Run…. Don’t walk from… The Blob! I’m taking just a couple of quick minutes for The Blob. This film is interesting in that it has become so culturally relevant, not for the film itself, but for the previews. The ads for The Blob have infiltrated our culture in so many ways. Wh read more
Whether you're a man or a woman, I can sum up the reason to see Bullitt in two words: Steve McQueen. Peter Yates directed Bullitt in 1968 and captured Steve at his height. It was written to his strength as a man's man, a tough guy with a rough pas read more
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1930-1980
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Steve McQueen: A Biography by Marc Eliot
9780307453211
Hardcover
368 pages
October 2011
Crown Archetype (Random House)
I don't remember the names of many biographers but Marc Eliot stands out for me. I've read Eliot's biographies on Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart. Both were excellent, well-written an read more
"Racing is the most exciting thing there is. But unlike drugs, you get high with dignity." - Steve McQueen
Becoming a professional race car driver wasn't in the cards for Steve McQueen but that didn't stop him from pursuing racing as a hobby. Over the years he spent much of the money he made from read more
Steve McQueen: A Passion for Speed
by Frederic Brun
Hardcover - 192 pages
ISBN: 9780760342480
MotorBooks
October 2011
Barnes and Noble
IndieBound (Your local bookstore)
Powell's
"McQueen will be remembered as one of the finest exponents of speed to ever grace the big screen." - Brun
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