BELOVED SON AND BROTHER — and that’s all it says
This is where David Goodis is buried, in a Philadelphia cemetery. The stone reads BELOVED SON AND BROTHER. That’s all it says. No “writer.” No “novelist.” No mention of Dark Passage or Shoot the Piano Player, no nod to the fact that France calls him a master of American noir. Just a flat marker for a man his own country forgot to name.
It’s the closing image of my restored documentary, Retracing the Footsteps of David Goodis — the last thing you see after walking every block of his city with him. I left it there on purpose. A life that poured millions of words into the dark, remembered in three of them.
The premiere is our correction. One night to say out loud everything that stone leaves off.
It premieres live on Zoom, Friday, August 21 at 7:30pm CT — co-hosted by Lou Boxer of NoirCon, closing with a live table read of Ed’s new noir UNDERBELLY.
Watch the film free on Vimeo first: https://vimeo.com/1208678948
Live premiere: Friday, August 21 — 7:30 PM Central / 8:30 PM Eastern. Grab a seat → Zoom sends your personal join link.
Two days. The man who wrote Dark Passage gets his night back.
He sold in the millions and died a name nobody could place. Dark Passage became a Bogart
Four days. One dead writer. One live night.
Friday, August 21 is the night. The restored cut of Retracing the Footsteps of David Goodis plays
The table read: UNDERBELLY, live
On Friday, August 21, the restored Goodis documentary plays — and then we keep going. Actors take