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 Mick Brown on Performance - Mick Brown
Description: ISBN 1582340439 / Genre: Film / Television Newest Review: ... as well as fuller accounts of the lives of cast members. Brown succeeds in tracking down and interviewing almost everyone ... more  ... involved in the making of the film (including the elusive Lucy, played by Michèle Breton), with the notable exception of Mick Jagger. While the digresssions are welcome - the quicksilver nature of a film like 'Performance' mean that any more reductive reading simply won't work - the format does seem awkward at times; some of the A-Z entries are a little forced, such as ‘In the Beginning …’ (under B) and ‘Did They? Or Didn’t They?’ But this is a minor quibble - people...more |
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Format: paperback, Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group, ISBN: 075
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Mick Brown on Performance - Mick Brown: 'I don't like music ...' (372 words)
by maz - written on 10.01.01 (Useful, 40 readings)
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Bloomsbury and the BFI have both brought out their own ‘Film Classics’ lists of books recently – 'Performance' is one of the few films covered by both. Here I'll cover the Bloomsbury book. It's presented in an A-Z format, and here the form dictates the content; while the BFI book gives a linear account of the film’s origins, making and eventual release, the Bloomsbury book has the space for lengthy digressions, such as entries on Jorge Luis Borges, Jean Genet and William Burroughs, as well as fuller accounts of the lives of cast members. Brown succeeds in tracking down and interviewing almost everyone involved in the making of the ...
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