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Bezig met laden... Remakedoor Connie Willis
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. F/SF I wanted to like this book; I love Connie Willis and have adored pretty much all of her other works. Maybe it's that I'm not a movie buff, or maybe it's the pacing (Willis is usually at her finest in her novellas, but this reads slowly for such a short book) or something else entirely. Whatever it was, I failed to love this book despite my best efforts. Remake is captivating. Imagine moviemaking of the future where technology allows you to alter endings to your favorite movies. Don't like Johnny Depp starring in What's Eating Gilbert Grape? Want to see Ryan Reynolds as the lead instead? With just a keystroke, you can change any detail you want. Live-action filming is a thing of the past. Every little detail can be turned upside-down with a little techno-photoshopping. Nothing is real anymore. Which is unfortunate for one naïve young woman named Alis. All she desires is a dance with Fred Astaire up on the silver screen. She knows all of Ginger's moves and like Alice in Wonderland, believes the right combination of eat-me and drink-me drugs will get her there. Caught up in love with Alis, Tom muddles his way through fixing bad alterations, all the while offering Alis her face on all the great dancers who danced with Fred. Alis doesn't want a photoshopped image of herself on Ginger's body. She wants the real deal. As an aside, I loved how Willis thought. Here's a twist: when bona fide actors are maliciously altered into snuff films, litigation ensues. Either that, or the wronged actor becomes a popular porn star. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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HTML:Winner of more Hugo and Nebula Awards than any other science fiction author, Connie Willis is one of the most powerfully imaginative writers of our time. In Remake, she explores the timeless themes of emotion and technology, reality and illusion, and the bittersweet place where they intersect to make art. It's the Hollywood of the future, where moviemaking's been computerized and live-action films are a thing of the past. It's a Hollywood where Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe are starring together in A Star Is Born, and if you don't like the ending, you can change it with the stroke of a key. A Hollywood of warmbodies and sim-sex, of drugs and special effects, where anything is possible. Except for what one starry-eyed young woman wants to do: dance in the movies. It's an impossible dream, but Alis is not willing to give up. With a little magic and a lot of luck, she just might get her happy ending after all. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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