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by Lee Hill


  screenwriting, 82, 122, 127, 143, 149, 171, 208, 216, 217, 232, 259, 260, 289

  teaching, 286

  television work, 246, 249, 251

  money management, 159, 170–71, 200

  money problems (TS), 11, 33, 93, 67, 71, 86, 97, 109–10, 132, 145, 149, 192, 195–96, 206–7, 217, 220, 242, 258, 262, 277, 282, 298

  “Moon-Shot, The” (TS), 103, 110

  Morgan, Ted, 222, 224

  Morse, Robert, 133–34

  “Most Dangerous Game, The,” 232

  movie work (TS)/movies, 141, 153, 157, 158, 283

  see also film; screenwriting (TS)

  Nabokov, Vladimir, 72, 107, 112, 302

  Naked and the Dead, The (Mailer), 31, 75

  Naked Lunch (Burroughs), 54, 86, 89, 110, 200–201, 221, 226–27, 228

  film project (proposed), 277–78

  TS review of, 140

  Nation, 132, 275

  TS published in, 96, 100–101, 104, 110, 282, 285

  National Lampoon, 134, 207, 245, 301

  naturalism, 21, 35, 37, 43, 90, 100

  in film, 110

  NBC, 245, 246, 247

  New American Library, 156

  New Criticism, 23

  New Hollywood, 182, 183, 194, 198, 221

  New Journalism, 105, 176

  New Journalism, The (anthology), 206

  New-Story, 34–36, 38, 48, 156

  New York Review of Books, 95, 191, 267

  New York Times, 124, 126, 135, 189, 191, 198, 289, 299

  TS book reviews for, 101

  New York Times Book Review, 98, 100

  New York University, 206

  New York Writer, 275

  New Yorker, 33, 84, 97, 189

  Newman, David, 104–6, 151–52, 158, 215

  Newman, Sydney, 76

  Newsweek, 2, 124, 154

  Nichols, Mike, 98, 127, 168, 188–89, 211, 212, 213, 276

  Nicholson, Jack, 148, 173, 174, 188, 198, 228, 295

  “Night the Bird Blew for Doctor Warner, The” (TS), 66

  Nilsson, Harry, 240, 267–69, 276, 270–71, 272, 273, 274–75, 294

  Nixon, Richard, 176, 182, 191, 202, 206, 216, 220

  “Nixon: No Tit and Ass Man” (TS), 206

  Northwestern University, 2, 22–23, 24

  Not the New York Times, 234

  nouvelle vague, 148

  Nova Convention, 234–35

  novel(s)

  adaptations of, 3–5

  limitations of, 110

  of protest, 10

  realist, 30, 37, 95–96

  TS on, 141

  novels (TS), 101, 122, 292, 302

  Double Date, 209–10

  Flash and Filigree, 13, 35, 57, 58–60, 65, 70

  Hipsters, The, 96

  Magical Christian, The, 20

  out of print, 282

  Texas Summer, 7, 284

  Nugget (magazine), 102–3, 104, 110

  Obelisk Press, 47

  Obits (script), 269–70, 272

  Observer, 77, 84, 85

  O’Donoghue, Michael, 207, 232, 245–50, 258, 259, 285, 293, 302

  death of, 294

  O’Hara, Frank, 53, 96, 103

  Olympia Press, 32, 47, 54, 71, 72, 104, 245

  Traveller’s Companion Series, 86

  Olympia Review, 103

  On the Loose (teleplay), 217

  On the Road (Kerouac), 54, 81, 84, 89

  One-Eyed Jacks (film), 107 118, 119

  O’Neill, Eugene, 81, 83

  Paley, Maggie, 140–41, 200–201

  Pallenberg, Anita, 143, 145, 146–47, 162–63, 169, 264, 290

  “Panthers, The” (TS), 65, 78

  Paramount, 149, 161, 231

  Pardon Me, Sir, but Is My Eye Hurting Your Elbow? (revue), 150–51

  Paris Musician’s Story, The, 213

  Paris Review, 30, 44, 45–46, 48, 63, 94, 192, 220, 275, 282

  Art of Fiction series, 61, 78, 140–41

  excerpt from Magic Christian, 98

  Green interview for, 78–79

  TS published in, 2, 58, 60, 77, 243

  Paris Review crowd, 42–46, 95

  Paris Review salon, 97, 108, 138

  Parker, Charlie, 28, 53, 66

  Partisan Review, 56, 57

  Paths of Glory (film), 107, 111, 113

  “Peaches and Plums” (TS), 150

  Peckinpah, Sam, 137, 199

  Penn, Arthur, 54, 95, 183

  Perry, Frank, 133, 148, 167

  Pickens, Slim, 118–19, 120

  Piece of Bloody Cake, A (script), 216, 218, 239

  Playboy, 210–11, 263

  Plimpton, George, 42, 52, 78, 94, 96, 108, 113, 127, 140–41, 151, 192, 220, 234, 244, 297

