What the community thinks
summary of 4 ratings (see reviews)
Moods
emotional 75%
inspiring 50%
challenging 25%
hopeful 25%
lighthearted 25%
sad 25%
Pace
fast 25%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 66% | A mix: 33%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 66% | Yes: 33%Loveable characters?
Yes: 100%Diverse cast of characters?
It's complicated: 50% | No: 50%Flaws of characters a main focus?
It's complicated: 33% | No: 33% | Yes: 33%Average rating
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Alone one morning at a backstreet café, he strikes up a conversation with a local woman who takes him on a walk to uncover the city's secrets, historic and personal. As the walk unwinds, a story of love and tragedy emerges, and he begins to see the chance meeting as fate. He is entranced, wholly clear in his mind: her story must surely form the basis for his next film.
This is a novel about cinema, flâneurs, and queer love - it is about the sometimes troubled, sometimes ecstatic creative process, and the toll it takes on its makers.
But it is also a novel about stories, and the ongoing question of who has the right to tell them.
Buy Diary of a Film
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Blackwell's
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Alone one morning at a backstreet café, he strikes up a conversation with a local woman who takes him on a walk to uncover the city's secrets, historic and personal. As the walk unwinds, a story of love and tragedy emerges, and he begins to see the chance meeting as fate. He is entranced, wholly clear in his mind: her story must surely form the basis for his next film.
This is a novel about cinema, flâneurs, and queer love - it is about the sometimes troubled, sometimes ecstatic creative process, and the toll it takes on its makers.
But it is also a novel about stories, and the ongoing question of who has the right to tell them.
What the community thinks
summary of 4 ratings (see reviews)
Moods
emotional 75%
inspiring 50%
challenging 25%
hopeful 25%
lighthearted 25%
sad 25%
Pace
fast 25%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 66% | A mix: 33%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 66% | Yes: 33%Loveable characters?
Yes: 100%Diverse cast of characters?
It's complicated: 50% | No: 50%Flaws of characters a main focus?
It's complicated: 33% | No: 33% | Yes: 33%Average rating