Uh, I hate to carp, but why is this a Great Job, Internet, not a Newswire item? You'd think when the creator of some of the most iconic images in pop culture dies, someone at a pop culture website could cobble together a decent obit, instead of lazily posting links.

Was Lujack the one that did the cover of Springsteen's Out In The Street?

All scripted by John Sayles. Why can't they hire him to script an Indiana Jones or Star Wars reboot? He writes great characters, great dialogue, can structure a story like nobody's business—get on that, Hollywood.

I agree the transformation scene in The Howling goes on too long—I saw it when it was new, and it seemed too long even then—but dammit, that is one of the coolest creature designs ever put on film. Also, with the possible exception of Curse Of The Werewolf, it's my favorite werewolf movie.

That line made me genuinely laugh out loud.

Upvoted due to my love of Tales Of Hoffman.

I've found that you can never go wrong with a Full Metal Jacket quote.

So this was not so much Silly Little Show-Biz Book Club as Crushingly Tragic Show-Biz Book Club.

If I had an hour and change with Keith Carradine, I'd probably just keep asking him more questions about The Long Riders, so I'm impressed by how wide-ranging this was.

His likeability comes in very handy when he's playing shitty characters—it automatically gives them a complexity even when it's not always in the script.

You're forgetting Brion James and Fred Motherfucking Ward. That movie has the most amazing cast of great character actors.

Great interview, and I've gotta say: Is there a better, less-heralded actor working? Especially in the seventies and eighties, if Carradine was in it, it was automatically worth watching. Because of what he brought to the role, of course, but also because he chose so well: Nashville. Pretty Baby. The Duellists. …

I like Lee Hazelwood as much as the next guy, but in what world did he co-write the Peter Gunn theme? He produced Duane Eddy's version, but that's about it.

I will watch Phil Silvers in anything, up to and maybe especially The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood.

Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly were in Cover Girl…but never mind them, because Phil Silvers was also in it!

I did! I did! The configurations of riffers—Mike, Kevin and Bill, Bridget and Mary Jo, Trace and Frank and finally Joel and newbie Jonah—really gave a nice feel for their different approaches. (Not surprisingly, Trace and Frank's effort was particularly dark.) Jonah Ray did well, I thought—his enthusiasm and…

It probably deserves to be better known. If nothing else, it's one of the better stage-to-screen adaptations.

I have, like, five or six books on Vincente Minnelli on my shelf, so…

Bells Are Ringing was the Holliday-Martin-Minnelli joint.

Ha ha, a joke about a 73 year old man using a laptop. Sure, he's one of the most skilled film and sound editors who has ever lived, and spends weeks and weeks color correcting every frame of his films on a computer, but he's old! It's funny!