Smoke & Blue in the Face
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0571175694
ISBN 13
9780571175697
Category
Fiction/Littérature
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Publication Year
2003
Publisher
Pages
296
Subject
Cinéma Anglais
Description
Two stories which have been made into films. In "Smoke" a novelist, suffering from writer's block and the violent death of his wife, is inspired by a young black boy to write again. The action of "Blue in the Face" partly takes place in the cigar shop which was the focal point of "Smoke". - from Amzon
Biblio Notes
Smoke tells the story of Paul Benjamin, a novelist suffering from writer's block - as well as the death of his wife - who comes into contact with a young black kid who shakes Benjamin out of his lethargy and inspires him to begin writing again. It's a story of stealing and giving, lying and telling the truth, in which stealing turns out to be giving and lying turns out to be the truth.
The action of Smoke takes place in Auggie Wren's cigar shop, and this location also provides the focal point for Blue in the Face, which was improvised by the actors of Smoke after shooting was completed on that film. Guided by Auster and director Wayne Wang, the actors created a world whose spirit is comic, whose engine is words, and whose guiding principle is spontaneity.
The action of Smoke takes place in Auggie Wren's cigar shop, and this location also provides the focal point for Blue in the Face, which was improvised by the actors of Smoke after shooting was completed on that film. Guided by Auster and director Wayne Wang, the actors created a world whose spirit is comic, whose engine is words, and whose guiding principle is spontaneity.
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