Leonard F. Wheat

Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials- A Multiple Allegory is an elongated essay-style book. This book has six main sections: an introduction with an explanation of allegory, the plot synopsis of HDM, the plot synopsis of Lion, Witch, and the Wardrobe, a detailed analysis of all the allegory between LWW and HDM, a plot synopsis of Paradise Lost, and the analysis of the allegory between Paradise Lost and HDM. Becuase the book goes into detail, Leonard Wheat describes allegories that I didn't even know existed. Fans of His Dark Materials should read this book to give them a different perspective on HDM.… (meer)

This is definitely the worst thing every written on Kubrick and probably on any filmmaker. Wheat tackles 2001 with all sorts of pseudoscientific and pseudophilosophical apparatuses, from numerology to just plain wrong interpretations of 2001, Homer, and Nietzsche. There’s even one very convoluted section about anagrams (like TMA-1 is an anagram of “NO MEAT”) and how “Frank Poole” is a “95%” anagram of “Walk on Rope,” part of his lame attempt to link 2001 and Nietzsche’s Thus Spoke Zarathustra. A 95% anagram is imperfect because the letter F had to be changed to a W in order to complete it. If you see any copies of this at your local bookstore or library, BURN IT.… (meer)