Books About The Movies
Admin was on The Point With Mindy Todd (WCAI – capeandislands.org) yesterday, discussing books about the movies. Here are some he likes:
An Empire of Their Own – Neal Gabler
The Parade’s Gone By – Kevin Brownlow
Adventures in the Screen Trade – William Goldman
Round Up the Usual Suspects – Aljean Harmetz
Final Cut – Steven Bach
Chuck Amuck – Chuck Jones
Tags: Mindy Todd, movies, The Point
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8:25 am on January 30th, 2015
Good morning, everyone! Yessiree, Bob, whenever OFA gets book idiieas together (in person or on the radio) good bookkks are brought up!
Goodness, Friday so soon.
Have a furur of a Friday
8:55 am on January 30th, 2015
Good morning!
Mom just left for her vet appointment, and sent us a message that she went to DD afterwards. LOL! What a character.
9:07 am on January 30th, 2015
Still Rock’n Down the Highway with Alice and the Dobie Brothers from last night.
9:10 am on January 30th, 2015
Forgot to say…Good Morning!
C.Hobbit: The Snow Dogs have spoken!
9:38 am on January 30th, 2015
BSD, yep, still singing and toe tapping.
Rocky Raccoon visited our front porch to steal food from the birds mom says are our friends. We did our job nicely. Barked ferociously and threw ourselves against the window repeatedly. Gave him what for. Why was peeved? It was only 1:30 am.
9:51 am on January 30th, 2015
I’ll have to check out the list of books. Thank you Spence.
There is a show on the Smithsonian Channel titled “The King’s Skeleton: Richard III Revealed” at 10 AM Eastern. It will probably be repeated but I don’t know when. Here’s a link:
http://www.smithsonianchannel.com/shows/the-kings-skeleton-richard-iii-revealed/0/3381029
Good morning all.
9:53 am on January 30th, 2015
Hounds: We were Wondering Where Rocky was!
10:00 am on January 30th, 2015
I am not familiar with Spence’s list of books.
Move over Chet, Alice and I are sharing shotgun. WoooHooo!
B: Thanks for the link. The information will go nicely with the course we are taking.
10:04 am on January 30th, 2015
Hmmm – we have never read any of those books. And haven’t heard of most of those people. Guess we are leading a sheltered life.
Good snowy morning everyone. Hope it stops soon. We have places to go and things to do.
10:12 am on January 30th, 2015
Royals: This might be one of those mornings when youse wish you still had Your Old SUV…or maybe not.
10:26 am on January 30th, 2015
I’d like to see a picture of “Hot Mama’s” new red car.
10:26 am on January 30th, 2015
Good morning. We have not read any of those books either. The first one on the list was one we heard him discuss yesterday. It is about the young Jewish men who took over Hollywood and became the founding fathers of the movie industry. Most were poor and born in Europe, migrating to the US as children. I think I will check it out at the library.
10:27 am on January 30th, 2015
Good Morning All–I hope your weekend (why not anticipate?) starts off well.
B. Stover–thanks for the link. I thought of you and some others on this blog yesterday while reading Jasper Fforde’s The Eyre Affair (the first in a really great but bizarre series). Our heroine is at a local theater that only offers audience-participation performances of Richard III with performers drawn from the audience (“sometimes augmented by “seasoned actors and actresses…at a loose end..Just the week before, a local Richard found himself playing opposite Lola Vavoom, currently starring in Fancy Free in Ludlow…”) A lot like a Rocky Horror Show performance with audience members yelling “When is the winter of our discontent?”, putting on sunglasses at the “made glorious summer” line, etc.
I wish there were something like that offered around here…Actually I wouldn’t mind seeing something called Fancy Free in Ludlow either.
Today I am viewing a required (for staff) video on how to deal with “active shooters” at the library, then researching some mysterious deductions from my last paycheck. I sincerely wish you all a day filled with far more delightful activities.
Later…
10:49 am on January 30th, 2015
BSD – NOTHING will make Mama wish she had that (ugly, 4cylinder, wimpy) SUV back. She will just drive slower.
Hahahahahahahaha.
Mama driving slower….oh stop, we’re killing us. Hahahaha
10:57 am on January 30th, 2015
I want to see that Hot Car too! The Hot Mama I already know well. 🙂
11:23 am on January 30th, 2015
O’H–What is DD?
T and G’s Mom, B, M and L–I can recommend An Empire of their Own and Final Cut (required for one of my college classes–about the Making of Heaven’s Gate, and the consequent demise of UA).
