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Type: documentary

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Eleanor Coppola

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Tags: families memoir love marriage films mothers

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Description: Copyright 1979, new afterword written in 1991. The diary/notes of the wife of Francis FordCopyright 1979, new afterword written in 1991. The diary/notes of the wife of Francis Ford Coppola during the period of the filming of the movie Apocalypse Now -- when she was also trying to film a documentary of the film-making (her first foray into film). Parts of this book were used in the documentary "Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse" (1991), which used footage Eleanor originally shot. Mother of three, wife of famous man, who has his own little apocalypse triggered by the making of the film. Heart-aching, how Eleanor has to hold the family together, especially once Francis admits to an affair. The marriage almost breaks up, as Francis almost breaks down. Afterword deals with death of son Gio in an accident. Beautiful, thought-provoking diary of a woman torn between the roles of wife, mother, and self....

2007-01-29

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Type: documentary

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Status: I recommend

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Author: Robert McKee

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Tags: narrative story films screenwriting

2006-01-03

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Type: scientific

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Status: now reading

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Author: H.G. Wells

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Tags: science fiction films h.g.wells

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Description: The Time Machine...
A poignant love story of a man from the present and a girl from theThe Time Machine...
A poignant love story of a man from the present and a girl from the far-distant future, when the human race as we know it no longer exists.
The War of the Worlds...
mankind helpless against an invasion of terrifying beings from Mars. A story so flawlessly realistic that Orson Welles's radio adaption of it sent hundreds of people into panicky flight from the invaders....

2005-10-03