joe's review
The Empress of Ireland by Christopher Robbins
joe's review
rating:
recommended for: irish, gays, screenwriters, gluttons
status: Read in March, 2007
rating:
recommended for: irish, gays, screenwriters, gluttons
status: Read in March, 2007
This is a great memoir about someone completely different from the author. It is not often that biographies are so subjective. Pretty unique.
UNIQUE. what a word.
The Empress of Ireland reminded me of a diverse array of other books. The perspective and protagonist are very much like Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories; it is not surprising then, when the man who inspired Mr Norris (i think that's his name) of Berlin Stories appears in Empress.
The abundance of openly homosexual content was a mixture of The Scarlet Professor and a bio on Fassbinder. Now that I think about it, much more in line w/ Fassbinder than the Professor, who basically died from hiding his feelings, unlike Brian Desmond Hurst.
The whole writing of the screenplay scenario that lends itself as a reason for any contact between the author and Hurst is something that also kept me into it. I guess one could say subjective reasons.
One last thing before I keep writing forever; the Gallipoli cha...more
UNIQUE. what a word.
The Empress of Ireland reminded me of a diverse array of other books. The perspective and protagonist are very much like Christopher Isherwood's Berlin Stories; it is not surprising then, when the man who inspired Mr Norris (i think that's his name) of Berlin Stories appears in Empress.
The abundance of openly homosexual content was a mixture of The Scarlet Professor and a bio on Fassbinder. Now that I think about it, much more in line w/ Fassbinder than the Professor, who basically died from hiding his feelings, unlike Brian Desmond Hurst.
The whole writing of the screenplay scenario that lends itself as a reason for any contact between the author and Hurst is something that also kept me into it. I guess one could say subjective reasons.
One last thing before I keep writing forever; the Gallipoli cha...more
