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emzebel

For my Birthday...

Jun 05, 2009 09:53

Please to be recommending the following:

1. A book.
2. A movie.
3. Someone I should follow (can be here or DW, on twitter, a blog I should add to my blogroll, etc).

party time

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ayun June 5 2009, 14:58:11 UTC

I love the shit out of The Linguini Incident. "Now darling, I've been a real friend to you. I mean, I untied you and everything."

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ayun June 5 2009, 15:24:14 UTC

YES! Eszter Balint's delivery is so great.

I've gotta go dig through my pile of VHS tapes tonight - haven't watched it in years.

ayun June 5 2009, 14:57:12 UTC

1. The last novel I really enjoyed was Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow. It's a blank verse novel about LA werewolves and a dogcatcher. You can get a sense of the author from his Book Notes post on Largehearted Boy:
http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2008/02/book_notes_toby.html

2. I saw The Brothers Bloom over the weekend - it's written and directed by Rian Johnson, who did Brick, that hyper-stylized high school noir a couple of years ago. This one is about con artists and the urge to create a narrative for your own life. Really great production design and costumes. Will make you want to construct a pinhole camera out of a watermelon and/or learn how to build explosives out of doll parts. It reminded me in some ways of The Lady Eve.

3. The last blog I added to my RSS feed was Zoo Borns - pictures of baby animals from zoos around the world. Total fluff: occasionally hilarious, reliably cute:Reply

girfan June 5 2009, 16:10:11 UTC

The new China Mieville The City and the City was very good. I also liked Michael Marshall's Bad Things.

I don't go to films often, but really like Let the Right One In and Coraline. Older films: Harvey, Lola Rennt, The Orphanage, Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid, My Favourite Year

Neil Gaiman? I don't know who else would fit.

alicia_stardust June 5 2009, 16:48:24 UTC

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

These are probably not new to you, but:

1. Memory and Dream by Charles de Lint
2. Things to do in Denver When You're Dead
3. Margaret and Helen http://margaretandhelen.wordpress.com/

cielamara June 5 2009, 20:14:03 UTC

Happy Birthday!

1) Book: A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth. It's HUGE--about 1400 pages--but so far, it's very good.
2) Movie: Mistress of Spices. The book is also very, very good. Very dreamy and romantic and Indian-flavored.
3) Blog? I dunno. I could recommend that you start reading a webstory. http://www.talesofmu.com/story