- Was the researcher on the unreleased expose of Ronald Reagan "Ronnie Dearest".
- Classmates with Nicholas Meyer at the University of Iowa.
- Wrote film criticism for IBRnews.com under the nom de plume "Max von Meyerling" as an homage to Erich von Stroheim's character in Sunset Blvd.
- Was arrested for hashish smuggling in Marrakech, Tehran and Ankara. He described the film Midnight Express prison sequences as being a country club compared to the reality.
- Grew up with underground filmmakers George and Mike Kuchar.
- Was in contact with Abbie Hoffman while he was underground and on the FBI's wanted list.
- Before his untimely death was working on a book titled Alfred Hitchcock: Roman Catholic Propagandist.
- Rescued by Peter Boyle during the 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention Police Riot when Boyle pulled him into his cab just when a police officer was about to club Furstenberg with a billy club.
- Played with the Grateful Dead at the Fillmore East in New York City on 27 April 1971 when their unannounced special guests were the Beach Boys.
- Was an acclaimed film and American West historian. When he died, his archives were in storage. His sister let the storage bills pile up until the units were auctioned and most of the archives were thrown away.
- Has two siblings, a sister Randi and a brother. His brother died over an overdose.
- His mother ran an antique store in the Bronx, New York. Marc would dumpster dive in Manhattan and bring the valuable finds to his mother to sell at the store. She split the sales 50/50.
- When he showed up on the set to appear in Julia Taymor's film "Across the Universe" as "Scottish hippie" he was told by the costume director that his costume "wasn't authentic." His reply was "This is the outfit that I wore at Woodstock.".
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