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Nadav Lapid recommended Prizzi's Honor (1985) in Movies (curated)

Prizzi's Honor (1985)

1985 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

8.0

(3 Ratings)

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"For me it is one of the most brilliant Mafia movies. Moreover it's the incarnation of the mythical erotic-romantic-tragic relationship between men and women. Beginning with love and ending with death. Isn't it the best description of this endless men-and-women love-hate system? And it's one of the best films about family as well. The protecting nest as miserable, dark shelter from an even darker existence of solitude."

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David Sedaris recommended Revolutionary Road in Books (curated)

Revolutionary Road

Richard Yates | 2007 | Fiction & Poetry

4.0

(1 Ratings)

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"I read The Easter Parade or Revolutionary Road every year. Richard Yates is just a good word-for-word on-the-page writer. He couldn’t be more different than someone like Joy Williams or Raymond Carver. His sentences are very complex, the stories are complicated and he was such a miserable man. I always like people who would hate me. I don’t know what that’s about. But Richard Yates would definitely hate me"

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David Sedaris recommended Easter Parade in Books (curated)

Easter Parade

Richard Yates | 2008 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry

(0 Ratings)

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Ana Lily Amirpour recommended Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) in Movies (curated)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

2009 | Action, Animation, Comedy

8.2

(22 Ratings)

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"I made a stop-motion film once. It was ten minutes long. It took twenty-one days to shoot, and I spent six months making it, from creating the creatures to finishing the edit. Stop-motion is one of the most miserable, torturous art forms. It’s hard to process the human effort it took to make this film . . . In my mind, this film is one of the seven wonders of the world."

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2200 KP) rated Mr. Monk is Miserable (Mr. Monk, #7) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

This entry in the tie in series finds Monk and Natalie on vacation in Paris. But Monk doesn't start to relax until he finds a recent skull mixed in with all the ancient ones in the catacombs. I found the beginning a bit slow, but the mystery was engaging and the book was absolutely hilarious.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/01/book-review-mr-monk-is-miserable-by-lee.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.