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madam_ray

Spider

Aug 28, 2008 14:52

I have just discovered that the genius film, Spider, directed by David Cronenburg, which has to be one of the best films I've ever seen, is based on a book written by Patrick McGrath. I fell into reading McGrath by accident; read a review of his latest book, Trauma, in the Metro, and decided to buy something. Ended up with Asylum, which is one of ( Read more... )

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myska_x August 28 2008, 15:34:12 UTC

lol and i always thought i was a total freak for getting a runny nose, when i get over-excited. going into comma overload is MUCH weirder ;p

madam_ray August 28 2008, 15:40:50 UTC

*cough* straw-obsessed-loon *cough*

myska_x August 28 2008, 15:55:20 UTC

ahahahahaha. fair enough

0_clay_0 August 28 2008, 15:52:57 UTC

Is the movie really that good? Maybe I should give Cronenberg another chance... so far I never really connected with any of his movies.

Haha, I love it when people can get so excited about something. I'm always inclined to believe them when they do. ;-)

Thanks for the email btw!

madam_ray August 28 2008, 15:57:56 UTC

Yeah, really good. Quite the head-fuck really. McGrath's novels tend to be very psychologically-based and have notoriously unreliable narrators. It's got a very good twist, put it that way.

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0_clay_0 August 28 2008, 16:10:15 UTC

Actually, that sounds like something I would really enjoy! I shall put it on my list as well. And unreliable narrators are fantastic. They tend to make for a lot of unexpected turns.
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