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Film Freak (Paperback)
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Film Freak (Paperback)
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List price R357
Loot Price R290
Discovery Miles 2 900
You Save R67 (19%)
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It's the late 1970s and 20-something Christopher Fowler is a film
freak, obsessively watching lousy films in run-down fleapit
cinemas. He longs to be a famous screenwriter and put his dreams on
the big screen. And so he heads for Wardour Street, Britain's
equivalent of Hollywood. But he's made a spectacular mistake,
arriving just as the nation's filmmakers are falling to their
knees, brought low by the arrival of video and the destruction of
the old movie palaces. The only films being made are smutty low
budget farces and TV spinoffs and instead of being asked to write
another 'Bullitt', he's churning out short films advertising
boilers and nylon sheets. Somehow, against the odds, he finds
success - although in a very different guise to the one he
expected. From the sticky Axminster of the local cinema to the red
carpet at Cannes, Film Freak is a grimly hilarious and acutely
observed trawl through the arse-end of the British film industry
that turns into an ultimately affecting search for friendship and
happiness.
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