He wrote over a million words but died silently
This is David Goodis at his machine. Gold Medal paperbacks, twenty-five cents a copy, millions sold across America. He was one of the best-selling writers of his era — and by the end of it, the same man was driving his mother’s streets in the dark, all but forgotten by the country that once devoured his work.
My restored documentary, Retracing the Footsteps of David Goodis, walks every block of that story. The bars he drank in, the corners he wrote about, the house he came home to. It’s streaming free on Vimeo right now, regraded and rebuilt so his words finally land the way they were meant to.
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.
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