I hear everything that turns me on about this wonderful, maligned, lonely, silly town that I love so much. I hear Raymond Chandler, and I hear heartbreak. My favorite thing - if it's a book, or movie or music - I have to go for the music of Tom Waits. This segment has been edited for length and clarity. Writer Sam Wasson on capturing ‘Hollywood: The Oral History’ Wasson connects Waits’ music and style to the world making of film and says he finds it “thrilling” every time he connects with Waits’ music. Over the years he has chronicled Tinseltown's iconic moments in articles and acclaimed books, including “The Big Goodbye,” and “Fifth Avenue, 5AM.” His most recent book is “ Hollywood: The Oral History,” co-written with Jeanine Basinger, and he’s currently working on a biography of Francis Ford Coppola’s studio, American Zoetrope.Ī lifelong Angeleno, Wasson has embraced the work of another Los Angeles storyteller, songwriter, musician, and sometimes actor, Tom Waits, whose cinematic songs tend to focus on the underbelly of society. Los Angeles writer Sam Wasson knows a thing or two about Hollywood.
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