the age of 22, he was murdered by an angry mob in Somalia while on assignment. Christian is the voice of Dan Eldon, reading the journals in the upcoming TBS documentary.
The story is set in the 1970s glam-glitter rock scene where the likes of David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed set the trends of music, fashion and of course, the sex & drugs & rock n roll. "Velvet Goldmine" itself is a David Bowie song. More titles on the way. Did you know that the producer of the film, Velvet Goldmine, is noneother than REM's Michael Stipe?
Check out these books: The Bowie Companion, by Elizabeth Thompson. Transformer: The Lou Reed Story by Victor Bockis which was written from interviews with Reed in the 70s.
Based in part on: Anastasia: The Riddle of Anna Anderson, by Peter Gurth. A touching story about a young woman who claimed to be the surviving Tsarina after the Russian Royal Family was supposed to have been executed during the Russian Revolution. Very gripping reading about a mystery woman whose identity could only be verified years later by DNA tests. Christian was of course, the Crown Prince, Alexei.
Check out also Nicholas and Alexandra by Robert Massie - another wonderful story (and movie) about this tragic Royal family and Anastasia: The Lost Princess by James Blair Lovell for another angle about one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century.
For pictures of the real Alexei, there's this pricey but beautiful collection of actual photos: The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra, text also by Peter Gurth. Very sad to look at, knowing their fate.
One of the best science fiction writers in the world, J.G. Ballard experimented with a unsentimental look at his own childhood during WWII China in a Japanese concentration camp. The result? The superb book
Empire of the Sun. You can order the . Check out EOTS's fascinating sequel,
The Kindness of Women and other Ballard titles such as
The Best Short Stories of J.G. Ballard,
The Atrocity Exhibition and the controversial book (and movie)
Crash. For students of history of WWII, read the disturbing but excellent new book called The Rape of Nanking by acclaimed Chinese-American author Iris Chang, which follows the brutal Japanese attack, after the fall of Shanghai (depicted in EOTS), on the city of Nanking.
OK, we're starting to make connections like the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon game! :) Lost World , as if you didn't know, is the sequel to JURASSIC PARK - a Spielberg film, so that's why it's on Christian's Book list!
He is not only one of America's greatest living directors, he is the guy who first brought Christian to the BIG screen! Some wonderful new biographies on Spielberg include: Spielberg: The Man, the Movies, the Mythology , the acclaimed bio from Frank Sanello; Steven Spielberg: A Biography is the newest biography by respected Frank Capra biographer, Joseph McBride; and the new tell-all Steven Spielberg: The Unauthorized Biography.
Treasure Island, the ultimate pirate classic by Robert Louis Stevenson, the great Scottish author of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and Kidnapped. For something different, try Muppet Treasure Island!
Or, get your own VHS copy of SWING KIDS or the excellent SWING KIDS soundtrack!
Hardbound and beautifully illustrated is the movie version of LITTLE WOMEN which includes photos from the film. Want to learn more about the woman herself? Check out
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT: A Modern Biography. And don't miss her very first book (which was the story Jo March first shows to Professor Bhaer), The INHERITANCE. Also, check out this new biography on Winona Ryder.
Two other books about Pocahontas recommended by West Coast Balehead, JackG,
THE SERPENT NEVER SLEEPS, is interesting for being told from the viewpoint of a young English girl who emigrates to Jamestown in 1609, getting to know Princess Pocahontas; and
THE LEGEND OF POCAHONTAS which is the legend of her whole life from
her girlhood to the state visit to England and her death. Did you know
she named her son Thomas?
You can also buy the screenplay from the film,
The Portrait of a Lady.
Coming in August on cheaper paperback, but you can order it now!! Not really Christian-related, (well, unless you noticed both have co-starred with Winona Ryder, both sort of look alike (Laurie in LW with his goatee?), both are over 6' tall, both worked with Frank Whaley and Robert Sean Leonard, hmmm....) but so many people have been asking me (and/or Christian) if he/I have read Hawke's book. Nope, but here's the paperback, The Hottest State.
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