Mark Kermode
Auteur van The Good, The Bad and The Multiplex
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- Kermode, Mark
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- Fairey, Mark (birth)
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- 1963-07-02
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- UK
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- Haberdashers' Aske's School for Boys, Hertfordshire, UK
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- film critic, journalist
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- Williams, Linda Ruth (wife)
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Like I said, I'm not unfond of running. And this is the only real prerequisite for enjoying Haruki Murakami's [b:What I Talk About When I Talk About Running|4352812|What I Talk About When I Talk About Running|Haruki Murakami|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jRd8LRR6L._SL75_.jpg|2475030]. That book is essentially about Murakami's writing career but from the point of view of his running (that makes sense if you've read the book, honest). If you don't like running I suspect you'd hate the book, but if you're at least not unfond of it then Murakami's wonderful style makes the book a delight to read.
I may be not unfond of running, but I love films. Especially horror films, and especially especially the kind of bad horror that some people disdain without even seeing it. Mark Kermode is of a similar bent, and It's Only a Movie is essentially What I Talk About When I Talk About Running except it's about Kermode's life as a film critic from the point of view of films. And Kermode's literary prowess doesn't quite rival Murakami. Of course that doesn't matter here, his thoroughly over the top enthusiasm for films pervades every page. The book is essentially a series of semi-fictional anecdotes about his career, with most of them punctuated by "just like that bit in [insert film here]."
The anecdotes aren't semi-fictional on purpose per se, but Kermode admits his memory is wildly influenced by what he thinks should have happened, or what he wishes he had done in a given situation. We've all come up with a punchy and witty riposte the day after someone says something to us, Kermode clearly does this too but, five years later, can no longer distinguish between whether he actually said the thing or not. This makes the book thoroughly entertaining once you get over the fact that many events in the book didn't happen the way they're told. Certainly the book had me snorting inappropriately on several occasions, Kermode's description of Mamma Mia! provoking actual tears of mirth.
If you like films, especially cheap, nasty horror films, then read the book. If not, well, then don't.… (meer)