Post by judgefoozle on Feb 25, 2010 7:03:53 GMT
I blame Piedmont. OK, I got the Pocket Essential Laurel and Hardy book for a discount price (RRP £4.99), but then I found a problem. Who has pockets any more? Modern casual wear - chinos, jeans, slacks etc.- have hardly any pocketage to speak of, and such jackets as are worn these days, are hardly conducive to carrying a book of any size So-called "bum bags" (which are normally at the front anyway!) are not suitable either, so that leaves the "executive" back-pack, shoulder-bag and handbag, to carry this little book around in.
The evolution of fashion aside, this is a nice little book, definitely an easy-access reference guide, and I suppose the printed volume of a reference wallchart I produced some years ago. Except this book also has a synopsis of each movie's central theme, plus the original working title for each one, both of which are useful features. A nice touch is the inclusion of "special moments" in each film, which may help anyone trying to look up "the film when..." but there's another book that does that.
It looks pretty accurate, except for trotting out the usual myth about Babe running away with a minstrel troupe at the age of 8 (he did not) and it is certainly not short on detail.
It is marked "new edition", publication date 2008, and things haven't changed much since then.
As to what use it is, and whether you would carry it around for random reference, assuming you even have pockets, is open to question. At the moment, I normally lunge for Randy's book when I want to look something up, but this does pretty much the same job, more succinctly and without the bulk or weight. So, on second thoughts, it's thanks to Piedmont, for £3.99 pretty much well spent, though the info is already out there. The watchword for this one is "convenience", which is where I will keep my copy. The newspapers are so depressing these days.
The evolution of fashion aside, this is a nice little book, definitely an easy-access reference guide, and I suppose the printed volume of a reference wallchart I produced some years ago. Except this book also has a synopsis of each movie's central theme, plus the original working title for each one, both of which are useful features. A nice touch is the inclusion of "special moments" in each film, which may help anyone trying to look up "the film when..." but there's another book that does that.
It looks pretty accurate, except for trotting out the usual myth about Babe running away with a minstrel troupe at the age of 8 (he did not) and it is certainly not short on detail.
It is marked "new edition", publication date 2008, and things haven't changed much since then.
As to what use it is, and whether you would carry it around for random reference, assuming you even have pockets, is open to question. At the moment, I normally lunge for Randy's book when I want to look something up, but this does pretty much the same job, more succinctly and without the bulk or weight. So, on second thoughts, it's thanks to Piedmont, for £3.99 pretty much well spent, though the info is already out there. The watchword for this one is "convenience", which is where I will keep my copy. The newspapers are so depressing these days.
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