Shit, actually : the definitive 100% objective guide to modern cinema
CD Audiobook |
Unabridged. |
Hachette Audio,
[New York, NY] :
2020.
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative (Show)
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at West Lincoln Public Library
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithville | AUDIO 791.437 WES | Audiobooks - Non-fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
"New York Times opinion writer and bestselling author Lindy West was once the in-house movie critic for Seattle’s alternative newsweekly The Stranger, where she covered film with brutal honesty and giddy irreverence. In Shit, Actually, Lindy returns to those roots, re-examining beloved and iconic movies from the past 40 years with an eye toward the big questions of our time: Is Twilight the horniest movie in history? Why do the zebras in The Lion King trust Mufasa--WHO IS A LION--to look out for their best interests? Why did anyone bother making any more movies after The Fugitive achieved perfection? And, my god, why don’t any of the women in Love, Actually ever talk?!?! From Forrest Gump, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, and Bad Boys II, to Face/Off, Top Gun, and The Notebook, Lindy combines her razor-sharp wit and trademark humor with a genuine adoration for nostalgic trash to shed new critical light on some of our defining cultural touchstones-the stories we’ve long been telling ourselves about who we are. At once outrageously funny and piercingly incisive, Shit, Actually reminds us to pause and ask, 'How does this movie hold up?', all while teaching us how to laugh at the things we love without ever letting them or ourselves off the hook. Shit, Actually is a love letter and a break-up note all in one: to the films that shaped us and the ones that ruined us. More often than not, Lindy finds, they’re one and the same." --back cover (print version)
Details
- ISBN: 9781549186288
- Physical Description: 7 audio discs (approximately 7.5 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in.sound disc
- Edition: Unabridged.
- Publisher: [New York, NY] : Hachette Audio, 2020.
- General Note: Title from disc label.
- Formatted Contents Note: The fugitive is the only good movie -- Shit, actually -- On marriage -- Dude, you gotta stop listening to your mom -- Literally a bird's diary -- Harry plot hole -- Big boy freaky Friday -- Time travel doesn't make sense and I think we should make it illegal -- I'd prefer a highway away from the danger zone, but okay -- Fabrizio's last meatball -- Dead man's pants -- Men yelling men yelling men yelling -- ...Miami? -- The real monster is inspections -- No toucan will ever make me have sex! -- Look at your little punk British ass -- All the kissing in the world could not save it -- Auf wierdersehen, kinderbjorn! -- Manual for shitheads -- Never boring, always horny -- Speed 2 is not canon -- The shawsnake redumptruck -- Know your enemy.
- Participant or Performer Note: Read by the author.