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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated These Dividing Walls in Books

Jul 30, 2017  
These Dividing Walls
These Dividing Walls
Fran Cooper | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
10
10.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Beautifully written, elegant and poignant
Unwaveringly brilliant pulling on each and every heart string. This poignant, rich portrayal of Paris life is completely immersive with moments of pure beauty. Written in the perspective of tenants living in a Parisian apartment, it encompasses modern tribulations with contemporary social politics including terror attacks and the rise of discrimination not to mention the human stories that hold it together. Fran Cooper is a genuinely fantastic writer and I look forward to reading more of her work in the future.
  
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Dennis Lehane recommended Mona Lisa (1986) in Movies (curated)

 
Mona Lisa (1986)
Mona Lisa (1986)
1986 | Drama, Mystery, Romance
7.5 (2 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"My favorite film of the eighties. Maybe Marlon Brando in Last Tango in Paris and Robert De Niro in Raging Bull can compare with Bob Hoskins’s performance here, but very few others can. Who else could have fully mined the depths of unrequited love and authentic heartbreak while wearing a pair of glittery, heart-shaped sunglasses? Who else could have so completely personified the rage, hope, humor, pathos, and cruel decency at the heart of Neil Jordan’s dreamy masterpiece? No one. Absolutely no one."

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Karim Ainouz recommended Wanda (1971) in Movies (curated)

 
Wanda (1971)
Wanda (1971)
1971 | International, Drama
(0 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"I first saw Wanda when I was in Paris making a movie and a cinephile friend of mine told me I had to see it, so I found a DVD of it, but I’ve still never seen it projected. When I was making Invisible Life, I was looking at films like it as a way to build my characters. I was very inspired by Barbara Loden’s performance and the drifting aspect of that character, who was very similar to one of the women in my film."

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Ray Stevenson recommended Queen Margot (La Reine Margot) (1994) in Movies (curated)

 
Queen Margot (La Reine Margot) (1994)
Queen Margot (La Reine Margot) (1994)
1994 | International, Classics, Drama
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Movie Favorite

"It’s Daniel Auteuil, Isabel Adjani… It’s such an incredible piece. It takes place ostensibly in Paris around the time of the massacre of the Protestants by the Catholic ruling family. Basically under the auspices of bringing them in, in the guise of a joint wedding that’s going to unite the Huguenots and the royal class, and this massacre takes place. And it’s dirty, and you can almost smell the clothes, and it’s just so well done. It’s a great story, and I just love watching it."

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Phil Rosenthal recommended The Red Balloon (1956) in Movies (curated)

 
The Red Balloon (1956)
The Red Balloon (1956)
1956 | Comedy, Drama
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Favorite

"If you were ever bullied, as I was, you probably dreamed of being a little French boy who had a magical red balloon that, together with all the other balloons in Paris, would pick you up for a trip above the city to a place far away. You didn’t? I didn’t really either. I actually wanted a gun, but this nice little movie was a safer fantasy. If you are being bullied, by the way, it’s clearly a mistake to hold on to your balloon."

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Julio Torres recommended The Banquet Years in Books (curated)

 
The Banquet Years
The Banquet Years
Roger Shattuck | 1968 | Architecture & Design, Art, Photography & Fashion, Biography, History & Politics
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"At one point, I was transcribing Shattuck’s journals—I don’t know what happened with that, but as a result I feel connected to this book, which explores early 20th century Paris through the artists of the time, in a strangely personal way. Also, it’s about a writer looking at art, which is what I was doing with the 20th Century Art Book, so there’s a thread of what I like about it in the artist’s perception of art—just curating, showing, explaining, unpacking, translating from abstraction."

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