tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704562197692201471.post3099019350073456076..comments2023-09-29T11:20:13.756+01:00Comments on Across The Kitchen Table: Absolute Beginnersdrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12469084438125548989noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704562197692201471.post-8543754158790752162009-05-04T11:37:00.000+01:002009-05-04T11:37:00.000+01:00I'm with adam 100% on the movie.I'm with adam 100% on the movie.JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05090608248723528292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704562197692201471.post-60211183759752783512009-04-22T13:18:00.000+01:002009-04-22T13:18:00.000+01:00I have said this before, but I think Absolute Begi...I have said this before, but I think Absolute Beginners is almost a really really good movie, floored by two serious flaws, one being the leads who just weren't up to it at all and one being the usual requirement to trim the book down so that it turned from something of a rite of passage for the narrator into a romp through an overeventful London summer. But I think all of the cameos in the adamhttp://www.pretendinglifeislikeasong.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704562197692201471.post-76072451789447746872009-04-22T12:10:00.000+01:002009-04-22T12:10:00.000+01:00It's a great book that holds up under re-readi...It's a great book that holds up under re-reading, as does all of Colin MacInnes' 'London Trilogy' -- particularly 'Mr Love & Mr Justice'. <br />The movie might be a bit of a stinker, but as a teenager who'd never been to London when it came out it certainly fired the imagination. The best musical sequence has gotta be Slim Gaillard singing "Selling Out"!Peter Relicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704562197692201471.post-59086326066405505592009-04-22T08:46:00.000+01:002009-04-22T08:46:00.000+01:00I had a feeling that you may comment on this, bein...I had a feeling that you may comment on this, being the mod you are, is it not your tribe's bible?<br /><br />I have re-read On the Road a few times now and the last time didn't really enjoy it but that may be the law of diminishing returns.<br /><br />As for AB by Bowie, I know what you mean.drewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12469084438125548989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-704562197692201471.post-24279639377934737642009-04-22T08:14:00.000+01:002009-04-22T08:14:00.000+01:00Go and re-read it. It's a great book; I've gone t...Go and re-read it. It's a great book; I've gone through three copies of it over the years.<br /><br /><br />Meanwhile, Absolute Beginners by Bowie. Woo, there is a whole catalogue of tunes I was listening to around this time back in 1986 that soundtracked my first big 'affair', one that didn't go well. That sense of sadness that fills it...gets me every time.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05163017415448622471noreply@blogger.com