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Joshua Leonard recommended The Decline of Western Civilization (1981) in Movies (curated)

 
The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
1981 | Documentary, History, Music
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"Dirty and loud, this film put a face to the music that represented the ultimate freedom from the suburbs. Pre-YouTube, footage of these bands was super hard to come by. There were only a couple videotapes floating around… and once in a while, you could see something truly outré on “120 Minutes”… but in truth, if you weren’t in LA/NY/DC, you missed out on most of the scene. Like water to the desert, Penelope Spheeris’s film brought the culture into our lives. And shortly thereafter, I had myself a hideous painted leather jacket — just like Darby Crash."

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    Crash of Cars

    Crash of Cars

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    Welcome to Crash of Cars, a REAL-TIME MULTIPLAYER game where your goal is to collect as many crowns...

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Sarah (7798 KP) rated Before the Fall in Books

Jan 30, 2018 (Updated Jan 30, 2018)  
Before the Fall
Before the Fall
Noah Hawley | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.4 (7 Ratings)
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An unexpectedly good read
There is a lot more to this book than it simply being the plane crash suspense thriller the description makes it out to be. Noah Hawley writes for tv, and reading Before the Fall you can really see this coming across - this would make a great tv show and much better than any other similar shows (Lost anyone?).

This is a simple premise - a plane crash with only 2 survivors - but it’s very well written and works brilliantly. It switches between the viewpoint of the survivors and the deceased prior to the crash, and this is a really good dynamic. The characters are all interesting and developed as well as they can be, all with their own flaws. There’s a lot more to this than just a basic thriller, and it delves into coincidence, the crash investigation and the media intrusion with such detail that all of this paired with the character stories really got me hooked.

My only criticism of this book would be the ending. Hundreds of pages build up to this massive ending but it winds up just being a bit of an anticlimax. It’s not a bad ending, not in the slightest, it just feels a little lacking and that it could’ve been so much more.


Despite that, this is still a fantastic and very well written book. Definitely the best I’ve read so far of Noah Hawley’s.