Admit One: My Life in FilmGreenleaf Book Group, 2 févr. 2010 First set in Croydon, South London, in the 1980s, Admit One details how Emmett James escaped the pains of adolescence by going to the cinema. With wry, self-deprecating humor and observation, the author reflects on, obsesses over, and rages about film and its correlation to our pasts. The author finds that his true calling is in transiting one side of the screen to the other. He decides to leave England for the only place where he can realize his dream of becoming an actor - America.We then follow the author on his numerous Hollywood adventures, watching as he glides smoothly from forgery to pornography to crashing the Academy Awards under the alias of a nominated screenwriter, and eventually stumbles into acting in the highest-grossing movie of all time, Titanic. At every turn, the films that inspired Emmett James as a child resurface, and they serve to contextualize his humorous collection of stories in which he provides unique insights into the fascinating world of film. |
Table des matières
A New Hope | 23 |
The Wizard of | 30 |
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom | 38 |
E | 47 |
The Elephant | 55 |
Ghostbusters | 62 |
The Karate | 69 |
Coming to America | 101 |
Four Weddings and a Funeral | 113 |
Running on Empty | 123 |
Green Card | 132 |
Taxi Driver | 153 |
Its a Wonderful Life | 185 |
Epilogue | 191 |
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