Book Details
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Missing Reels |
| Author: |
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Farran Smith Nehme |
| Times Read: |
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1 |
| Last Read: |
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04.16.16 |
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Notes History
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| 04.16.16 | I put this book on my wishlist because Entertainment Weekly liked it and it's a book about movies and NYC in the 80s. For some reason, I had it in my head that this would follow suit with other books like Night Film and Flicker. However, 20 pages into the thing I realized that this would be nothing like those other books. For starters it's not a thriller. It's kind of a romance, but not in a harlequin way (at least not how I picture a harlequin way to be). There's definitely some measure of fantasy fulfillment going on here by the author but that's not a bad thing. It's also written very well and carries you to a place that glitters with nostalgia and romanticism, which is not exactly people's first thought of NYC in the 80s (although it is mine). So in that regard, I was with this book from the get-go. I quite liked this even though it's not typical reading fare for me. Even the film-centric stuff orbits around silent films which don't exactly rev my engines, but still... all the stuff about lost films, celluloid nitrate, film history, and tracking down the history of a specific print all resonate deeply with me. So yeah, kind of a chick book but I really liked it. |
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