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Will Sloan
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Modern-day folk hero. For a good time, call willsloan.ca
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · Apr 9
🛸 I WROTE A BOOK about ED WOOD 🐙

ED WOOD: MADE IN HOLLYWOOD USA is a sympathetic critical study about his whole career.

“Beautifully written, intelligently funny, packed with surprising facts on every page." - Guy Maddin

PRE-ORDER from @orbooks.bsky.social: orbooks.com/catalog/ed-w...
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 5h
It appears we've found an exception
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 10h
Whenever a comedian arrives at the position of being able to interview any president or presidential candidate, it’s over.
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 1d
The Boys of Canadian Thanksgiving
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 2d
One of the baddest guys ever.
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 2d
Manhattan Murder Mystery lowkey one of the best ones, by the way.
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 3d
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 3d
Thanks for coming out!
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 4d
Very nice interview I did with the estimable @schlockvalue.bsky.social for Screen Slate on Ed Wood, in advance of my NYC launch.
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Panning for Gold: Will Sloan on Ed Wood
What is there left to say about Edward D. Wood, Jr. that hasn’t already been in the 45 years since he was crowned the “Worst Director of All Time” in Harry and Michael Medved’s 1980 book, The Golden T...
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 4d
Bearded man in Jerry Warren's chef-d'œuvre The Incredible Petrified World (1957)
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 5d
Only a handful of tickets remaining to my screening/NYC book launch at Metrograph tomorrow
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Will Sloan presents Plan 9 from Outer Space - Now Playing In Theater at Metrograph
Extended introduction by Will Sloan and a book launch following the screening on Thursday, 10/9
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 6d
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 6d
Yeah, and meanwhile I’m out here peddling my wares like I’m on the campaign trail.
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 6d
And we got Abel Ferrara's book next week. Simply a bounty of riches.
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 6d
It's official book publication day for both Thomas Pynchon and Will Sloan. Who will top the bestseller list? Only time will tell.
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 7d
Where did they find this picture of me
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 7d
By the way, friendly reminder that the New York launch of my book is this Thursday at Metrograph. I would be earnestly delighted if you could attend. Yes, YOU!
metrograph.com/film/?vista_...
Will Sloan presents Plan 9 from Outer Space - Now Playing In Theater at Metrograph
Extended introduction by Will Sloan and a book launch following the screening on Thursday, 10/9
metrograph.com
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 7d
I wrote about Ed Wood's finest literary works for the Metrograph Journal
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RidicuLists: The Top Five Literary Works by Ed Wood - Journal - Metrograph
Film history is a house with many rooms. In Ridiculists, Will Sloan explore some of its nooks and crannies. For the latest entry, a look at five of the cult independent filmmaker Ed Wood’s finest book...
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 9d
Looks like a good dog
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 9d
Contemplating the big questions.
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 10d
(*Criterion Guy voice*) "Oh hell yeah! Gentlemen of the Press (1929) has finally joined the Alpha Video Collection!"
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 10d
When I see Bari Weiss all I see is Refaat Alareer’s murderer, so I really wish I didn’t have to hear about her this often. Repulsive person.
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Will Sloan @willsloanesq.bsky.social · 11d
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The Film Stage @thefilmstage.com · 11d
On the new Emulsion, @willsloanesq.bsky.social joins Nick Newman to discuss his excellent Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood USA, Wood's sui generis pleasures, where good and bad become indistinguishable, and (briefly) Woody Allen's What's with Baum?
Emulsion Ep. 16 – Will Sloan on Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood USA
Ed Wood died the better part of a half-century ago, and to this day his reputation as the world's worst filmmaker persists. Even in this era when seemingly everything can be reclaimed, few have made t...
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R. Emmet Sweeney @robert-emmet.bsky.social · 11d
I interviewed internet personality @willsloanesq.bsky.social about his Ed Wood book over at my substack OLD NEW.
Against the Grain: An Interview with Will Sloan about Ed Wood
Will revalues the "worst director of all time"
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