It's Only a Movie

To avoid fainting keep repeating, It's only a move ..only a movie ..only a movie ..only a movie If you grew up believing that Planet of the Apes told you all you needed to know about politics, that Slade in Flame was a savage expose of the pop world, and that The Exorcist revealed the meaning of life, then you probably spent far too many of your formative years at the cinema. Just as likely, you soon realised that there was only one career open to you - you'd have to become a film critic. In It's Only a Movie, the incomparable Mark Kermode takes us into the weird world of a life lived in widescreen. Join him as he embarks on a gut-wrenching journey through the former Soviet Union on the trail of the low-budget horror flick Dark Waters, cringe as he's handbagged by Helen Mirren at the BAFTA awards ceremony, cheer as he gets thrown out of the Cannes Film Festival for heckling in very bad French, and don't forget to gasp as he's shot at while interviewing Werner Herzog in the Hollywood Hills. Written with sardonic wit and wry good humour, this compelling cinematic memoir is genuinely 'inspired by real events'.

ISBN 184794602X   Pages 352 ISBN13 9781847946027 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 378 Publisher Cornerstone   Published in London Imprint Random House Books   Height (mm) 214 Format Paperback   Width (mm) 137 Publication date 04 Feb 2010   Spine width (mm) 26 DEWEY 791.43   Academic level General DEWEY edition DC22   Alternative ISBN 9781846572340

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