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‘Long Live the Tyrant,’ About Publisher Giancarlo DiTrapano, the ‘Basquiat of the New York Literary Scene,’ Eyes Spring Shoot (EXCLUSIVE)
The film will look at the life of publisher Giancarlo DiTrapano, who championed authors such as Atticus Lish, Garielle Lutz and Scott McClanahan.
“Personal archive footage and photographs will enrich the tale, that will embody a true exploration of Gian’s world; while telling of his extraordinarily poetic existence, it will show the places that he loved and lived in.” The film will track the publisher’s life from his childhood in West Virginia, to New York City, where he set up Tyrant, to Naples, where he moved with his husband just before his death, and Sezze Romano – the Italian village where his family was from, and where his writers’ residence still runs. He is developing two doc series with Terry Shand’s Emmy-winning Castle Entertainment, based on research from his novels on occultist Aleister Crowley and Count Dracula, as well as a scripted drama on soccer club Leeds United with Ralph Ineson, and several shows with legendary dance and house music brand DMC.
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