Neal Gabler has been a film critic (I think he started there, has since branched out into writing about a variety of subjects).
11:25 am on January 30th, 2015
Hot Mama slow down? HA, when Hades freezes!
11:31 am on January 30th, 2015
Good morning all.
Admin: I have heard of zero of those books and a couple of the authors. Chuck Amuck sounds like fun reading.
DianeC: “Active shooters” at the library? Now that would piss me off royally.
11:38 am on January 30th, 2015
Diane, I think since she mentioned the dentist first, she is referring to Dunkin Donuts.
11:51 am on January 30th, 2015
O’Howlers: Like THAT’s a Good Place to go after getting teeth cleaned. Lol.
Diane: Active Shooters as opposed to what? Inactive Shooters?
BTW. We didn’t know what DD meant either. Thank Dog Barb,Magpie,Lucy answered it for us.
12:40 pm on January 30th, 2015
It is Snowing! It is forecasted to to turn to rain but it hasn’t yet.
Three inches so far and more coming down. The NM mountains are suppose to get lots of snow dumped on them. For you two ex-pats, Sandia is forecast to get a foot of snow.
Thanks for the list Spence. Lists are always appreciated if they are created by someone who knows what they are doing.
12:42 pm on January 30th, 2015
Job security!
My childhood dentist, Dr. Patch, would give us a certificate for a free ice cream bar after our dental checkups.
12:57 pm on January 30th, 2015
Snow!
Hooray for SiberH and Anchorage. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.
1:00 pm on January 30th, 2015
Mr. Siber H, more snow for you? Life isn’t fair! I will be by shortly so we can romp and excavate! (Your sweet Darah I’m TN with NO snow
1:02 pm on January 30th, 2015
Hey! I never got one of those from Dr. Patch! I would have remembered that! Grump.
He said I had the mouth of the future because I never got any molars past my 12 year molars. So I didn’t have to have the other molars pulled out like many of my friends.
One of the books that was made into a movie that they did not mention is one of my favorite baseball books. The second book in the baseball series that starts with The Southpaw by Mark Harris. It is called Band the Drum Slowly. I really like it and read about it. Mr. Harris said he wrote it in 3 weeks when he was short of money. I though the movie was very well done.
I can’t believe none of you have read To Kill a Mockingbird. I know you just forgot it. Unless they didn’t put it on the list. I know they talked about it. I seem to know a lot this morning.
Masquers. We will have fun in the shotgun seat. I wonder if the Wrotten cats will come too? Maybe they prefer to stay home and tease Corgi’s
1:06 pm on January 30th, 2015
I meant to say. Gee Admin seems to be spending a lot of time reading about movies. I wonder if Chet and Bernie are going to get a case in Hollywood or LA? Chet in the movies…whooo hoooooo…
I am starting a rumor!
1:08 pm on January 30th, 2015
Darah, WooWoo Blurr on over. The snow is still coming down.
Mom has read To Kill A Mockingbird…she does remember it, which is petty amazing.
1:18 pm on January 30th, 2015
We remember To Kill a Mockingbird. We think we were too young for it cuz all we remember is hating it. Maybe will try it again someday.
But for now, who wants to go to the Supper Bowl with us?
1:36 pm on January 30th, 2015
Good day all. Yes there is just enough fresh snow on the ground for me to shovel. I got a lot of housework done yesterday and am hoping for something similar today. However, for some reason I don’t seem to be able to keep the momentum for two straight days. We will see.
BBL
1:47 pm on January 30th, 2015
To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favorite novels. It won the Pulitzer Prize. “To kill a mockingbird is a sin.” I really enjoyed the movie also.
What a beautiful red car!
1:49 pm on January 30th, 2015
Bee – sorry, but we can’t offer to riding around with the top down like Natasha.
And the car is not a convertible either.
1:56 pm on January 30th, 2015
Forgot: Scout, the narrator of Mockingbird, is telling the story of one summer in her childhood when her father, an attorney, defends a man falsely accused. It’s set in the south.
1:57 pm on January 30th, 2015
T&G: LOL! (You can’t believe everything Natasha says about “tops down.”)
2:03 pm on January 30th, 2015
Mom loved To Kill a Mockingbird. But she was NOT at a dentist. Why did youse think she was?
2:06 pm on January 30th, 2015
T&G: But a moon roof/sun roof, right? That will suffice.
