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this is an almost 900-page book that i was in awe of, a kaleidoscopic view of the climate crisis, set in the near-future. stephen obviously researched and made his best projections about what is coming, and it is fascinating and catastrophic and cinematic. there's a sequence where la is on fire i will never forget; there's a couple of those sequences really. he doesn't engage with whether or not a super ai will save us or destroy us, but i can forgive him. this is a great book.
Jan 23, 2024
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absolutely crazy sci-fi, retro-futuristic masterpiece. a bit of a slow start but once it gets going you cannot put this book down. antarctic expedition, ancient structures found deep, deep under the ice. international scientists investigate find and open a prehistoric atomic shelter to reveal two humans frozen in blocks of absolute zero ice. once defrosted, and using the newfound "universal energy" technology, the scientists and the world begin to learn what political events led up to the destruction of a much earlier and more sophisticated humanity. deep echoes to the cold war era time this book was written in, as well as today's climate. the book is dreamy, fascinating, dystopian, i can truly escape into it which is all i ask
Nov 3, 2023
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This book is equally enthralling and terrifying, I definitely recommend it - came out 10 years ago and feels more pressing than ever before
Feb 8, 2024
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Not the only one to rec this (obviously if you’re scrolling), but it’s one I’ve looked to a lot while working on some heist movie scripts. I think it’s perfectly structured, and I have a whole email in my archives where I break down exactly how it operates for reference. I even own a DVD
Mar 4, 2024
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The great filmmaker/critic/historian Peter Bogdanovich worked on this podcast. On it, he talks to contemporary filmmakers about dead filmmakers he interviewed when he was much younger. You get to hear clips from the old interviews interspersed with the new interviews as people like Guillermo Del Toro and Tarantino and Greta Gerwig discuss Hitchcock and Don Siegel and Howard Hawks. Sadly there are a couple episodes without Peter as he died before he was able to finish -- his ex-wife and Guillermo and Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach carried on the mission though. I knew Peter a minuscule amount when I was a kid working on an updated version of his documentary Directed By John Ford, and he was always so kind, remembered my name etc. (not a given). He had a tumultuous life and career but left an indelible mark on film history. Listen to this and watch Last Picture Show, Paper Moon, you can't go wrong.
Apr 1, 2024
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idk it sucks when you get covid, but if the symptoms aren't too bad it's a transportive experience to be forcibly detached from the world and from your loved ones for ~ten days. you have to recalibrate. or maybe just calibrate. it also feels a little like time travel back to lockdown era. time continues to evaporate bro like being here on this site thinking about using myspace on an imac whenever that was.
Jan 23, 2024