- Paperback
- Publisher: Ballantine Books
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0345441303
- ISBN-13: 978-0345441300
- Product Dimensions: 13.9 x 1.2 x 20.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 240 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 stars
It makes me want to know what he's not saying,
By Mary Lavers "Beatnik Mary" (Dartmouth, NS, Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: My Movie Business: A Memoir (Paperback)
Mostly about the making of the film, The Cider House Rules, but written before the film's marketting or theatrical release--actually, before the film's final cut--it did make me want to re-watch the movie and re-read not only the novel but other novels of his as well, particularly A Widow For One Year and A Son of the Circus (which has always been my favourite).As with all Irving memoirs, it makes me want to know what he's not saying, what he's hiding...but readable, nonetheless. For more, please visit my blog, CozyLittleBookJournal!
4.0 out of 5 stars
a quick, insightful read,
By Jeff Lewis (Newark, OH USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: My Movie Business: A Memoir (Paperback)
After thoroughly enjoying both the film and novel version of "The Cider House Rules," "My Movie Business" seemed the perfect read to bring the two together. I was surprised at how slowly the book started. Although it was interesting to see how Irving's grandfather influenced his book, the first few chapters left me disappointed, and I almost put the book aside for good. Once Irving starts to chronicle the transformation of his novel into a script, however, the book picks up significantly, and can be finished in a day or two (it's only 170 pages long, with gratuitous spacing). Irving also details the processes of changing his other novels into films, yet because I hadn't read or seen any of them, these sections didn't hold as much value to me as the ones of "The Cider House Rules." If you've seen or read John Irving's novels and films, especially "Cider House," this book gives you a behind the scenes view of the difficulties of making a movie out of an epic book. If you're not a John Irving fan though, you might want to stay away, or at least make a screening and reading of "Cider House" a prerequisite for purchasing "My Movie Business."
4.0 out of 5 stars
A quick and interesting read,
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This review is from: My Movie Business: A Memoir (Paperback)
This is a great book if you are interested in the process of making a movie from a novel. Not only does Irving talk about the fourteen years it took him to create Cider House Rules for the big screen, he also talks about his grandfather, who he based one of his characters in the novel on. He also goes into detail about his other novels-to-movies, The World According to Garp and The Hotel New Hampshire. If you're a fan of John Irving, or just a movie buff, pick up this book!
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