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(group member since Oct 13, 2007)
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Hi Christina:I don't know of any but one and I don't think it's very well done:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
Hi Zuzana - it's been pretty quiet here, but feel free to tell us what you've been reading.
No, but I'll be interested in your opinion, Jenny.
My thoughts, exactly, kc. The only time the POV shifts to April in the book is that last section at the end that I won't mention in anti-spoiler mode. I don't think Yates particularly liked women.This is one damned bleak book.
The relentless laugh track is a dead giveaway, imo. And you're right - more reading time for us!
Graceann, I had to laugh when I read your post. We tried to interest friends in MM on NYE and instead they preferred season 1 of Two and a Half Men, which they'd bought just because it's so wonderful. Sitcoms (with the exception of 30 Rock) make my teeth hurt.
I watched a A Guide for the Married Man with Morse and Walter Matthau. Highly recommended for anyone who things MM exaggerates.
OK, who's up for reading Revolutionary Road?
Winslet and DiCaprio in Revolutionary Road - who knew?! Although I hated Titanic, but they're both so talented they can probably rise way above with this one.I already have the novel on my nightstand, awaiting my first post-season Mad Men pang.
I love Dr. Jacquith. It will be interesting to see if what Stuart Jerome snarked about Rains in his book is mentioned.
And a new one on Thalberg and MGM from Mark Viera who did the great pre-Code book, Sin in Soft Focus:http://www.amazon.com/Hollywood-Dream...
Welcome, Wendy! The others here you're not familiar with belong to The Balcony, a venerable movie list. If anyone's interested, I can send info on subscribing to the list.
This is a group who will know instantly who I'm talking about:Anita Page has died in LA at age 98:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080907/a...
I'd like to propose reading Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates to assuage our grief once season 2 of Mad Men is over.
The Sperber and Lax bio is seminal, imo. Didn't Sperber drop dead unexpectedly and Lax took up the standard?ETA: I'm obviously catching up on the thread, so that was in reference to an earlier post.
I wish I could help you w/ audiobooks, but (don't hate me) my commute takes about 10 minutes - 15 on a bad day.
As for Frances Marion, I was cataloging and transcribing an oral history collection a few years ago and was overjoyed to see a tape that said Frances Marion. Put it in the player with trembling hands and listened...and decided it sounded vaguely familiar and then realized she was just reading the opening chapter of her book.
Damn.
Welcome to all the new Balconeers who love classic film and the books about it. And happy August 23 - some day I'm going to get myself to L.A. and be at Valentino's crypt on this date.
Added!
I'd take Paris over Spoto anytime, regardless of the biographical subject, mostly because I think Paris's research stands the test better.Wasn't Spoto sued over his Hitchcock book? I recall some spot of bother about it.
