A Grand Guy: The Art and Life of Terry Southern

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by Lee Hill


  soundtrack, 292

  success of, 189

  Torn lawsuit, 295–96

  TS draft of, 296

  Ebersol, Dick, 245, 246, 248, 249, 250

  Eisner, Michael, 231

  Ejve, Ingmar, 213–14

  Elaine’s, 151–52, 234, 296, 297

  Electric Lady (film), 242

  Eliot, T. S., 20, 28, 74

  Emperor Jones (O’Neill)

  adapting for screen, 81–83

  End of the Game, The (script), 204, 254

  End of the Road (film), 173, 175, 178–83, 184, 189, 276

  abortion scene/X-rating, 180, 181, 182, 183, 189

  erotica, 13, 141, 148, 207–8, 302

  Esquire, 17, 30, 113, 132, 202, 261, 293

  TS employed at, 104–6, 107–8, 163

  TS published in, 2, 40, 80–81, 106–7, 110, 122, 136, 156, 175–78

  European art film, 29, 95, 110, 169, 207

  Evergreen Review, 3, 42, 80, 94, 95, 103, 161, 245

  TS published in, 99, 163, 164

  existentialism, 29, 35, 52, 100

  expatriates, 27, 29–31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 45, 46, 47, 72, 87

  hipster ethos, 40

  Ivy League wing of, 42, 44

  Eye of the Devil (film), 149–50

  “Face of the Arena, The” (TS), 103

  Faithfull, Marianne, 143, 144, 145, 163, 263, 264, 275, 282, 293

  Faulkner, William, 12, 30, 32, 49, 63, 64, 132, 137, 158, 196

  friendship with TS, 60–61

  TS review of work of, 100

  FBI, 220–21, 261

  Feldman, Charles, 141–42

  Festival (film), 287–88, 289

  film, 52, 110, 113

  TS involvement with, 62, 96, 121–23, 138–39, 140, 211

  Filmways, 129, 130, 133, 136, 150, 217

  Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 3, 17, 24, 30, 49, 138, 158

  “Fixing up Ert” (TS), 213

  Flash and Filigree (TS), 2, 13, 35, 45, 57, 58–60, 110, 113, 144, 211, 280, 281

  accepted for publication, 75, 76

  characters in, 114

  critical confusion over, 89

  optioned, 148

  publication of, 83–84, 85

  published in U.S., 90, 98

  reissue of, 261, 296

  “Flashing on Gid” (TS), 294

  Floaters (script), 255

  Flynt, Larry, 260–61, 282

  Foley, Martha, 34, 61–62

  Fonda, Jane, 44, 139, 156, 161, 162, 164, 168, 216

  Fonda, Peter, 138, 164–67, 171–75, 188–89, 198

  Easy Rider sequel, 258–59, 289

  Fontaine, Dick, 196–97

  Fourplay (anthology film), 208

  Fowles, John, 122, 129–30

  Frank, Robert, 8, 53, 65, 103, 203

  Fraser, Robert, 138, 161, 163

  Fraser, Robert, gallery, 143–44, 145, 146, 147, 151, 156, 159

  Freeman, Joel, 234

  Friedman, Bruce Jay, 8, 150–51, 152, 157–59, 205, 208, 215

  Friedman, Josh Alan, 8, 157, 205–6, 260, 292

  Gaddis, William, 102

  Gadiot, Pud, 48, 52, 61, 62, 98

  Gallant, Mavis, 34

  Gelber, Jack, 4, 97, 99–100, 107, 150, 170, 171

  Genet, Jean, 95, 175, 176–77, 178

  George, Peter, 107, 110–12, 114, 116, 117, 124–25, 126, 127

  suicide, 125

  Gerber, Gail, 8, 10, 16, 18, 48, 171, 176, 185, 187, 188, 191, 231, 268–69, 272, 273, 274–75, 277, 280, 284

  and FBI surveillance, 221

  and death of TS, 297–99

  employment, 153, 206, 282

  and tax problems, 195

  and TS, 131–32, 133, 138, 139, 140, 143, 144, 145, 148, 157, 159, 160, 164, 199, 218, 223, 242, 286, 290, 291, 292, 294

