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David F. Mendes

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Writer, #screenwriter, #creative-writing #teacher , Brazilian/Portuguese living in #Cologne, Germany Escritor, #roteirista, #professor de #escrita-criativa

languages: English, Portuguese, some Spanish

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David F. Mendes rated Darkness, Take My Hand: 3 stars

Dennis Lehane: Darkness, Take My Hand (Paperback, 1997, Transworld Pub)

Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane

David F. Mendes rated A Drink Before the War: 2 stars

Dennis Lehane: A Drink Before the War (2003, Harvest Books)

A Drink Before the War by Dennis Lehane

A Drink Before the War is a crime novel by American writer Dennis Lehane, published in 1994. It was his …

David F. Mendes rated Gone, Baby, Gone (Kenzie & Gennaro, #4): 3 stars

Dennis Lehane: Gone, Baby, Gone (Kenzie & Gennaro, #4) (2001, HarperTorch)

Gone, Baby, Gone (Kenzie & Gennaro, #4) by Dennis Lehane (Patrick Kenzie/Angela Gennaro (4))

Gone, Baby, Gone is a 1998 detective novel by American writer Dennis Lehane, his fourth in his series featuring Boston …

David F. Mendes rated Moonlight Mile (Kenzie & Gennaro,#6): 2 stars

Dennis Lehane: Moonlight Mile (Kenzie & Gennaro,#6)

Moonlight Mile (Kenzie & Gennaro,#6) by Dennis Lehane

Moonlight Mile is a crime novel by American writer Dennis Lehane, published on November 2, 2010. It is the sixth …

David F. Mendes rated My last sigh: 5 stars

Luis Buñuel: My last sigh (2003, University of Minnesota Press)

My last sigh by Luis Buñuel

Luis Buñuel, one of the greatest film directors of all time, the father of surrealist cinema, writes lyrically and passionately …

David F. Mendes rated The Conversations : Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film: 4 stars

Michael Ondaatje: The Conversations : Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film (2002)

The Conversations : Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film by Michael Ondaatje

David F. Mendes rated This is Orson Welles: 5 stars

No cover — Orson Welles: This is Orson Welles (1998, Da Capo Press)

This is Orson Welles by Orson Welles

David F. Mendes rated The films in my life: 4 stars

Francois Truffaut: The films in my life (1994)

The films in my life by Francois Truffaut

David F. Mendes rated Film form: 4 stars

Film form by Sergei Eisenstein (A Harvest/HBJ book)

Director and filmmaker of Silent Movies who later worked in America, Sergei Eisenstein discusses the idea of montage in Russian …

David F. Mendes rated Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama: 5 stars

David Mamet: Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama (2000)

Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama by David Mamet

David F. Mendes rated On directing film: 5 stars

David Mamet: On directing film (1992, Penguin)

On directing film by David Mamet

David F. Mendes rated A Visit from the Goon Squad: 3 stars

Jennifer Egan: A Visit from the Goon Squad (2011, Anchor)

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

Jennifer Egan's spellbinding interlocking narratives circle the lives of Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk rocker and record executive, and …