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"The conversation began to excite him. He sat in a chair so unexpectedly soft he nearly spilled his drink. From this low angle, Arlene's front windows were...
kurvanas
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Sep 27, 2006
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Found another site with some reviews of John Updike books. Some fairly detailed info here. http://www.allreaders.com/Topics/Topic_335.asp Cheers, Thomas...
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Oct 7, 2006
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As you probably already heard, Orhan Pamuk of Turkey won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Congrats. John Updike, in a _New Yorker_ review of Pamuk's book...
kurvanas
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Oct 15, 2006
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"I secretly understood: the primitive appeal of the hearth. Television is -- its irresistible charm -- a fire." ~ John Updike...
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Nov 10, 2006
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Where can this movie be found? I can't find it on amazon.com (perhaps it was never released on dvd) and i'd really like to see it. ive read on imdb that it is...
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Nov 17, 2006
12:11 pm
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I'm dying to see it again - I'm the person who saw it in a theatre when it first came out - and I just figured it was available on VHS, if you could find it. ...
Todd
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Nov 17, 2006
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i can only watch dvds, on my computer...i dont have a vhs player, nor do i know anyone who has one....
zigzig20s
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Nov 17, 2006
4:07 pm
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I don't know if this link will work - but it will show you the poster for the movie...I like the tagline: "3 months ago Rabbit Angstrom ran out to buy his wife...
Todd
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Nov 18, 2006
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Thanks. Now I need to find the actual movie...I'll check in my uni library - I highly doubt it is there, but since my professor did her thesis on updike, she...
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Nov 18, 2006
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I don't think the movie was really a hit...maybe the subject matter (a man abandoning his wife and child and taking up with a prostitute) didn't appeal to the...
Todd
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Nov 19, 2006
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does anyone know of a critic who's worked on the homosexual undertones in rabbit run? as far as i can make out, there is the scene with tothero when he waits...
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Dec 2, 2006
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Has anybody tried to list/note all of JU's pieces and short stories , as they come out ?...
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Dec 6, 2006
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... ...Today , talking about cigarettes in a movie poster would be , if not literally forbidden , at least highly taboo !!!!!!! Do you remember your experience...
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Dec 6, 2006
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I really don't remember much about the movie, but I had the experience of always seeing the actor in the movie, James Caan, as Rabbit in my mind's eye -...
Todd
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Dec 7, 2006
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Just discovered a world of Updike articles. Go to Time's new searchable website and you can look up any topic or article from any issue ever. Type in John...
kurvanas
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Dec 9, 2006
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Do you mean beyond the nonfiction collections of all his essays, reviews, articles, etc. (such as in the anthologies Picked-Up Pieces and Hugging the Shore)...
kurvanas
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Dec 10, 2006
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I presume Rabbit Run can be found on any movie purchase site, such as Amazon.com. Or you could simply order it through Netflix to watch, if you don't feel...
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Dec 10, 2006
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... ...Forst , really briefly , to all , I know there are MANY pre-video era movies , " major " company ones , that have never had a home video release . Ever...
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Dec 11, 2006
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... ...That's good , but , especially , I was thinking of noting the new ones , especially the short stories , as they appear . ... Pieces ... there ... ...
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Dec 12, 2006
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"Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them." ~ John Updike...
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Jan 15, 2007
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Hopper's colors turned cooler and chalkier as he aged: the warm brick- and plush-reds of his New York paintings receded. A western painting, People in the Sun...
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Feb 4, 2007
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I just finished "Rabbit,Run" and found the book to be compelling to say the least. Now that I found out there is this movie, I am dying to see it... ... video ...
Brendan
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Feb 17, 2007
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I keep hearing that the movie is not so good and though I saw it years ago in school I seriously can't even remember it. I loved the book but could see where...
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Feb 17, 2007
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... I've talked to a professor who did their thesis on updike and they say the film is nowhere to be found. I still have hopes in the internet to find a person...
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Feb 18, 2007
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Just picked up a hardback copy of The Terrorist for a dollar. Can't freaking beat that. Thomas...
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Feb 27, 2007
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"When I turn to Allah and try to think of Him, it is borne in upon me how alone He is, in all the starry space He has willed into existence. In the Qur'an, He...
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Feb 27, 2007
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do you have any analysis of that piece of work?...
Mia Carmella S. Jamis...
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Mar 15, 2007
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NY Times Featured Author: John Updike http://www.nytimes.com/books/00/11/19/specials/updike.html...
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Mar 19, 2007
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National Book Foundation Interview with Updike http://www.nationalbook.org/authorsguide_jupdike.html...
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Mar 19, 2007
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Added several links today. If anyone knows of good articles, reviews, essays, interviews, etc. links on or about Updike we should share, please feel free to...
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