Ander monson biography

For his new memoir, Predator, Ander Monson watched the eponymous 1987 action flick 146 times. Use of the word “watch” perhaps sells his effort short, considering the sheer thoroughness of the project; Monson’s journey takes him through online communities and commentaries and archives and, before it’s over, the final depths and origin of a fandom that revolves to this day around one irrefutably unforgettable American blockbuster. 

In following every rabbit hole of his obsession with the film through to its end, Monson creates a book that is truly one-of-a-kind—not just a dose of nostalgia for movie buffs, but a revelatory investigation for anyone who’s ever really loved a singular piece of culture, enough that it got tangled inextricably in their identity and could never quite be excised.

In Monson’s own words: “I believe that if you look long and hard enough at what you loved best at fourteen and how you lived then and wha