My Year of Flops
The A.V Club Presents One Man's Journey Deep into the Heart of Cinematic Failure
New York : Scribner, 2010.
Format: Book
Edition: First Scribner trade paperback edition.
Description: xviii, 264 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
In 2007, Nathan Rabin set out to provide a revisionist look at the history of cinematic failure on a weekly basis. What began as a solitary ramble through the nooks and crannies of pop culture evolved into a way of life. My Year Of Flops collects dozens of the best-loved entries from the A.V. Club column along with bonus interviews and fifteen brand-new entries covering everything from notorious flops like The Cable Guy and Last Action Hero to bizarre obscurities like Glory Road , Johnny Cash's poignantly homemade tribute to Jesus. Driven by a unique combination of sympathy and Schadenfreude, My Year Of Flops is an unforgettable tribute to cinematic losers, beautiful and otherwise.
Contents:
Introduction -- Disastrous dramas -- Calamitous comedies -- Musical misfires and misunderstood masterpieces -- It's a bird! it's a plane! it's a flop! superheroes, science fiction, and action -- Unsexy sexy films -- My year of flops jr.: "you know, for kids!" -- The floppiest flops -- A fairy-tale ending, or, manic pixie dream girls I have known.
ISBN:
9781439153123
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
PERFORMING ARTS Movies Rab | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Nonfiction | In |