Jordan Horn Horn থেকে Sukorambi, Jember Regency, East Java, Indonesia
I'm sitting here debating between a 3 and 4 star rating. This seems a timely book with the nation/world's emphasis on beauty and trying to look younger, be thinner, etc. The idea that making everyone look basically the same might eliminate many of the world's problems has been explored in several books I've read in the past year. It makes me question whether it is possible for us to move beyond prejudice and racism without such a drastic measure. One thing I really wondered about as I read was the idea that people were separated into age groups, basically eliminating the family unit. To me this is a very disturbing idea (perhaps more disturbing in some ways than the plastic surgery to make everyone become one of the "pretties") and raised some questions. And of course, things are always much darker than they appear on the surface. I'm looking forward to discussing this with my book club.
I wish this book lasted longer. It was a really interesting journey through all these great director's heads. Actually examines their technical decisions, ideas about how to go about preparing for shoots. By far the most relevant information I've read by filmmakers I really love. Most of the time it seems that these books that go into more than theory are written by some jerk off who teaches film classes at Columbia or something, who you've never heard of and aren't really sure why you should be taking their advice. This book has that nice mixture. It is both by filmmakers I admire, and isn't blow off filler that is normally in these sorts of things...