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It's Only a Movie
Mark Kermode
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Narrator: Mark Kermode
Length: 7 hours and 52 min.
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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 exposé 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 would have 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'.
©2010 Mark Kermode ; (P)2010 Random House Audio
Critics Reviews
'Film criticism is rarely as much fun as Kermode, whether on the radio or in this hugely entertaining book.' (Empire.)
'Kermode is interesting on the topic of how we remember (and misremember) key cinematic scenes, and how the grammar of cinema reflects the way our thoughts flow...Fans of Kermode's television and radio work will love all of his complaining about Pirates of the Caribbean, and his repeated references to the magazine Fangoria and celluloid curious such as Slade in Flame' (Telegraph)
'His boundless affection for everything that cinema has to offer, from the people behind the scenes to everything from the good, the bad and the ugly that he has had to sit through over the decades is voiced brilliantly in his new autobiography, It's Only A Movie' Full page interview in the Leeds Guide.
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As slick as his hair
23/02/2010
Within the first 15 minutes of this title I knew I was going to love it and want to listen to it many times. Mark Kermode is a natural narrator (not always the case with celeb self-read autobiographies) and words, concepts, conceits, comedy all tumble out in an engaging and affable torrent. Listen to the sample and you will see what I mean, buy the book and you won’t regret it.
Most Recent Reviews
mark kermode
07/07/2010
I'm a fan of mark Kermode's film reviews and always listen to the podcasts. Fun as they are, part of the pleasure is in appreciating how annoyingly smug and slightly conceited the blessed Dr Kermode is. I expected this to be a problem with the book but it isn't. The book is slow to start but have patience and you'll be well rewarded. After the first few chapters the book becomes genuinely laugh out loud funny. It's great fun and I was sorry to finish it
Not as good as his weekly podcast
16/06/2010
This rather rambling audiobook has the potential to be something really special. The material is read with great gusto by the author, and it really is quite easy to listen to. However, the listener will very quickly realise that they are hearing the same unremarkable anecdotes over and over again.
Mr Kermode is rather better in smaller doses. Here, when given the space to create a magnum opus, he reveals that he has no idea how to structure a story.
