false 2012757 7 From the 2005 winner of the Governor General’s Award for Fiction and the former national film critic for CBC television comes a delightful and absorbing book about the agonies and joys of home-schooling a beloved son. Written in the spare elegant style he is known for, The Film Club is the true story about David Gilmour’s decision to let his 15-year-old son drop out of high school on the condition that the boy agrees to watch three films a week with him. The book examines how those pivotal years changed both their lives. From French New Wave, Kurosawa, and New German cinema, to De Palma, film noir, Cronenberg and Billy Wilder, among many others from world cinema, we read about key moments in each film, as the author teaches his son about life and the vagaries of growing up through the power of the movies. Replete with page-turning descriptions of scenes and actors and directors, the narrative is framed with the tender story of his son’s bittersweet first loves. This is a charming and poignant story about a very special time in a father and son’s relationship. 2291062 book 2007 The Film Club: A True Story of a Father and Son total:696|5:3|4:6|3:10|2:5|1:0| 696 2204 1169 234 1 12 false false Sat May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 13:54:27 -0700 2008 Sat May 10 14:46:04 -0700 2008
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This book is God awful. David Gilmore is easily one of the most self-righteous and self-absorded ...more...]]> 1 2 false false Tue Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 30 07:57:39 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 01:21:40 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 11:39:09 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 21 11:46:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 18:14:02 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 18:15:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon Jul 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 05 22:57:34 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 05:54:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 24 17:53:09 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 27 15:44:27 -0700 2008
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It was a pretty entertaining book, and an interesting concept. Especially to someone like myself, who has little feeling for ...more...]]> 2 1 false false Sat Aug 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu May 08 10:51:02 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 02 20:14:48 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Apr 06 23:40:11 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 23:42:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 01 09:59:13 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 13 14:40:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 19:46:47 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 20:09:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 30 19:01:30 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 19:01:50 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 03:56:08 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 01 04:04:27 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 17:32:25 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 17:41:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 10:51:53 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 23 17:59:17 -0700 2009 one This was a remarkable book. It is usually not the genre that I read, however, it combines two of my favorite things...parenthood and movies. Gilmore does a fantastic job of identifying many of the fears of...more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 20:22:45 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 20:42:40 -0700 2009 more...]]>