John Ridley is also an occasional commentator on NPR
(National Public Radio, to those outside the States).
He's all over the Net, actually, but here's his
main blog page and clearing-house of info:
http://www.jridley.com/blog/
Ridley (no relation to another great writer &
filmmaker, Phillip Ridley) seems pretty sharp, both in his
style & observations, as well as his humour. Deffo worth
checkin' out!
Ciao for niao,
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Terrill Lankford <
lankford2000@earthlink.net> wrote:
-----Original Message-----
>From:
BaxDeal@aol.com
>Sent: Nov 28, 2007 6:24 PM
>To:
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: John Ridley
>
>I saw U-Turn, liked it. have Stray Dogs in the queue.
started reading it
>once shortly after seeing the movie. it was EXACTLY
the movie, so I put it
>back in the pile, to be read later when the film
isn't so fresh in the mind.
>now would be fine, but unfortunately I have a very
large pile
>
>John Lau
I believe John Ridley wrote the novel after he sold the
screenplay to Stone in a (very smart) attempt to capitalize
on the movie deal. That's probably why they are so very, very
similar. It's sort of a novelization disguised as a novel. He
got a hardcover deal out of it, so I think his ploy worked
pretty well.
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