Cary Grant's Suit : Nine Movies That Made Me the Wreck I Am Today
by
Todd McEwen
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1912559404
ISBN-13
9781912559404
Publisher
Notting Hill Editions
Imprint
Notting Hill Editions
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 28th, 2023
Print length
168 Pages
Weight
206 grams
Dimensions
12.00 x 19.10 x 1.50 cms
Product Classification:
Films, cinemaMemoirs
Ksh 2,900.00
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A cinematic memoir and critical exploration of nine classics of old Hollywood by a contemporary comic novelist.
North by Northwest isnt about what happens to Cary Grant, its about what happens to his suit. The suit has the adventures, a gorgeous New York suit threading its way through America. The suit, Cary inside it, strides with confidence into the Plaza Hotel. Nothing bad happens to it until one of the greasy henchmen grasps Cary by the shoulder. Were already in love with this suit and it feels like a real violation.
Todd McEwen grew up in Southern California, so his head was hopelessly messed with by the movies. As the son of relatively normal people, Todd had no in with Hollywood, a mere thirteen miles away, yearn and try as he might.
This is a kid who loved the movies so much, he got up at 4:30 in the morning to watch Laurel and Hardy. A kid who insisted on his birthday that his father project 8mm cartoons onto the familys dining room curtains so they could be slowly parted, just like at a real cinema.
This is a kid who liked to leave the movie and trudge up hundreds of dangerous iron steps to visit the lugubrious and always surprised projectionist. This is a kid who, years later, watched Chinatown over 60 times.
A love letter to old Hollywood, this is a book for anyone interested in film. Movies discussed include Blotto, The Wizard of Oz, The Three Stooges, To Catch a Thief, North by Northwest, The 39 Steps, The Trouble with Harry, and many, many more.
North by Northwest isnt about what happens to Cary Grant, its about what happens to his suit. The suit has the adventures, a gorgeous New York suit threading its way through America. The suit, Cary inside it, strides with confidence into the Plaza Hotel. Nothing bad happens to it until one of the greasy henchmen grasps Cary by the shoulder. Were already in love with this suit and it feels like a real violation.
Todd McEwen grew up in Southern California, so his head was hopelessly messed with by the movies. As the son of relatively normal people, Todd had no in with Hollywood, a mere thirteen miles away, yearn and try as he might.
This is a kid who loved the movies so much, he got up at 4:30 in the morning to watch Laurel and Hardy. A kid who insisted on his birthday that his father project 8mm cartoons onto the familys dining room curtains so they could be slowly parted, just like at a real cinema.
This is a kid who liked to leave the movie and trudge up hundreds of dangerous iron steps to visit the lugubrious and always surprised projectionist. This is a kid who, years later, watched Chinatown over 60 times.
A love letter to old Hollywood, this is a book for anyone interested in film. Movies discussed include Blotto, The Wizard of Oz, The Three Stooges, To Catch a Thief, North by Northwest, The 39 Steps, The Trouble with Harry, and many, many more.
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