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John Shirley est un Scénariste et Monteur Américain né le 10 février 1953 à Houston (Etats-Unis)
John Shirley (born 10 February 1953) is an American fantasist, author of noir fiction, and science-fiction writer. Shirley is a prolific writer of novels and short stories, TV scripts and screenplays who has published over 30 books and 10 collections. His novels include Everything is Broken, The Other End, Bleak History, Crawlers, Demons, In Darkness Waiting, and seminal cyberpunk works City Come A-Walkin, and the A Song Called Youth trilogy of Eclipse, Eclipse Penumbra, and Eclipse Corona. His collections include the Bram Stoker and International Horror Guild award-winning Black Butterflies, Living Shadows: Stories: New & Pre-Owned and In Extremis: The Most Extreme Stories of John Shirley. He also writes for screen (The Crow) and television. As a musician Shirley has fronted his own bands and written lyrics for Blue Öyster Cult and others. In 2013 Black October Records released a two-CD compilation of Shirley's own recordings, Broken Mirror Glass: The John Shirley Anthology - 1978-2012 .
Besides having written numerous books John Shirley was lead singer of the punk band Sado-Nation, in 1978, and the post-punk funk-rock band Obsession, on Celluloid Records, while living in New York City and Paris, France, in the 1980s, and was later in the band the Panther Moderns. Shirley has also written 18 song lyrics recorded by Blue Öyster Cult. His one nonfiction book is Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas (Penguin/Tarcher). He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife. John Shirley has three sons, twins Byron and Perry, now 27 and Julian, a Bay Area-based underground rapper and recording artist, sometimes called "the jooj", 25 years old. He is married to Michelina Shirley.
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John Shirley was born in Houston, Texas and grew up largely in the vicinity of Portland, Oregon. His earliest novels were Transmaniacon and Dracula In Love for Zebra Books, and City Come A-Walkin, a proto-cyberpunk novel, for Delacorte. He also wrote the A Song Called Youth cyberpunk trilogy for Warner Books, re-released as an omnibus in 2012 by Prime Books. 2012 saw his noir-flavored novel of apocalypse, Everything Is Broken released by Prime Books. In 2013 PM Press released Shirley's New Taboos. HarperCollins/Witness plans his novel about Conan Doyle in the afterlife, Doyle After Death, for an October 2013 release.Besides having written numerous books John Shirley was lead singer of the punk band Sado-Nation, in 1978, and the post-punk funk-rock band Obsession, on Celluloid Records, while living in New York City and Paris, France, in the 1980s, and was later in the band the Panther Moderns. Shirley has also written 18 song lyrics recorded by Blue Öyster Cult. His one nonfiction book is Gurdjieff: An Introduction to His Life and Ideas (Penguin/Tarcher). He currently lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife. John Shirley has three sons, twins Byron and Perry, now 27 and Julian, a Bay Area-based underground rapper and recording artist, sometimes called "the jooj", 25 years old. He is married to Michelina Shirley.
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Twists of Terror (1997)
Réalisé par Douglas Jackson
Origine Canada
Genres Thriller, Horreur
Acteurs Jennifer Rubin, Françoise Robertson, Nick Mancuso, Christopher Heyerdahl, Carl Marotte, Martin Neufeld
Rôle Ecrivain
Note52%
A collection of three macabre tales, presented by an agoraphobic middle-aged man, named Philip, who lives in a seedy section of Los Angeles. As he sorts through his piles of yellowed newspaper clippings, he relates his paranoid nightmares through three stories.
The Crow (1994)
, 1h42Réalisé par Alex Proyas
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Thriller, Fantastique, Fantasy, Action, Horreur
Thèmes Mise en scène d'un animal, La famille, Sexualité, Transport, Motocyclette, Mise en scène d'un oiseau, Fantômes, Super-héros, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Acteurs Brandon Lee, Ernie Hudson, Michael Wincott, Bai Ling, Sofia Shinas, David Patrick Kelly
Note75%
Éric Draven, jeune guitariste de rock, et sa compagne Shelly Webster sont sauvagement assassinés, la veille de leur mariage, par un gang de criminels conduit par T-Bird.
L'Expert (1994)
, 1h50Réalisé par Luis Llosa
Origine Etats-Unis
Genres Drame, Thriller, Action, Aventure, Espionnage
Thèmes Transport, Road movie, Film de poursuite
Acteurs Sylvester Stallone, Sharon Stone, James Woods, Eric Roberts, Rod Steiger, Mario Ernesto Sánches
Rôle Créateur de nouvelle
Note56%
Ray Quick, expert en explosifs, a quitté la CIA après une opération ratée menée par son ancien supérieur et qui a coûté la vie à une enfant innocente. Travaillant désormais en indépendant, il est contacté par une mystérieuse May Munroe qui lui demande de tuer les hommes qui ont assassiné ses parents dans son enfance.
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Les Sept Tonnerres (1957)
, 1h40Réalisé par Hugo Fregonese
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Guerre, Historique
Thèmes La prison, La provence, Politique, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Acteurs Stephen Boyd, James Robertson Justice, Anna Gaylor, Kathleen Harrison, Tony Wright, Rosalie Crutchley
Rôle Monteur
Note62%
À Marseille, durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, Dave et Jim, deux soldats britanniques évadés, trouvent refuge dans le quartier du Vieux-Port cerné par l'armée allemande. Ils s'allient à la résistance locale en venant au secours d'une jeune Marseillaise, Lise, alors qu'elle est agressée par un soldat ennemi. Mais ce quartier en dédales étant devenu le repaire idéal de nombreux dissidents et résistants, l'état-major allemand décide de le détruire totalement en janvier 1943 à l'aide de sept puissantes charges explosives.