Episode · Conversations with Tyler · 2023-11-08
Books mentioned on Brian Koppelman on TV, Movies, and Appreciating Art
Brian Koppelman is a writer, director, and producer known for his work on films like Rounders and Solitary Man, the hit TV show Billions, and his podcast The Moment, which explores pivotal moments in creative careers.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Difficult Men
Difficult Men is a non-fiction book by Brett Martin that examines the revolutionary era of American television showrunning, focusing on landmark series like The Sopranos, The Wire, Mad Men, and Breaking Bad.
Recommended“and you know David milch cuts his teeth on um and Hill Street Blues there's a wonderful book by Brett Martin called difficult men that's about showrunners and it starts in a way with botcho and milch in in that time period and it's a great look into uh how this idea of showrunners created um modern modern television and”
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Deadwood
Deadwood is a critically acclaimed television series created by David Milch, and books exploring its production or featuring writings by its creator offer deep insights into the meticulous craft of television writing.
Recommended“uh and so this is why someone like David milch and that's another book I would recommend as milch's book which is one of the best maybe the best book ever written about television the one that came out last year when you think about a guy like that who was able to write some of the best episodes of”
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A soldier of the great war
Discussed“um Mark help uh and Mark said uh Mark helin wrote a soldier of the Great War um uh and um winter tale not the political journalist so they're different people not halin but helprin and and he talked about the cost the emotional cost of reading novels after 50 and that the way a novel can stir you up”
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Winter's Tale
Discussed“um Mark help uh and Mark said uh Mark helin wrote a soldier of the Great War um uh and um winter tale not the political journalist so they're different people not halin but helprin and and he talked about the cost the emotional cost of reading novels after 50 and that the way a novel can stir you up”
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland und das Ende der Welt
Hard-Boiled Wonderland und das Ende der Welt by Haruki Murakami is a captivating, multi-layered novel that explores themes of consciousness, identity, and alternate realities through its dual narrative structure.
Discussed“I'm glad you asked I saw that somebody wondered about mami I'm glad you asked the question for me it's hardboiled Wonderland but I love that would have been my number two choice I what's your number one choice well I think Kafka on the shore is like an astonishing so to me Kafka on the shore is it works”
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Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami is a surreal, imaginative novel that intertwines two alternating plots concerning a data processor in a futuristic Tokyo subculture and a walled town where shadows are separated from their owners.
Discussed“I'm glad you asked I saw that somebody wondered about mami I'm glad you asked the question for me it's hardboiled Wonderland but I love that would have been my number two choice I what's your number one choice well I think Kafka on the shore is like an astonishing so to me Kafka on the shore is it works”
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Norwegian Wood
Discussed“uh and um because I want to have two that I can read later that I've never read uh but I find him a Marvel a miraculous Marvel and I'm I I'll never forget reading um Norwegian Wood for the first time and and just understanding that there was somebody out there working at the highest possible level that you”
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The Biggest Game in Town
The Biggest Game in Town is a classic non-fiction book by Al Alvarez that offers an intimate, journalistic look into the high-stakes world of professional poker players gathered in Las Vegas for the World Series of Poker.
Recommended“I have um there's a little known book so the books about poker that that are the non-fiction book you know a Alvarez's book is is perfect it's a perfect book I highly recommend it”
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Billy Phelan's Greatest Game
Billy Phelan's Greatest Game is a compelling novel by William Kennedy that explores the life of a small-time gambler navigating the gritty underworld of Albany, New York, during the Great Depression.
Recommended“and that is William Kennedy's Billy fail's greatest game uh if I have you ever read that book no never read it Tyler it's as good as Kennedy to me is like you know another one of these people like Kennedy I think should have won the Nobel”
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American Tabloid
American Tabloid by James Ellroy is a sprawling historical fiction novel that delves deep into the dark underbelly of American politics, organized crime, and the conspiracies surrounding the Kennedy assassination.
Discussed“James elroy's American tabloid clearly to me is best the book that's going to live on of his and um I mean like Dalia K too same confidential but but for me American tabl was this guy at the moment in his life as an artist when he was kind of firing an all cylinders”
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