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Tina Lee Forsee's avatar

Such a great movie! Cathartic for me as well.

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Lev Raphael's avatar

It was such a relief to see an intelligent, deep movie in the current film wilderness of sequels and prequels.

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Tina Lee Forsee's avatar

Absolutely, and some pushback on the insanity that has ensued over the past...oh...decade? Hard to believe it's gone on for so long. I hope the movie is a sign of things to come!

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Richard Donnelly's avatar

Thanks Lev. Never heard of this film. Always interested in the workings of the publishing world. I wonder if a version of this story has actually happened. Has anyone ever "conned" the industry?

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Lev Raphael's avatar

People do that with pseudonyms, but it's not quite the same thing.

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Liz Gauffreau's avatar

Oh, I MUST watch this movie!! Thank you for the recommendation!

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Lev Raphael's avatar

I hope you enjoy it!

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Liz Gauffreau's avatar

I’m sure I will.

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Lev Raphael's avatar

Publishing satires are so delicious.

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Liz Gauffreau's avatar

Have you read The Bear Went Over the Mountain by William Kotzwinkle? It started off well for me (in an amusingly satirical kind of way), but then the joke got old, and the interspecies sex was revolting.

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Lev Raphael's avatar

No, haven't heard of it, and I guess Ill pass. :-)

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Liz Gauffreau's avatar

A wise decision.

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Josh Spilker's avatar

yeah great movie for sure

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Lev Raphael's avatar

A smart script, great characters, good narrative arc.

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Dennis Martin Brooks's avatar

True dat!

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Abby S's avatar

And the novel on which this was based, Erasures, is even better. Slightly different but better. The MC's post-structuralist lecture is a masterpiece

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Lev Raphael's avatar

I preferred the film but mileage will vary. :-)

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Susan Oleksiw's avatar

Yes, this movie is brilliant, and so true to writing and publishing today that I found it hard to sit quietly in my seat and only watch. Geoffrey Wright has deeply imagined and understood his character. He gave a superb interview on Amanpour back in February, I think, that is worth finding and watching. It's time to watch the movie a second time.

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Lev Raphael's avatar

I felt similarly.

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Frederick Fullerton's avatar

Thanks for sharing. I recently published a novel that barely sells. The key is finding an agent AND a publisher. Finding either these days is like hunting for the Holy Grail, so many of us are forced to self-publish and flog our own books as best we can. It's a brave new world. Would it be too much of a stretch to write and publish as an alien?

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Lev Raphael's avatar

The number of books published every year in the US is apparently three million. "Breaking out" is harder than ever however we choose to pbulish.

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