  Poe, Edgar Allan, 12, 14, 37, 43

  Polanski, Roman, 147, 184, 187, 191

  Pull My Daisy (film), 103

  “Put Down” (TS), 42, 80

  Putnam, 97, 103, 124, 261

  “Putting America to Work for Something Besides Killing” (TS), 291

  Quality Lit, 3, 48, 82, 91, 127, 140, 158, 206, 213, 283, 294, 302

  TS estrangement from, 211, 220, 232

  TS status in, 122–23

  Quality Lit Game, 95, 99, 100, 102–3, 138, 282

  Quinton, Anthony, 84, 90

  Raab, Max L., 175, 179, 180, 199, 216–17

  Rafelson, Bob, 167, 171

  Random House, 90, 98, 135, 156

  Ransohoff, Martin, 124, 129, 130, 135, 136, 137, 149, 150

  Ransom, John Crowe, 23

  Rauschenberg, Robert, 22, 53, 54, 221

  Raymond, Marcel, 28

  “Razor Fight” (TS), 21, 104, 284

  Realist, The, 103, 110, 140, 163

  “Recruiting for the Big Parade” (TS), 106–7, 122

  “Red Dirt Marijuana” (TS), 99, 284

  Red Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes (anthology), 7, 14, 65, 80, 156–57, 163

  influence of, 302

  reissue, 281, 283

  “Refreshing Ambiguity of the Déjà Vu, The” (TS), 265, 291–92

  reviews

  American Parade, 216

  Blue Movie, 191

  Candy, 184

  Candy (film), 168

  End of the Road, 182–83, 189

  Flash and Filigree, 84, 98

  Magic Christian, 17, 90, 189

  Red Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes, 157

  Texas Summer, 289

  of TS screenplays, 83

  Richards, Keith, 159, 163, 202, 203, 204, 234, 276, 279

  Richardson, Jack, 105, 150, 151, 152, 208

  Richardson, Perry, 275–77, 290, 296–97

  Richardson, Tony, 3, 4–5, 133–34, 135, 139

  Richler, Mordecai, 33–34, 36, 38, 42, 44, 48, 73, 75–76, 78, 79, 81, 91, 145

  and death of Hoffenberg, 263

  scriptwriting for television, 76

  “Riding the Lapping Tongue” (TS), 205

  Rimbaud, Arthur, 12, 30, 37

  Rivers, Larry, 24, 53, 72, 143, 144, 155–56, 157, 175, 195, 199, 204, 218, 229, 255–57

  “Road out of Axotle, The” (TS), 81, 106, 156

  Roeg, Nicolas, 143, 182–83, 204, 216–17, 230, 301

  Rolling Stone, 202, 205, 210, 285

  Rolling Stones, 8, 143, 144, 145, 146, 149, 153, 191, 285, 290, 291

  Black and Blue tour, 217–18

  drug busts, 147

  U.S. tour, 202–4, 205

  Rolling Stones on Tour, The—A Log Book, 232

  Rosenbaum, Ron, 244

  Rosset, Barney, 3–4, 94–95, 96, 103, 135, 161, 164

  Roth, Philip, 22, 62, 96, 97, 150

  Sack, John, 175, 178

  Sartre, Jean-Paul, 12, 20, 28, 29, 35, 47, 52

  satire, 90, 97, 98, 112, 117, 194

  in TS, 100, 107, 114, 168, 194, 301–2

  Saturday Night Live, 134, 245–51, 253, 293, 301

  Saturday Review, 202, 205

  “Scandale at the Dumpling Shop” (TS), 10
3

  Schapiro, Steve, 1, 2, 3

  Schatzberg, Jerry, 201, 202

  Schneider, Bert, 167, 171, 174, 188, 258, 259, 289

  Schnitzler, Arthur, 259

  Scorsese, Martin, 183, 193, 230

  screenwriting, 237–38, 267

  TS teaching, 17, 40, 206, 286–87

  screenwriting (TS), 81–83, 110, 116, 122, 129, 135–37, 140, 142–43, 148–50, 155, 158, 193, 196–97, 199, 201–2, 204, 208, 211, 213–18, 220, 232–34, 237, 241–42, 245, 253–59, 260–62, 276, 284, 287–88

  acclaim and achievment 139

  Barbarella, 161–63

  Blue Movie, 211–13

  credit for, 81, 162, 296

  Easy Rider, 165–67, 171–75, 189, 192, 198

  End of the Road, 178–83

  fees for, 127

  Grossing Out, 239–41

  with Hawkeye, 267–75

  Junky, 221–28, 230–31

  Magic Christian, The, 183–86, 190

  script doctoring, 122, 162, 220, 267

  scripts/screenplays (TS)

