Book that Dean is obsessed by?
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evikeaz — 13 years ago(November 24, 2012 02:09 PM)
thank you for this question
and the answers it's received. i'm going to check it out of the library and even get the Dracula book which i've never read he mentioned. it was a really good movietoo bad these sometimes fall by the wayside. i actually saw this on a DL flight today. -
eldwoh129 — 13 years ago(December 07, 2012 07:08 PM)
Yep. This is the cloud-design cover of the book http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Infinite_jest_cover.jpg
Also worth pointing out that this was filmed at Kenyon College, which is Josh Radnor's old college, and the place that Foster Wallace delivered his famous and brilliant'This is Water' commencement address.
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ThatDoesntMatter — 13 years ago(December 26, 2012 02:57 PM)
Dracula is incredibly boring and moralistic - bloody, too, okay, but nothing special literary-wise. A lot of sentences offended me in there;-)
But of course the first vampire novel.
Just because it is old and taught at universities doesn't make it goodhaha, I'm with Zibby on that one!
And I will close with a Goethe-quote (translated of course):
Books are written questions,
Call into the Unknown.
Not until Hearts give answer
Does the poet know their meaning.
Hearts. Not Minds. -
jozielee — 11 years ago(October 21, 2014 05:54 AM)
Yes, I, too agree with Zibby. Twilight might not be fine art but if it encourages reading can it be all bad. In time, who knows, Twilight just might become an icon of pop culture. Known through the ages.
Nice touch casting Mom Cullen as our hero's girlfriend. -
artemis99-1 — 13 years ago(February 08, 2013 03:16 PM)
I figured out Infinite Jest (not from the cover, which was unfamiliar, but by the other descriptions in the movie). And ITA, amazing book tho probably not the best choice for someone with a chemical imbalance!
But I'm stumpted by the book that Jesse reads in the bookstore, the one that eventually got Anna talking to him. The cover is kinda generic, and the only clue was that "the last 3 pages are devastating" or words to that effect.
Anyone?
TIA
(Just watched this movie last night and I loved it!) -
ASingleMan87 — 12 years ago(April 07, 2013 08:49 PM)
Hi there, I read in an interview for Sundance that the book that Jesse keeps returning to the bookstore to read is whatever the viewer wants it to be. But for Josh Radnor, he said he had in mind Michael Cunningham's 'The Hours':
"Theres something really stunning about the last three pages to me. I was so moved by them that for years, when I was in a bookstore, I would just pick up different versions of that book and read the ending. Thats what I had in mind, but that doesnt necessarily mean thats what Jesse was reading."
Here is the link to the interview if you wish
http://www.sundance.org/stories/article/liberal-arts-Josh-Radnor-Takes-Us-Behind-the-Scenes-of-His-Sundance-London/ -
WoodsboroFountain — 11 years ago(March 19, 2015 07:39 PM)
Wondered what the book was, and if they were referring to a real book/author, don't think I'll read it, though. Since the two years I saw this wonderful film, one of my favorite authors took his own life, Ned Vizzini.
Always best to try and remain upbeat, that includes watching/reading more uplifting and fun material than something that you find depressing, of course.
Yes, Dean was probably the most intriguing character, plus John Magaro is a terrific actor!
"The battle for the soul is fought in the forum of art."
