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Filmlandia!

A Movie Lover's Guide to the Films and Television of Seattle, Portland, and the Great Northwest

A Movie Lover's Guide to the Films and Television of Seattle, Portland, and the Great Northwest

By David Schmader

By David Schmader

By David Schmader

By David Schmader

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Apr 18, 2023 | ISBN 9781632174253

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Apr 18, 2023 | ISBN 9781632174260

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    About Filmlandia!

    From Twin Peaks to Twilight, from Practical Magic to Portlandia!, Filmlandia! highlights more than 200 film and television entertainments created and centered in Seattle, Portland, and the greater Pacific Northwest, extensively researched and curated by culture writer David Schmader.

    The PNW has a thriving, rich film culture, and it’s finally celebrated in a guide as visually arresting and compelling as the films and television themselves!

    More than 200 entries are included and feature:
    • Hilarious, insightful synopses
    • Behind-the-scene facts and trivia
    • Regional scenic highlights

    In addition, sidebars pepper the pages, covering:
    • Regional filmmakers like Gus Van Sant and Lynn Shelton
    • Television shows that shaped the public’s perception of the region (such as Twin Peaks, Shrill, and Portlandia!)
    • Documentaries, queer cinema, silent films, Vancouver-shot imposters, and more.

    Colorful artwork, inspired by the primary VHS color palette of the 80s, turns this handy guide into a visual treat as well. This is a book for any cinephile, but for those who love and live in the PNW, Filmlandia! is an absolute must-have.

    About Filmlandia!

    From Twin Peaks to Twilight, from Practical Magic to Portlandia!, Filmlandia! highlights more than 200 film and television entertainments created and centered in Seattle, Portland, and the greater Pacific Northwest, extensively researched and curated by culture writer David Schmader.

    The PNW has a thriving, rich film culture, and it’s finally celebrated in a guide as visually arresting and compelling as the films and television themselves!

    More than 200 entries are included and feature:
    • Hilarious, insightful synopses
    • Behind-the-scene facts and trivia
    • Regional scenic highlights

    In addition, sidebars pepper the pages, covering:
    • Regional filmmakers like Gus Van Sant and Lynn Shelton
    • Television shows that shaped the public’s perception of the region (such as Twin Peaks, Shrill, and Portlandia!)
    • Documentaries, queer cinema, silent films, Vancouver-shot imposters, and more.

    Colorful artwork, inspired by the primary VHS color palette of the 80s, turns this handy guide into a visual treat as well. This is a book for any cinephile, but for those who love and live in the PNW, Filmlandia! is an absolute must-have.

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    About David Schmader

    David Schmader is a writer living and working in Seattle. From 1999-2014, Schmader served as associate editor at Seattle’s Pulitzer-winning newsweekly the Stranger, writing the column Last Days: The Week in Review. In 2015, Schmader became creative director of the award-winning nonprofit… More about David Schmader

    About David Schmader

    David Schmader is a writer living and working in Seattle. From 1999-2014, Schmader served as associate editor at Seattle’s Pulitzer-winning newsweekly the Stranger, writing the column Last Days: The Week in Review. In 2015, Schmader became creative director of the award-winning nonprofit… More about David Schmader

    Product Details

    Category: Movies & TV | Performing Arts | Travel: USA & Canada

    Paperback | $21.95
    Published by Sasquatch Books
    Apr 18, 2023 | 160 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 | ISBN 9781632174253

    Category: Movies & TV | Performing Arts | Travel: USA & Canada

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Sasquatch Books
    Apr 18, 2023 | 176 Pages | 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 | ISBN 9781632174260

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    Praise

    “Filmlandia is a quick, joyful read that’s as much a love letter to local film and television icons such as Lynn Shelton, Megan Griffiths, and Irene from the Real World as it is to the Pacific Northwest’s (mostly) sparkling scenery. And oh, boy, is this corner of the country filled with weird little treasures.” —The Stranger

