4 posts tagged “books”
I've written about how wonderful Cory's new book is elsewhere, and this brief interview is a great for those of you who've not read begun reading it as well as Cory superfans.
Enjoy!
Wowzers!
I've been gone for a real long time now. I've mostly been over at the Twitter. Hanging out, and bullshittin'...
Anyway, I finished up work on a book today. Which was real exciting for me as it's my first handmade book. A friend and I sat together for about 2 days and just hammered out some books. He walked me through whole thing and I am forever grateful!
This little baby is going to be given to my girlfriend for her birthday. (Hope she like it). I figure she can use it as a sketchbook. There's also a little pocket that can be used for...well, anything that fits in there.
You know, I've been wanting to do a "Movie of Day" for awhile now. But, rather than bore you with the excuses as to why I never did. Movie of the Day will be updated (gasp!) EVERYDAY! So without further ado. Here we go.
This weeks MOD is Thin, the first film by reknowned VII photographer Lauren Greenfield.
From the site:
Being sold as a companion disc to the book of the same name and airing on HBO, "Thin" is by no means a perfect film. In fact it's really rough around the edges. It's greatest achievement is in it's ability to raise questions about how we view ourselves and each other. This film holds a wealth of brutally honest and raw emotions that make up for the small lack of a narrative. Greenfield's film ultimately feels like her photographic work.A collection of moments in which the truth is so startling that we ask ourselves "How could this happen in America?"The HBO documentary film focuses on four young women struggling with anorexia: Brittany, a 15 year-old who strives to be thin to gain acceptance among her peers, and whose mother has also suffered with the disease; Shelly, 25, who has been battling anorexia for six years, and who enters Renfrew with a feeding tube surgically implanted in her stomach; Alisa, 30, a divorced mother of two who struggled for decades with a relentless compulsion to purge; and Polly, 29, who has spent years in and out of treatment and often challenges the Center's policies and procedures. The camera follows these women to places most have never ventured: one-on-one and group therapy sessions, emotionally wrought mealtimes, early morning weigh-ins, heated arguments with staff, and tense encounters with family members. In following their stories, we come to learn that each woman's fight for recovery is unique. Some will sabotage their own treatment; others will make significant strides; and still others will make progress only to discover that their insurance will not cover the long-term care they need to truly get well. What emerges is a portrait of an illness that is frustrating in its complexity and devastating in the pain it inflicts on its sufferers and those who care for them.
If you have seen this film or are going to see it please let me know.
Add "Thin" to your netflix queue
Buy "Thin" on DVD
Buy "Thin" Book
Visit the Site.
Tons of Stuff. Here's just a few that Im actively reading.
