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elneveu's review against another edition
2.0
This book should ONLY be read in conjunction with the pod cast series "You Must Remember This" which diligently fact checks Anger's myriad falsehoods and fabrications.
edazreads's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting and fun-though most of these stories have been discovered to be false so take this with a grain of salt! I mistakenly thought before reading Hollywood Babylon would focus on the 50-early 70s in Hollywood. I personally don’t know much about the stars from the 20-50s so I think the gossip wasn’t as interesting to me as it could’ve been. If you like reading about Hollywood and celebrities you should definitely pick this up!
meredithmc's review against another edition
3.0
I decided to read Hollywood Babylon solely because of the latest season of You Must Remember This. I had pretty much sworn not to read it years ago but here we are. I read it on and off for about a month, taking in a few chapters at a time every few nights. It's certainly reads like an old gossipy tabloid - I used to read my grandmother's issues of Star growing up and I can see the inspiration.
quitenerdyblog's review against another edition
3.0
A hesitant three stars, this kind of feels gross and exploitative at times. But I think because I'm so familiar with Anger as a filmmaker, I can take the bitchiness of his tone as self conscious and ironic. It's very readable and I didn't take any of it as complete gospel, so it kept me entertained enough in between more mammoth Murakami sessions.
johndeere666's review against another edition
dark
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
(The Hollywood sign in disrepair)
(Lyrics from the song taken out of ‘34s Moulin Rouge for being too depressing)
(Jayne Mansfield’s dead dog)
Kenneth Anger would be so good at tumblr
(Lyrics from the song taken out of ‘34s Moulin Rouge for being too depressing)
(Jayne Mansfield’s dead dog)
Kenneth Anger would be so good at tumblr
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, Adult/minor relationship, Addiction, Abortion, Suicide, Violence, Self harm, Misogyny, Mental illness, Medical trauma, Gun violence, Alcohol, Murder, Drug abuse, Drug use, Death, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Physical abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Miscarriage, Injury/Injury detail, Infidelity, Grief, Forced institutionalization, and Animal death
nadiat_one's review against another edition
dark
funny
informative
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.0
benmsmith's review against another edition
2.0
I'm not sure I would have read this on my own if I wasn't reading along with the latest season of You Must Remember This. Fact-checking this for the last few months has been interesting, but in general Kenneth Anger's style isn't for me.