Someone here tells me she both read the book and saw the movie; both were excellent.
CHobbiti: We know just what you mean. Just think how much we could get done keeping on day after day. It’s the art of consistency we have yet to master. But, after all, one does deserve a rest after such labor. ^..^
2:08 pm on January 30th, 2015
O’Howlers: Hmmm…Because she went to Dunk’n Donuts Afterward?
2:11 pm on January 30th, 2015
We nominate the Royal Mum’s Hot New Red Car as POTD (photo of the day).
2:18 pm on January 30th, 2015
To Kill a Mockingbird is a book I read when I was maybe 18 or 20. It had been out a few years and I remember it as interesting at the time but not amazing. I read it again in my 4o’s and it seemed like a whole different book. It seemed significant. My book group read it a few years ago, all of us for at least the second time, and once again it seemed like a whole different book! It seemed stunning, shocking and amazing. Harper Lee may have not even known when she wrote this book how perceptions change with time and some wisdom built up with age. I heartily recommend a re-reading of this book for all of us of a certain age so we can look back and see how we have changed.
2:22 pm on January 30th, 2015
P.S. When I say all of us of a certain age I am speaking of 55 and above I guess! My last and third reading was around age 65 and my book group had one of the best and lengthy conversations ever.
2:40 pm on January 30th, 2015
Wasn’t Harper Lee a neighbor and playmate of Truman Capote?
The dentist thing was my mistake. The post said she went to her vet, not her dentist. I just mentally connected DD and all that sugar to a dental appointment. Sorry to lead everyone astray.
Just finished the first Miss Julia and it was a hoot. You definitely have to read the first one first as it really sets up the story line.
2:57 pm on January 30th, 2015
Barb, Miss Julia sure is a hoot of the first degree! I read over the descriptions of each book on Goodreads dot com, where I tend to go for book info, and she get some good and bad reviews. I think some folks take it too seriously and don’t get the fun of it all. I read these books over the years with many books in between each one. A Miss Julia story was like a refreshing break each time and I love her charactorizations of friends and foes! It was always a pleasure to go back to Miss Julia’s house, kind of like a wacky retreat. I hear there will be another adventure with Miss Julia this spring and I am looking forward to that. Not sure I could read each book straight through the whole series without walking away agast and worn out!
3:05 pm on January 30th, 2015
BML: Harper Lee and Truman Capote were good friends as adults too, if memory serves correctly.
3:09 pm on January 30th, 2015
ALR: One of Nana’s Favorite Series are the Mitford Books by Jan Karon, which were recommended by her sister.
Are you familiar with these?
3:12 pm on January 30th, 2015
Mom took her Miss Julia back to the library this a.m. and out “Speaks her mind” on reserve. Looking foreward to it.
Mom found fleece lined leggings for this year! Yeah!
Mom says to tell all she enjoyed teaching TKAM and trying to get kiddos to figure it out, even if she couldn’t!
AND, she now has sun glasses clip=ons (nerd city) that she didn’t have last year.
3:16 pm on January 30th, 2015
OMG! Nana and I are twins! The Mitford series is soooo one of my favorites that I read it all through again, and I hardly ever do that! I love every charactor and always look forward to a trip to Mitford and wherever else Jan Karon takes them. But you know what I say to anyone who might be tempted….start at the beginning! Right?
5:16 pm on January 30th, 2015
Momma is home, and she said I should tell youse that her vet appointment was for her yearly physical and getting her mandatory biometrics form filled out. And, she tells me that her breakfast at DD was a healthy on, if you can believe it: egg white and veggie on flatbread. While she was there, the screen was showing chocolate croissants. She can’t stop thinking about those. Heh!
5:36 pm on January 30th, 2015
Dawson, BSD et al–I just finished the video (AND the required test on the material) and it really left me depressed and somewhat alarmed. (Yeah, “Active Shooter” as opposed to what–I think refers to the potential for a “neutralized” and therefore inactive shooter but it does seem a silly term.) My library is across the plaza from the local PD which is some comfort, soft of.
Thanks for decoding DD (but why go there for eggwhite and veggies?)
Yay for snow in Anchorage! (And, let’s face it, better there than in SoCal.) Enjoy romping, y’all.
T and G’s Mama–Your car is gorgeous and the same color as mine (only many years younger). May you enjoy it for many happy years.
On the To Kill a Mockingbird thread–My story is the same as ALR’s–read it a long time ago and couldn’t see what all the shouting was about. Based on other comments here, it’s maybe time for me to give it another go.