  Dr. Strangelove, 2

  Loved One, The, 3–5

  unfinished, 232

  “Sea Change” (TS), 80–81

  Seaver, Richard, 46, 47, 48, 94, 96, 104, 176–77, 283, 284, 286, 289, 297

  and Writers in Revolt, 101–2

  Segal, George, 138, 155, 216, 241–42, 287

  Sellers, Peter, 3, 107, 140, 143, 148, 175, 200, 250, 281

  and Casino Royale, 142–43

  death of, 241

  and Dr. Strangelove, 114, 116, 118, 119, 126

  and Magic Christian, 183, 184, 185–86, 187–88

  optioning and developing screenplays, 238–39

  screenwriting, 237–38

  sex/sexuality, 13, 41, 48, 148, 208

  Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (album), 147, 156, 157, 203

  Shaw, Artie, 93–94, 138

  Shaw, Irwin, 31, 91

  short stories (TS), 2, 34–36, 40–41, 42, 43, 48, 64, 65, 70, 77, 103, 106, 164, 213, 243–44, 260, 265, 292, 302

  in anthology, 7

  published, 98–99

  shopping around, 80–81

  Silverman, Fred, 247, 249

  Sims, Cindy, 268, 274, 275

  Sinclair, Charlie, 73

  “Slippery When Wet” (TS), 208

  Smith, Cathy, 250

  Sorbonne, 2, 17, 27–28, 34, 42, 60

  Sorel, Edward, 98

  Southern, Carol Kauffman, 4, 37, 54, 62, 65–67, 69–70, 71, 73, 74, 77, 78, 79, 80, 86, 87, 90, 99, 107, 162

  birth of son, 102

  Connecticut home, 93, 94, 104, 139

  and death of TS, 298, 299

  divorce, 199–200

  and Dr. Strangelove production, 114, 115, 119, 124

  employment, 67, 69, 70–71, 93, 109–10

  in FBI files, 221

  marriage problems, 123, 132–33, 138, 139, 140, 159–60

  and tax problems, 192

  on TS, 9, 16

  and TS film work, 121, 122, 129, 130–31

  on TS money managment, 170

  on TS works, 96–98, 106

  Southern, Helen Simonds, 9, 12, 15, 18, 74

  Southern, Nile, 4, 109, 114, 115, 121, 122, 129, 131, 132, 139, 140, 192, 199–200, 217, 257, 269, 271–72, 294

  birth of, 102

  career, 290–91

  and death of TS, 298, 299

  on Hawkeye, 273–74

  relationship with TS, 159

  and Texas Summer, 283–84

  at UCLA, 241

  Southern, Terrence Marion, 9, 10 11, 15, 74–75

  Southern, Terry (TS)

  accent, 2–3, 21, 28, 55, 118

  attitude toward Texas, 7–9, 21, 43–44

  awards, honors, 127, 194–95

  birth of, 9–10

  blurring of art and commerce, 95, 99, 137

  cameo performance, 203

  career, 61–62, 97, 104–6, 195, 220, 257

  creative laziness, 211

  death of, 297–99

  decline, 194, 218, 279, 281–82, 289, 292, 293

  Dexamyl use, 37, 116, 219–20, 291

  did not get recognition for his work, 84, 85–86, 276, 279, 281

  drugs, drinking, 11, 37, 133, 194, 196, 219–20, 248, 250, 257, 277, 278

  early life, 8–16, 43–44

  education, 11–12, 15, 16–18, 22–25, 27–28

  on effect of success, 141

  employment at Esquire, 104–6, 107–8, 163

  as father, 159, 200

  health, illness, 275, 279, 283, 291, 293, 294, 296, 298

  on his writing, 297

  influence of, 301–3

  lack of business skills, 28, 61, 145, 194–96

  Life magazine photo session, 1–3

  love of reading, 12, 17

  marriages: P. Gadiot, 48, 52, 61, 62–63

  marriages: Carol Kauffman, 65–67, 69–70, 123, 132, 138, 139, 140, 159–60, 199–200

  mentors to, 63, 64

  military service, 17–20, 21, 28

  mixing business and pleasure, 153, 159, 162, 195, 223, 255–56

 

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