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[commonswings]

god i love kevin murphy

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[plinth]

Gramsci - more loved in my mind at least, as the dog from Spaced...

[commonswings]

and that too - those episodes aired while i was studying the MA so it always sticks in my mind

[datapanik]

Yeah, I loved that book. His story about bringing Thanksgiving dinner into the theater and getting caught by the manager, who lets him slide, is priceless.

[commonswings]

not got that far yet, but i have to say what i thought was going to be quite a fun, slight book has proved to be far more wonderful than i could ever have hoped for

[datapanik]

Yep, I wasn't sure what to expect at first. I thought that Murphy might continue the MST3K model of mocking bad films, so I was pleasantly surprised to find him writing from the perspective of a passio nate film lover. Maybe he needed to write this book after ten years of throwing wisecracks at bad shots where the boom mike appears on screen...

[commonswings]

what i'm impressed by is the fact he's obviously very knowledgeable about cinema and never once manages to flaunt it. i'd love him to write longer reviews on stuff - i'd love to do a similar british book myself, but more concentrating on our wonderful few little independent (as opposed to arthouse) cinemas out and about the country... i'm hugely enjoying it. i nearly bought the mike nelson books so i'm glad i got this instead

[nickolai322]

I know i've probably told you this before, but try Mike Nelson's Movie Megacheese...it's good times.

[commonswings]

i'll try and sneak it past the girlfriend next time - she may never forgive me though!