Bob Christenson
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Pancakes For Dinner
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"Is an analysis of each of Kubrick's films rather than biography (his unfinished projects are personal life are only mentioned as they relate to his finished works). But the different readings of each movie, and especially how they relate to one anoth"
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"Had several really good sections on technical stuff like lens sizes, which I learned a lot from! But the rest talked down to the reader (you really don't need to keep reminding us what looping is)- and I quote, "what makes my films so endlessly inter"
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The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made:
"Horrific. Hilarious. Tragic. Like Red Bull in a champagne glass.
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"incredible. amazing. breathtaking. so sad. so happy. one of my favorite books now.
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This veers wildly from the best writing book containing the best writing advice I’ve ever read, to — well — skipping entire pages while he hashes out an obscure plotless novel. When it’s good, it’s GREAT (and I probably need to go back and highlight ...more |
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I’m not sure what to think of this. The writing was great but the structure felt a bit like a bunch of writing exercises, not a book. It wasn’t until halfway through that I realized this was a novel, not a memoir. I didn’t respect the narrator’s hypo ...more |
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“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.”
― The Four Loves
― The Four Loves
“No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.”
― The Winter of Our Discontent
― The Winter of Our Discontent
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to reform (or pause and reflect).”
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“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
― In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
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