Comments on: Parker 1962 http://crookedtimber.org/2009/09/13/parker-1962/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 27 May 2012 11:57:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: karen marie http://crookedtimber.org/2009/09/13/parker-1962/comment-page-1/#comment-288769 karen marie Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:27:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=12845#comment-288769 It was my understanding that Westlake couldn't stand Lee Marvin and was not at all happy with him being cast as Parker. What a shame Westlake died . There are a lot of things I would love to ask him about his writing. He had quite the imagination. It was my understanding that Westlake couldn’t stand Lee Marvin and was not at all happy with him being cast as Parker. What a shame Westlake died . There are a lot of things I would love to ask him about his writing. He had quite the imagination.

]]> By: Barry http://crookedtimber.org/2009/09/13/parker-1962/comment-page-1/#comment-288327 Barry Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:22:18 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=12845#comment-288327 It *is* a nice rendition; the story is told with very little conversation. It is a nice rendition; the story is told with very little conversation.

]]> By: Anon http://crookedtimber.org/2009/09/13/parker-1962/comment-page-1/#comment-288326 Anon Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:15:36 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=12845#comment-288326 Sam C, Cooke has written of the difficulty of picturing Parker in various places (<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/herocomplex/2009/07/the-hunter-darwyn-cooke-and-donald-westlake-pull-off-the-perfect-crime-.html" rel="nofollow">example</a>). But the choice he went with seems to be inspired by Westlake's comments that in the early days he pictured Parker as looking like Jack Palance. I don't think Westlake had strong feelings about Marvin either way. Sam C,

Cooke has written of the difficulty of picturing Parker in various places (example). But the choice he went with seems to be inspired by Westlake’s comments that in the early days he pictured Parker as looking like Jack Palance. I don’t think Westlake had strong feelings about Marvin either way.

]]> By: Sam C http://crookedtimber.org/2009/09/13/parker-1962/comment-page-1/#comment-288323 Sam C Sun, 13 Sep 2009 21:27:05 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=12845#comment-288323 I like this - the preview pages are a very precise wordless rendition of the opening section of the novel (which I've just reread). But I'm less keen on how Parker looks: perhaps I just can't see him as anyone but Lee Marvin. I like this – the preview pages are a very precise wordless rendition of the opening section of the novel (which I’ve just reread). But I’m less keen on how Parker looks: perhaps I just can’t see him as anyone but Lee Marvin.

]]> By: otto http://crookedtimber.org/2009/09/13/parker-1962/comment-page-1/#comment-288318 otto Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:18:10 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=12845#comment-288318 I like CT's intermittent Parkerisms. I like CT’s intermittent Parkerisms.

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