Why the Hell Didn't You Tell Me?

by Steven Bach

This fictionalized memoir started out as a list of odd events of my life that piqued my curiosity. At parties and other gatherings people seemed to be very interested as I told these stories from my past and they urged me to commit them to paper. These events were experienced during a time of stress, heavy use of hallucinogens, head injuries, and survival. Along the way the experiences of magic, sentient weather systems, ancient star constellations, and brushes with the law, along with the navigation of the emotional chasms and heavens they evoked, were among the most memorable times of my life. --Steven Bach Review by Don Williams "Get ready for a trip down the rabbit hole, across the universe and through the author's personal looking glass all at a gulp should you slip this daring, courageous and insightful book beneath your tongue. Steven Bach has rendered the story of his psychic and physical voyaging with day-glo honesty, numinous pathos, and neon wit. Bravo" -- Don Williams, New Millennium Writings

142 pages, Paperback

First published October 11, 2009

About the author

Steven Bach was senior vice-president and head of worldwide productions for United Artists studios. In Final Cut: Dreams And Disaster in the Making of Heaven's Gate (1985), Bach chronicles his involvement in the troubled production of Heaven's Gate (1980), a film widely considered to have been the decisive reason for the financial bankruptcy of United Artists.

Bach is the author of The Life and Legend of Marlene Dietrich and Dazzler: The Life and Times of Moss Hart. He taught film studies at Columbia University and Bennington College.

His biography of the Nazi-associated filmmaker Leni: The Life and Work of Leni Riefenstahl (2007) overturns many of the claims Riefenstahl put forward in her self-defence regarding her contact with Hitler's regime, and was named by the New York Times as one of the most notable books of 2007.

Bach died of cancer in March of 2009. He is survived by his companion, Werner Röhr.