Rediscovered Classics: Flicker : A Novel (Series #2) (Paperback)

from delphica

Oy gevalt, this was terrible. The set-up was intriguing -- Templar-esque conspiracy has been hiding secret subliminal messages in films. Especially at the beginning of the book, the whole classic film culture is so very present that if you are a film history fan at all it's very easy to get sucke...

from AltheaAnn

A horror novel for pretentious film buffs. Unfortunately, I tend to dislike books about movies. (Or movies about movies for that matter, although somehow I like books (and movies) about books).Anyway: A film critic rediscovers the lost work of an obscure German horror director who was lost at sea...

from TheRavenking

"Eines Nachts vor dem Einschlafen hörte ich, wie Claire neben mir über ihrer letzten Zigarette sinnierte: "Seit das Kino zu einer ernsten Sache für mich geworden ist - seit dem Abend, an dem ich mit meiner Mutter Les Enfants du Paradis gesehen habe -, weiß ich, da ist was, ganz tief drin. Etwas, ...

from dbsovereign

Not as much of a fan of this book as some people, but it did pull me in. A subtle horror novel about the technology behind making films. If you like books about conspiracies, you'll probably liike this one. Watch out for the subliminal messages - they're everywhere!

from chard69

The Tale of Two Different Books I was first given a copy of this book in the summer of 1993 by one of my good friends that had an interest in film-making as I did. I probably read about 150 pages of it before I went off to college at the University of North Texas in Denton to study in their Radio...