Video for Michael Connelly's "Echo Park"

There's a new video for Michael Connelly's Echo Park (an excellent book, by the way) over on YouTube, which was directed by my buddy Lee Lankford. The video is a dramatization of the first section of the book. Pretty cool idea.

So I'm watching it, and Harry Bosch's partner, Jerry Edgar, appears in the scene. I look at him, do a double-take, and think to myself, "I'll be damned -- that's Gar Haywood!" But then I thought, "Naaah...it can't be." My curiosity got the better of me, so I fast-forwarded to the end -- and sure enough, it is him!

Haven't heard much from Gar in a while. I'd really love to see a new book from him one of these days. He's a damn fine writer and it's a shame that he's out of print.

Comments

[Karen Olson]

This video is way cool. I managed to get myself an ARC of ECHO PARK in anticipation of interviewing Michael Connelly for Romantic Times magazine, and I sped through it in a day! Great read, another great Bosch novel. And for more of a Bosch fix, it's great to see the serialization of THE OVERLOOK in the NYTimes Magazine.

[Dan Conaway]

So am I right to think that this isn't a trailer for a movie or t.v. show, but something produced expressly for the book itself? Was it paid for by the publisher? Any sense of what the operation cost? And/or how I could go about finding out?

This is really cool.

[David J. Montgomery]

Yes, this was done for the book itself. I'll send you some details, Dan.

I also like VidLits, which are essentially trailers for books.

http://www.vidlit.com