  on TS, 11

  and TS alcoholism, 24

  GI Bill, 22, 24, 28, 30, 32

  Gibbons, Aylene, 136

  Gill, Brendan, 240–41, 253

  Ginsberg, Allen, 53, 54, 55, 71, 88, 89, 103, 150, 153, 232, 276

  agent for, 283

  at Democratic Convention, 176, 177

  introduction to Junky, 228

  reaction to Flash and Filigree, 89

  Girodias, Maurice, 32, 47, 54, 71–72, 79, 86, 89, 94, 211, 245, 275, 294

  and Olympia Review, 103

  God Is Love, 196, 197

  Godard, Jean-Luc, 148, 183, 196

  Goldberg, Whoopi, 271–72

  Grand Guy persona, 20, 55–56, 136, 141, 145, 154, 235, 274, 277, 299, 303

  Grand Street, 261, 265, 282–83, 291, 294

  Grauerholz, James, 201, 222–23, 224, 225, 227–28, 230–31, 277, 278

  Green, Henry, 57–58, 60, 66, 71, 73–74, 76–78, 83–84, 114, 137, 139, 229

  death of, 211

  fan of TS, 89–90

  interview for Paris Review, 78–79

  legacy of, 302

  relationship with TS, 63, 64

  trip to Spain, 78

  Greenburg, Dan, 208

  Greenfield, Robert, 205

  Greenwich Village, 32, 51–54, 55, 56, 57, 63, 65, 66, 70, 94, 110, 195

  Grgurevich, Boris, 54, 96–97, 106–7

  “Groovin’ in Chi” (TS), 177–78

  Grossing Out (script), 239–41, 253

  Grove Press, 3, 4, 94, 95, 102, 296, 302–3

  Gurevich, Carl, 208

  Haggard, Edith, 72

  “Hard-Corpse Pornography” (TS), 207

  Harper’s Bazaar, 2, 65, 66

  Harper’s Bazaar (U.K.), 80, 84–86

  Harris, James B., 107, 110–11, 113, 125, 127, 254–55

  Harvey, Anthony, 121, 126

  Hasford, Gustav, 126

  Hatch, Robert, 100

  Haven Can Wait (TS and Loguidice), 232–34

  Hawkeye, 267–75, 279, 294

  “Heavy Put Away, a Hustle Not Entirely Devoid of a Certain Grossness Granted” (TS), 243–44, 260, 286