    “David Schmader’s film writing has always been dryly funny and incisive, but it has rarely been this affectionate. This very comprehensive collection of PNW-centric film and TV capsules is for locals or tourists, hardcore cinephiles or casual viewers. Full disclosure: David once called me a “Showgirls truther.” —Matt Lynch, Scarecrow Video, cohost of The Suspense Is Killing Us podcast and YouTube’s Viva Physical Media

    Table Of Contents

    CONTENTS
     
    Introduction: A Film Lover’s Paradise
     
    SEATTLE & WASHINGTON

    Washington Fun Boxes (sidebars to appear throughout)
    Bruce Lee | Dystopian Futures | Film Festivals | Frasier | Grey’s Anatomy | Kurt Cobain | Lynn Shelton | Megan Griffiths | Movie Houses | Northern Exposure | PNW Film All-Stars | PNW XXX | Queer Cinema | Seattle Verite: Seattle Documentaries | The Real World | Rose Red | Scarecrow Video | Twin Peaks | Vancouver Switcheroo

    10 Things I Hate About You | 21 & Over | 50 Shades of Gray | American Heart | The Art of Racing in the Rain | Assassins | Battle in Seattle | Beacon Hill Boys | Benny & Joon | A Bit of Bad Luck | Black Widow | The Book of Stars | Boy Culture | Brand Upon the Brain! | Bustin Loose | The Changeling | Cinderella Liberty | Come See the Paradise | Cthulu | Daredreamer | Dear Lemon Lima | The Details | Disclosure | Dogfight | Double Jeopardy | East of the Mountains | Enough | The Fabulous Baker Boys | Fear | Frances | Georgia | Get Carter | Gory Gory Hallelujah | Grassroots | The Hand That Rocks the Cradle | Harry and the Hendersons |Harry in Your Pocket |Highway |Hit! |House of Games |The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle | It Happened at the World’s Fair | Karl Krogstad | The Last Mimzy | Late Autumn | Life or Something Like It | Little Buddha | Love Happens | Mad Love | Money Buys Happiness | My Last Year with the Nuns | Officer & a Gentleman | Old Goats | Paper Tigers | The Parallax View | Plain Clothes | Police Beat | Power |Practical Magic | Red Dawn | The Ring | Safety Not Guaranteed | Say Anything | Seven Hours to Judgment | Singles | Slaves to the Underground | Sleepless in Seattle | The Slender Thread | Snow Falling on Cedars | Surviving the Game | This Boy’s Life | Trouble in Mind | True Adolescents | Tugboat Annie | Twice in a Lifetime | Twilight | Unforgettable | The Vanishing | Waiting for the Light | War Games | Where’d You Go, Bernadette? | World’s Greatest Dad

    PORTLAND & OREGON

    Portland Fun Boxes (sidebars to appear throughout)
    Astoria! | Behind the Music | Eternal Silents | Film Festivals | The Technicolor Frontier! | Grimm | Gus Van Sant | Jack Nicholson | Kelly Reichardt | LAIKA Studios | Movie Houses | PDX Docs | Portlandia! | Prefontaine vs Prefontaine | The Real World: Portland | Shrill | The Simpsons
     
    Animal House | Benji the Hunted | The Black Stallion | Body of Evidence | Captain Fantastic | C.O.G. | Dead Man | The Fog | Foxfire | Free Willy | The Goonies | Hear No Evil | How to Beat the High Cost of Living | I Don’t Feel at Home in This World | The Indian Fighter | Into the Wild | Kindergarten Cop | Lean on Pete | Leave No Trace | Lost Horizon | Maverick | Men of Honor | Mr. Brooks | Mr. Holland’s Opus | My Name is Bruce | Overboard | Pay It Forward | PIG | Point Break | The River Wild | Ring of Fire | Roaring Timber | Rooster Cogburn | Short Circuit | Sometimes a Great Notion | Stand By Me | Swordfish | Thumbsucker | Wild
     
    Conclusion

    Viewing Lists

    Acknowledgments

    Sources
     
    Index

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