Never Odd or Even

<p>There are lost films and then there are LOST films. Young director Charlie Jerome hot on the heels of his art-house smash <em>Summer and Sandy</em> has a scheme to make the ultimate film noir-by staging real crimes and capturing them on film. With the help of his long-suffering cameraman and creative Sancho Panza Artie Sellon and young thespians Sam Mellinger and Charlotte Magill director Jerome almost pulls off the perfect crime movie.</p><p></p><p>With its blend of early 1960s Hollywood settings rural Oregon atmosphere and ruminations on the art (and hard work) of making a movie <em>Never Odd or Even</em> is more than just a suspense novel. It's a witty surprising and likably jaded look at the world of film-making-loaded with well-drawn characters and unguessable situations.</p><p></p><p>Young delivers big laughs (at one point Jerome is asked to turn Joan Didion's collection of essays about the hippie culture of Haight-Ashbury into a... soap opera) and tight plotting. This is a good bet for Elmore Leonard fans.-<em>Publishers Weekly</em></p>