Apocalypse Now
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We are not invited into this dysfunctional family of three generations, all 750 pages of it. Crime fiction, social commentary and extremely hilarious saga. I stayed up late last night for its racing conclusion. A year and a half ago, I read Freedom by Franzen. As engrossing as Fraction of a Whole. This family questioned everything, but centrally,…
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I heard “Bonjour Vietnam” again last night…”un film de Coppola…” http://stanmark.multiply.com/reviews/item/9?&show_interstitial=1&u=%2Freviews%2Fitem It evoked psychedelic images and texture of horror (adapted from Conrad’s Heart of Darkness.) Yet we were sitting in a boutique studio, with aged ladies sang along to Le Uyen Phuong’ s Last Word to You , equivalent of Bono and Cher: “let’s lay down one last…
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TIME and Life’s Turbulent Years (60’s) has a picture of JFK just an hour before his death. Presidential, Camelot and eternally youthful in that Dallas morning. Another picture shows after a dip in Santa Monica. What other President would do that today. Summer time. Pool is opened. Life guards and their whistles. Sun shades and…
Thang Nguyen 555 