First I have to read The Mystery of Edwin Drood because one of my Resolutions was to read something by Dickens…
5:37 pm on January 30th, 2015
It would be GREAT if Chet and Bernie had a case in Hollywood! (Or even San Diego–Chet could hone his surfing skills…)
5:41 pm on January 30th, 2015
I am named for Scout in TKAM. My two-legged siblings were reading it in high school. They thought I had an adventurous nature like the character.
5:47 pm on January 30th, 2015
I now jumped to Lisa Scottoline’s new book for a change of pace. I don’t think I will binge read Miss Julia. You are right tho, I think a lot of her humor is subtle or tongue in cheek, and some folks don’t get that.
T & G love the new wheels. That car is sweet – and sick! I can tell it is a Chevy, but what model is it? And I love the color, much sharper than a bright red.
We are going to get the biggest snow of the season this weekend. Nothing like New England got, but probably 6-8″. It has been so sunny that half the back yard is bare grass, so we will get a nice covering again. And the farmers can use the moisture.
6:08 pm on January 30th, 2015
T&G! Ooo la la !!! I love love love your new ride!
6:09 pm on January 30th, 2015
ALR: Yes! To Being Twins and Beginning at the Beginning! There was talk a while back that Karon had “gone back to Mitford” although she assured us she never would. Nana intends to check out the truth of this rumor.
DianeC: What a Day! It may be Time for a Strengthening Cocktail.
Poor O’Howler’s Mom. She goes for a Healthy Breakfast and gets tempted with images of Chocolate Croissants.
Chocolate Croissants…OMD…Do those ever sound GOOD!
6:30 pm on January 30th, 2015
Scout: Now that you mention it, we were wondering about your name. Thanks for answering the question before it was asked. It’s kinda like a Vulcan mind-meld.
Siber and Darah are enjoying their romp in the newly fallen snow for sure.
We’re twirling, we’re twirling! There’s even snow in Alaska.
The fotos Snowhook posted are soooo beautiful.
6:33 pm on January 30th, 2015
We are supposed to get more snow Sunday night into Monday! Yay!!!
Although, for the sake of the race, we would gladly give it to Alaska if we could.
6:46 pm on January 30th, 2015
They just upped our snow total to 10-12″, so it will be a doozy. Heavy snow too, not the wimpy light stuff.
7:20 pm on January 30th, 2015
BML: Do you think it’s for real this time? At least Barb is home from work!
7:20 pm on January 30th, 2015
BearSpiritDog, Please tell Nana that YES, there is a new Mitford book. The Kavanaghs return to Mitford! Somewhere Safe With Somebody Good…..and it is delightful.
7:44 pm on January 30th, 2015
Thanks, ALR! That is Good News indeed.
7:54 pm on January 30th, 2015
Masquers, They are using two different weather models and both show heavy snowfall. But they are wrong as much as they are right.
7:56 pm on January 30th, 2015
I read “To Kill A Mockingbird” when I was a sophomore in high school. Couldn’t put it down. I think it was made as a film the next year starring Gregory Peck. Robert Duvall made his big screen debut as Boo Radley. The character, Dill, was based on Truman Capote, who was Harper Lee’s childhood friend.
8:01 pm on January 30th, 2015
Get-Away!….How to get away with murder is back on – we are watching it right now OnDemand…snort!…I am bummed because my friend has to go back to the sucky-busy-place tomorrow for at least half of the day…grump!…Very unfair to me, but she says this will help to sponsor Ole Doc, the sofa and love seat hog…hehheh!…I need to compare couch cushions with that guy one day…snuffle!
8:13 pm on January 30th, 2015
Barb!…When are you going to jump head-first into Sarah Canary?…snort!….Enquiring minds want to know.
8:15 pm on January 30th, 2015
Golinka!…I’m liking my new ride to the Supper Bowl, but it is a tad more confining than the open roof Porche….chorkel!….I hope your eyes and nose are not too sensitive….burp!
8:16 pm on January 30th, 2015
Rio! My momma must work tomorrow too. Also, tonight. 🙁
By the way, Luna and my good friend, Bellie Starr, are still only half-dressed. BUT: Measka told me she has an offer of $25 matching funds toward each.
