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Cover for This is Water

The upcoming DFW publication This is Water now has a cover image up over at Amazon.com.
 
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 January 2009 08:08
 

BIWHM movie reviews begin to trickle in

I expect we'll see a few reviews of the BIWHM movie over the next few days while it screens at Sundance. Here's the first one I've read with a little more detail than the previews and interviews I've been linking to recently.
 
 
UPDATE
 
Krasinski does Wallace proud: The Salt Lake Tribune +ve (A-)
 
Keep checking back for more reviews as they appear over the next few days.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 January 2009 08:32
 

BIWHM Movie Update

A few interesting articles about the BIWHM movie:
 
indieWIRE interview with John Krasinski.
Jacket Copy Booknews from the LA Times blog.
Boston.com extended article.
 
EDIT: A couple more for you...
 
The Envelope LA Times.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 20 January 2009 08:07
 

First clip of Brief Interviews with Hideous Men

The envelope over at the LA Times has a great little articla anf the first clip I have seen of the BIWHM movie. It makes me want to see the film even more. Watch it here. Let me know if you manage to see it when it opens at Sundance this week.
 
 
On another note. Thanks to readers who let me know the RSS feed was malfunctioning. I have been running a second (hidden) version of the site for a few weeks now and have corrected the issue. Hopefully it will go live in the next fortnight.
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Last Updated on Sunday, 18 January 2009 07:16
 

Group Read Updates

Just a quick reminder that the IJIM Infinite Jest group read is currently in swing over at the wallace-l mailing list and that I'm still discovering new things after having read the novel more times than it is safe to count.
 
If you are trying to find something new to read I highly recommend 2666 by Roberto Bolaño. In fact, it is a great time to start reading this novel as the 2666 group read starts on the bolano-l mailing list on Jan 12.
 
Everything you need to know can be found over at Matt Bucher's wonderful blog http://www.bolanobolano.com/. Matt also maintains wallace-l and bolano-l, so you know this will be a well organised group read.
 
A word of warning: some of the 2666 reviews linked to have massive spoilers in them. Take my word for it (and other DFW fans who are involved in the read) just grab it and read.
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Brief Interviews Sundance Details

Brief Interviews with Hideous Men screening times and locations from the BIWHM section of the Sundance website.
 
Screenings:

Mon. Jan 19 3:15 p.m. - BRIEF19CA Eccles Theatre, Park City
Tue. Jan 20 8:30 a.m. - BRIEF20RM Racquet Club, Park City
Thu. Jan 22 5:15 p.m. - BRIEF22RE Racquet Club, Park City
Fri. Jan 23 8:30 p.m. - BRIEF23LN Library Center Theatre, Park City
Sat. Jan 24 3:30 p.m. - BRIEF24GA Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center, SLC
 
 
Is anyone attending? I'd love to read about your impressions and make reviews available.
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Lack of Updates

Sorry for the lack of updates everyone. The site is not dead... my computer is :(
 
I've had a catastrophic motherboard failure. Due to the age of my system (socket 939, agp only etc) it is difficult to replace. Thus, it is easier to build a whole new system from scratch which won't happen for a few weeks yet.
 
Hopefully I will be able to get online this weekend with a proper update. (Thanks to everyone who has sent me links over the last few weeks, I'm only just catching up on email).
 
Nick 
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Last Updated on Sunday, 18 January 2009 07:16
 
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