As the subtitle suggests, Greenberg offers a fly-on-the-wall account of celebrated director Werner Herzog shooting his 1976 feature, Heart of Glass. While hardly among the greatest entries on the German filmmaker’s résumé, it’s notable for being the one where he hypnotized most of the cast before shooting every scene. For Herzog, it was merely an […]
Nonfiction
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Fact and fiction
Tracy Daugherty considered himself a fiction writer with no ambition of writing anything else, but the Oklahoma City federal building bombing changed all that. Although he lived in Oregon, he had spent much of his childhood visiting his grandparents in southwestern Oklahoma, and he felt a strong need to come to Oklahoma City in the […]
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‘Morrie’ or less
Based on Mitch Albom’s best-selling nonfiction book, “Tuesdays with Morrie” explores the friendship of Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. Sixteen years after graduation, Mitch had forgotten all about his college experience until he caught a random episode of television’s “Nightline” featuring an interview with […]
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The Big Book of Breasts 3D
But I’m going to try anyway. Taschen is one of the world’s most renowned publishers of art books, and this square-shaped (but not square-minded) hardback is but one reason why: top-quality treatment with top-quality material. It’s just in this case, the subject is top-heavy. Roughly 100 full-page, black-and-white images are included, comprising the meat of […]
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Arena Legacy: The Heritage of American Rodeo — Richard C. Rattenbury
Me neither, which is exactly why Richard C. Rattenbury’s “Arena Legacy: The Heritage of American Rodeo” is worth checking out. Anyone interested in the sport and/or the American cowboy lifestyle will find much over which to pore. Published by the University of Oklahoma Press, this hefty hardback — a real wrist-killer at more than 400 […]