I also loved the idea of it being readable as a novel, play, or film—that's really awesome—but that she failed at accomplishing that is evidenced to me by her spending eight days to write a screenplay for the film version she shot. She didn't use the book as even a reading script—the book she wrote to also be a…

I really think this book wasn't MEANT to be enjoyed, which I feel kind of stupid saying, because that could potentially be the defense of every terrible writer.

@Emily—
Thanks for picking this. I don't think it hit me with the same impact that it did you, but I'm really glad I read it, for some of the thoughts it helped lead me to; for getting me to also read THE LOVER, which I really enjoyed and which convinced me Duras actually has talent; and for helping add to my…

Comparison

The Film

The Original vs. The Film
Because "Destroy She Said" is represented by both a unique original work and a film adaptation by the same auteur, I took a moment to write up a brief analysis of both.

Hmm. Yes, this protest is sounding like it will be their best ever.

THE BOUNTY is great. It made me love the trilogy even more, but I see it as an essential fourth volume of it that sets the record straight about the too-tidy resolution of PITCAIRN'S ISLAND, with its biblical morality. And IN THE THE HEART OF THE SEA really is great—much better than SKELETONS ON THE ZAHARA, the…

I've been on a books-about-sea-disasters kick ever since reading IN THE HEART OF THE SEA last year, and have always enjoyed the subgenre since growing up with the Bounty Trilogy. It actually really surprises me to hear about this book, as I'd never heard of it and I thought I had a good grasp of recent titles in this…

You can read it in two or three hours, easy. It may even be online somewhere in its entirety…I know it's on Google Books, though there are probably pages it skips. Hurry! Join the fray!

Thanks a million for this coverage, sir—
it makes me really want to go next year, however unlikely that might actually be. Sundance is more likely, as it's in a state right next to mine.

I could see ending the series with Dwight massacring almost everyone. His character has just gotten more and more unnerving to me. He seems capable of real harm.

I've really enjoyed this season. Michael's hope at the end of this episode kind of made me teary.

BATAVIA'S GRAVEYARD looks psychotic! Wow. If that story's also well-wrtten, that sounds like an amazing read. Still, if the AVC introduced just one nonfiction classic, it would need to be something that does something that no purely fictional read can.

No way, that's not intentional. It's that director's four-year labor of love. I'm going to see it tonight.

She also said you'd really enjoy this song:

I really liked KIDS and GUMMO and now this interview makes me want to see this. I like what he has to say.

That's high praise. I'll have to check this out.

2666, probably. (Bummer. Divided into two or three discussions, maybe?)

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