Giallo Meltdown: The Book (The Thread)

[slizwiz Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close slizwiz]

I had a thread going over at AVManiacs for a while about my giallo book project: Giallo Meltdown. I've been working on the Giallo Meltdown series for many years at my site before someone said "Hey duder, you should make this into a book." Instead of trying to turn this book into a "giallo reference guide" or the "complete index of the giallo genre" or whatever -which just isn't my style- I have staged moviethons of between 13-22 films in a 2 or 3 day moviethon and documented these events as chapters. So yeah, I have now finished all 13 moviethons for the 13 chapters of the book (that's 215 films reviewed!) and I am now in the (painful) editing phase. As this year progresses, I'll be looking for a publisher for this thing.

The first five Giallo Meltdowns are up at the site. Here are a few of them:

http://doomedmoviethon.com/moviethon...omeltdown5.htm
http://doomedmoviethon.com/moviethon...omeltdown4.htm
http://doomedmoviethon.com/moviethon...meltdown_3.htm

[Andrew Monroe Pallid Hands Find all posts View Profile Close Andrew Monroe]

Good stuff there, slizwiz. I think you were wise to go with your own style and not try to do a be-all-end-all reference. Good luck finding a publisher, I'll be happy to buy a copy when it's published. There's always room for another giallo book - particularly in English.

[Dom D Spoon! Find all posts View Profile Close Dom D]

I seem to remember reading these years ago. It's an awesome fun project. Good luck on finding a publisher. Keep us updated on how that goes. A digital edition would be nice. This would make excellent soaking in the tub, with a kindle reading.

[Scott Intellectual Carrot Find all posts View Profile Close Scott]

"Back at the apartment, I take a ceremonial shot of J&B which hits me like a punch in the face. How the fuck did people drink so much of this stuff in all these Italian movies?"

I feel the same way.

[Dom D Spoon! Find all posts View Profile Close Dom D]

Hey I like J&B. For a cheap blended malt that can still be drunk neat, it's okay.

[slizwiz Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close slizwiz]

Thanks for the support, you guys. There will definitely be a digital edition.

I'm not much of a drinker so J&B is a little rough for me. My main problem is that cloying flavor that makes the corners of my mouth curl up like I just took a swig of shoe polish or something.

[slizwiz Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close slizwiz]

I'm in the editing phase of the book!

Also, made a FB page.

http://www.facebook.com/GialloMeltdown

[slizwiz Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close slizwiz]

The official title of the book is Giallo Meltdown: A Moviethon Diary.

[Mark C. Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Mark C.]

The official title of the book is Giallo Meltdown: A Moviethon Diary.

Cool, Looking forward to adding it to my already overflowing movie bookshelves :)

[Dom D Spoon! Find all posts View Profile Close Dom D]

Liked the facebook page. Looking forward to it. Congrats on getting this far.

[Wllm Clys Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Wllm Clys]

Looking forward to this!

[slizwiz Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close slizwiz]

Thanks you guys!

[slizwiz Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close slizwiz]

[slizwiz Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close slizwiz]

Still editing this thing. 13 chapters is a lot!

[slizwiz Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close slizwiz]

Come join the insanity as it unfolds:

https://www.facebook.com/GialloMeltdown