I definitely bought "Cutris and Camilla" four years ago in Colorado, where I definitely do not live, for definitely five dollars. I have definitely read it.
And I definitely did not hear about Jeff Buckley until a few weeks ago. My friend was blasting "Grace" in her car, and I fell in love.
I've watched both "Illuminated" and "Life Is Beautiful." The latter really is a gorgeous and endearing portrayal of a father's attempt to make his son's experience in the camps one of fantasy and excitement. I've seen it twice, and I loved it both times. "The Pianist" is a great WWII film, too. Adrian Brody does a fantastic job, and the entire story is based off of truth.
"Everything Is Illuminated" is a good movie, but nothing at ALL like the book. The written work is split up in three parts:
1. a fictional story written by the character Jonathan Safran Foer (not the actual author, which confused me to no end)
2. a letter from Alex to Jonathan
3. Alex's narrative
and the end result is genius. Once you read the book, the movie has almost no significance, and can hardly be said to be based off the novel.
You should read the book, though. Really. I fell in love with the characters, and I definitely felt a lot of connections that could be pulled from them to me.
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non-conformists are conforming to that group and label.
it's sad that our world lacks such originality, eh?
which might be why i have stuck myself in a world of the past. old films were and are mainly the best. they were original then, because the media was just being developed. films were babies, and the whole idea of moving pictures was new and fresh.
now, movies lack that delicate sense of pushing the envelope that 20s silents and 50s French nouvelle vague films had.
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