  Heller, Joseph, 18, 62, 96, 142

  Hemingway, Ernest, 17, 24, 30, 31, 32, 35, 49, 78, 127, 158

  Henry, Buck, 168, 300

  Hills, Rust, 81, 104, 105, 106, 108

  Himes, Chester, 30

  Hip, 52–53, 300, 301

  Hipster, 32, 81, 100, 300

  hipster ethos, 31, 36–37, 40–41

  hipster persona, 45, 48, 138–39

  hipsters, 96–97, 157, 163

  Hipsters, The (TS), 80, 96, 98–99, 104, 110

  Hoffenberg, Mason, 32–33, 36, 42, 45, 55, 56–57, 66, 67, 69, 71, 81

  and Candy option, 148–49

  collaboration on Candy, 2, 72, 79–80, 86, 101, 103, 124, 169, 300

  comments on TS, 210–11

  death of, 262–65

  drugs/addiction, 32, 33, 34, 37, 148, 264

  relationship with TS, 38–39, 47, 48, 54, 63

  Hoffman, Abbie, 153, 176, 230, 232

  Hollywood, 4, 61, 64, 95, 107, 112, 129, 134, 193, 269

  competitive environment, 272

  drugs in, 219, 260

  TS going, 138–39

  Hollywood New Wave, 193, 194

  Holmes, John Clellon, 54

  Hopper, Dennis, 130, 138, 140, 177, 240, 258, 282

  addictions, 222

  and Easy Rider, 164–67, 171–75, 188–89, 192, 198

  and Easy Rider sequel, 289

  and Junky, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230

  Larry Flynt episode, 260–61

  sued by Rip Torn, 295–96

  Humes, H. L. “Doc,” 42, 44, 97

  Hunters of Karin Hall, The, 214–15

  “I Am Mike Hammer” (TS), 122, 156, 205

  improvisation, 49, 116, 119, 185, 198, 199, 272

  Intensive Heat (script), 261–62

  Interview magazine, 224, 279, 281

  interviews (TS), 8, 12, 84–86, 140–41, 279–82

  irony, 20, 301

  in film, 110, 194

  TS use of, 8, 10, 36, 66, 1
78, 205

  IRS, 163, 171, 189, 192, 195, 199, 210, 220, 221, 242, 258, 275

  Isherwood, Christopher, 1, 36, 134, 135

  Israel, Peter, 97, 103

  Jagger, Mick, 159, 163, 202, 203, 204, 205, 217, 296

  “Janus” (TS), 84

  jazz, 22, 29, 31, 39, 40, 49, 56, 73, 96, 157

  Jewison, Norman, 137

  Jews, 20, 33

  Jim Morrison Story, The, 260–61

  Johnny Blood project, 240–41, 253–54

  Johnny Stud (treatment), 218

  Johnson, A. W., 206

  Johnson, Lyndon B., 1, 169, 175, 182

  Jones, James, 31, 91, 97, 226

  Jones, James Earl, 81, 119, 120, 178, 182, 183

  Jones, Jennifer, 132

  Junky project, 221–28, 229, 230–31, 232

  Kafka, Franz, 12, 37, 110, 114

  Kahane, Jack, 47

  Kashner, Charles, 121

  Kaufman, Elaine, 151, 152

  Kennedy, John F., 95, 105, 123, 127

  Kennedy, Robert, 169, 175, 182

  Kerouac, Jack, 39, 53, 54, 55, 81, 84, 88, 89, 103, 106, 210, 302

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 153, 169, 175, 182

  Kissinger, Henry, 117–18

  Kopit, Arthur, 19, 150, 151, 154–55

  Kosinski, Jerzy, 238

  Kotcheff, Ted, 76, 79, 81–83, 145, 149, 155, 216, 241–42, 244

  Kramer, Stanley, 112

  Krassner, Paul, 71, 87, 110, 140, 163–64, 232

  Kubrick, Christiane, 111, 114–15, 116, 119, 120, 125, 126, 197–98

  Kubrick, Stanley, 110–11, 139, 140, 183, 184, 213, 216, 230, 241, 254, 301

  Clockwork Orange, 197, 199, 211

  collaboration, 108, 109, 259

  collaboration on Dr. Stangelove, 113–22, 123–25, 197, 300

  and fight about credit for Dr. Strangelove script, 124, 125–26, 127

  and London scene, 147

  position as director, 127

  post-Strangelove relationship with TS, 197–98

  and Red Alert, 110–12

  TS interview with, 107

  TS letters to, 210

  Last Movie, The (film), 188, 198, 222

  Lawrence, D. H., 47, 95

  Lennon, John, 127, 144, 184, 242, 268, 269, 274

  Leslie, Alfred, 103

  letters (TS), 46, 207, 210, 260, 282, 285–86

  Levin, Martin, 98

  Lewis, Paul, 171, 172, 222, 230

  Lieberson, Sandy, 143, 144, 145–46, 147, 148, 149, 261–62, 276

  Life magazine, 1, 2, 31, 52, 56, 58, 124–25, 126, 181, 189, 299

  limited edition books, 72, 229–30, 275–76, 290

  little magazines, 27, 30, 42, 53

  Litvinoff, Seymour “Si,” 99, 113, 139, 149, 151, 156, 165, 170, 175, 197, 199, 216–17, 241–42, 273

  Log Book of the Making of The Loved One, The, 135–36

  Loguidice, Joe, 230, 231, 232, 256, 257, 258

  Lolita (film), 3, 86, 107, 111, 112, 113, 238

  Lord, Sterling, 103, 110, 283, 296

  Lost Generation, 30, 49

  Lougee, Jane, 44, 46

  “Love Is a Many Splendored” (TS), 103

  Loved One, The (film), 3–5, 124, 129–36, 137, 194, 294

  cult movie, 134–35

  logook for, 135–36, 140

  Lynn, Vera, 121, 124

  Lyon, Nelson, 207–8, 245, 246–47, 249, 250, 253–54, 258, 259, 262, 293, 294

  McCarthy, Joseph/McCarthyism, 24, 56–57, 95, 182

  McCartney, Paul, 144, 145, 187, 276

  McGovern, George, 205–6, 221

  McGrath, Earl, 217, 277

  McGrath, Joseph, 141–42, 183, 184, 185–86, 187, 188, 190, 287–88

  Mackendrick, Alexander, 133, 150

  Magic Christian (film), 168, 186, 187–88, 189, 194

  cult status, 190

  filming, 185–86

  shooting script for, 140, 183–85

  world premiere, 189–90

  Magic Christian, The (TS), 2, 55, 70, 72, 77, 84, 87–88, 104, 105, 106, 107, 110, 113, 132, 147, 280

  accepted for publication, 76

  characters in, 114

  critical reaction to, 89–90

  excerpt from in Paris Review, 98

  humor in, 115

  influence of, 302

  paperback reissue, 262, 296

  reviews, 17

  screen adaptation, 148, 175

  TS reading from, 292

  Mailer, Norman, 31, 53, 75, 95, 97, 104, 105, 123, 157, 164, 178, 196, 197, 206, 243, 281, 293

  on Dr. Strangelove, 127–28

  Malanga, Gerard, 148, 222

  Malick, Terence, 193, 230

  Man Who Fell to Earth, The (film), 183, 216–17

  Mann, Stanley, 76, 130

  Mardigian, Ron, 254, 283

  Marquand, Christian, 155, 163, 168

  Marquand, John, Jr., 28, 44, 45, 52, 93, 95, 138, 178

  Matthews, Harry, 96, 100

  Matthiessen, Peter, 42, 43–44, 45, 46, 52, 94, 96, 100, 220

  Mead, Taylor, 205–6, 232

  Merlin (screenplay), 202

  Merrill, Sam, 210–11, 263

  MGM, 129, 131, 133, 136, 197, 255

  Miller, Henry, 47, 95, 100

  Mitford, Jessica, 135

  money, 28, 64, 70

  money earned (TS), 90, 99, 104, 110

  book reviewing, 100

  as Hawkeye executive, 268, 273–74

 

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