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The Grip of Film

  • Richard Ayoade (2017)

Overview

Written in the voice of Gordy LaSure, a fictional film-industry veteran of sweeping confidence and no discernible achievement, The Grip of Film is an A-to-Z guide to how movies work, what audiences want, and why everyone else is doing it wrong. Gordy's opinions on tone, on the female lead, on the "hero's journey", and on Steven Seagal are delivered with the authority of a man who has never been contradicted and never should have been listened to.

Notes

The third of Ayoade's books and the one with the best character. Gordy LaSure is every confident fool who has ever explained a subject to someone who knows it better, and the book is a field guide to the type. The entries are short and the book rewards being opened at random.

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