8:38 pm on January 30th, 2015
Kat!…My friend also had a doctors appt this morning..grunt!…The good thing is she really likes her doc….sniff!…They talked about her doctors 100+ pounder guy and then I am sure they talked mostly about ME!ME!ME!. Maybe a little bit about Beau….wheeze!…I’m sure it was mostly about me and maybe some stuff about my friend, but mainly ME!…heh!heh!
8:56 pm on January 30th, 2015
Rio – fear not – we’ll open the sunroof, and hang a pine-fresh tree thingie in the front.
9:00 pm on January 30th, 2015
Golinka!…Good thinking! You don’t want to lose that new car smell too soon now, do you?…heh!heh!
9:16 pm on January 30th, 2015
Rio, I read 1 chapter of Sarah Canary, and then had to put it down for a couple of days. The new Scottoline book came in, for which I had been on a waiting list of over 40 people. So had to take it when I could get it. As soon as I finish it I will go back to Sarah. Liked the first chapter. Is the story all told by Chin Ah Kin?
9:23 pm on January 30th, 2015
Down!…I was worrit when I read you had to put it down…snort!… I can’t seem to ever want to put KJF’s books down. But then I realized you had to because of a library book and time constraints…heh!…No, the story is not all told by Chin. He is a very strong character though…chuffle!…I don’t know why, but he reminds me of Beau for some reason…grunt!…You will meet many characters. I am very partial to BJ….snort!…He is a real lunatic!…heh!cough!
9:26 pm on January 30th, 2015
T&G’s Mama, we love the new ride! Of course Darah can’t ride in it until she dries those big paws after pawlaying with Mr. Siber H, Check the size! Lots of snow.
9:36 pm on January 30th, 2015
Whoa. Those are some BIG paws!
9:46 pm on January 30th, 2015
Did anyone watch the final Parenthood? Mom is not so much sobbing as howling like a siber. We can’t stand that it is over.
9:51 pm on January 30th, 2015
Parenthood!…Right now we are watching the show before the last show, so no spoilers PLEASE…snort!
10:00 pm on January 30th, 2015
MPM, Watched it and will comment after all those who want to watch it have done so. We LOVED it!
10:11 pm on January 30th, 2015
Hurry up Rio, we will have forgotten what happened by the time you get to the finale.
10:13 pm on January 30th, 2015
Race!….Yeeeep!….It has come to my attention from Agents in the field that our beloved Snowhook team will be racing TOMORROW in the Knik 200 starting at 1:00pm Alaska time…snort!…Meaning 3 o’clock my time. Meaning my friend should be home by then for us to watch the Tracker together…WOOOOOO!….Here is a link to the Race! I’m so excited! I’m spinning and twirling and whoooo!Whooooing!…Lot of Big Dawgs are in this race…snort!
http://knik200sleddograce.com/tracking/
10:21 pm on January 30th, 2015
Report!….Breaking News!…snort!…The Giant is at the Mushers Meeting RIGHT NOW as I tippety-tap out this message…chuffle!…I must say my Agents are the best of the best!…sneeze!
10:30 pm on January 30th, 2015
Woo hoo – race day tomorrow. We will check it out – much rather watch that than the Stupor Bowl.
tee hee
10:34 pm on January 30th, 2015
Tupper!….Supper Bowl SUNDAY!..snort!…I am still riding shot-gun in the new red sporty car to the big party….grunt!…No two ways about it…heh!heh!…So where is the party anyways? I’m thinking Maskers should be the Kat-Host with the most…chuffle!…What say kitty-kat Maskers???…heh!
10:53 pm on January 30th, 2015
Arizona!…Too bad no one here lives in Arizona…sniff!…That would be a perfect place for the Supper Bowl Party of 2015!…snort!snort!…But alas. We have New Mexico or Seattle…heh!heh!
11:09 pm on January 30th, 2015
Parenthood!…I have no idea how my friend is going to get through the LAST episode of Parenthood…sniffle!…I mean this show has made her cry for dawg knows how many years straight episode after episode…guffle!…Tonight we watched the show before the last show and sob!sob!sobbed! through most of it…gah!…How in the world are we going to make it through the last episode? HOW!??…gasp! …And why the HELL hasn’t this show won any Emmys or Golden Globes..WHY???…sob!sob!
12:16 am on January 31st, 2015
Riö: Superbowl party…have you forgotten?…we’ll all be in Arizona at the big game.
Right now I’m setting up the tracker for the Knik 200 tomorrow.
Go Snowhook!!
12:20 am on January 31st, 2015
Big day tomorrow…signing off.
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