Double Parallel Movie Madness

Two recommendations with parallels: Slumdog Millionaire is like City of God, but in Mumbai instead of Rio de Janeiro-- I give it sixteen million blinded child beggars out of a possible eighteen million; and Philip Hensher's The Northern Clemency is like a Richard Russo novel-- omnipotent, sprawling, and generous-- set in the suburbs of England-- I give it nine moors out of a possible ten.

2 comments:

  1. high praise for the hensher novel. dammit, dave, i think this means i have to actually read something.

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  2. so you actually liked slumdog? i'm going to see it tonight. if it's not up to snuff, those 16 million children are gonna have some issues!

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