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The Film Club
''The Film Club'' is a non-fiction book by Canadian writer David Gilmour. It is a memoir of himself letting his teenage son (Jesse Gilmour) drop out of high school under the stipulation that he must watch three films a week. It was first published by Thomas Allen Publishers in September 2007. Plot David Gilmour allowed his 15-year-old son Jesse to stop going to school without getting a job under the condition that they watch three films each week together. They go by their film schedule for three years while discussing them with each other. During this time, Jesse has trouble with the influence of drugs and his girlfriend. By the book's completion, Gilmour works harder and Jesse tries to live successfully. Films The films that David Gilmour watches with his son includes ''Citizen Kane'', ''Showgirls'', ''Pulp Fiction'', ''Last Tango in Paris'', ''The 400 Blows'', ''Ran'', ''Singin' in the Rain'', ''The Exorcist'' and ''Basic Instinct''. Gilmour's rationale for the varied film genr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Gilmour (writer)
David Gilmour (born 22 December 1949) is a Canadian fiction novelist, former television journalist, film critic, and former professor at the University of Toronto.David Gilmour's entry in . Early life Gilmour was born in , and later moved to for schooling. He is a graduate of |
The Exorcist (film)
''The Exorcist'' is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin and written for the screen by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 The Exorcist (novel), novel of the same name. It stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran (in his final film role), Jason Miller (playwright), Jason Miller and Linda Blair. It follows the Spirit possession, demonic possession of a young girl and her mother's attempt to rescue her through an exorcism conducted by a pair of Catholicism, Catholic priests. The book was a bestseller, but Blatty, who also produced, and Friedkin, his choice for director, had difficulty casting the film. Unable to hire major stars of the era, they cast relative unknowns Burstyn, Blair and Miller (author of a hit play with no film acting experience), choices vigorously opposed by Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Brothers executives. Principal photography was also difficult. Friedkin insisted on realism, going to nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadian Non-fiction Books
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
