Regarding Gerald Petievich. I interviewed him for my
forthcoming book, Heartbreak & Vine: Crime Writers,
Screenplays and Studios (published in September, Serpent's
Tail). At the time of the interview- Spring, 2000- he was
just finishing his first novel in some ten years, readily
admitting that writing screenplays had adversely affected his
career as a novelist (not an uncommon complaint). The
interview is not only an articulate statement on the
relationship between noir fiction and film, but a hilarious
and scathing attack on the film industry. While Petievich
wrote the screenplay to To Live and Die, he maintains that he
had no real control over the script. Still, he believes the
film to be pretty close to the novel, and, though he says
it's not as good as film noir from the 1950s, it's "pretty
good compared to what is being made today." By the way, also
included in Heartbreak & Vine are interviews with
Bezzerides, Leonard, Ellroy, Crumley, Bunker, Pelecanos,
Wambaugh, Lehane, Westlake, etc..
Woody Haut
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