Steve Erickson, "Zeroville"

Some, like, filmmaker guy is obsessed with a door he either sees or thinks he sees in the backgrounds of old films.

(from McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories)

I wasn’t astonished. I was confused and bored. This was more like a series of interesting things stapled together to create something sorta moody and pretentious. Maybe that was the point. Still doesn’t make it a good read.

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