DNR The Grip of Film

Author(s): Richard Ayoade

Film & TV

You SLUG the guy.
You KISS the dame.
You TOTAL the car.


That's movies. And I love 'em.


Gordy LaSure's passionate about film. He eats film, he drinks film, and sometimes he'll even watch a film. But most of all he loves talking about film, and how they'd be a shit-ton better if only people would pull their asses out of their ears and listen to Gordy LaSure.


The voyage of this book can be categorised as an attempt to understand How In Hell Film Works. Why are some films bad, and some films terrible? How come just a handful of films (Titanic, Porky's, Dirty Harry) are any good at all? Gordy'll tell you How and Why, and he'll give you a shot of Wherefore on the side. And he doesn't shoot from the hip; he shoots from the gut.

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Richard Ayoade edits and annotates the meditations on film by that master of the medium, Gordy LaSure.

Richard Ayoade is a writer and director.In addition to directing and co-writing Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, he has adapted and directed Joe Dunthorne's novel Submarine for the screen, and is the co-writer (with Avi Korine) and director of the film, The Double.As an actor he is best known for his roles as Dean Learner in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and Maurice Moss in the Emmy Award-winning The IT Crowd, for which he was awarded a BAFTA as Best Performance in a Comedy.

General Fields

  • : 9780571316557
  • : Faber & Faber, Incorporated
  • : Faber & Faber Fiction
  • : 0.48988
  • : September 2017
  • : 234mm X 153mm X 25mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : November 2017
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Richard Ayoade
  • : Paperback
  • : Main
  • : English
  • : 791.43015
  • : 256