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A review by anothetbennet
Last Night at the Viper Room: River Phoenix and the Hollywood He Left Behind by Gavin Edwards
5.0
|Rating| 5 heartbreaking stars.
"We're all worth it, man. We're all worth millions of planets and stars and galaxies and universes." - River Phoenix
Last Sunday I watched Stand By Me for the first time ever.
I really enjoyed the movie, so the first thing I did after watching was to google it. I saw next to the info, pictures of the boys, now all turned into men. All but one. The picture of River Phoenix showed a teenage boy. Immediately I assumed he had died. I wasn't familiar with any of the boys before seeing the movie, just with Cory Feldman because of Goonies. I remember seeing a movie named The Thing Called Love and was sad to discover that the pretty boy of the movie had died. The thing is they are the same person, River Phoenix. When River died in October 1993, I was just 7 months old. Nevertheless after watching these movies, and now reading this book, somehow it feels I lost someone I once knew.
I really loved this book, it was well written and put. I think it is a great book for fans of River Phoenix. Not only did the author told his life story till his tragic and unfortunate death, but also talked about other well known actors and musicians that somehow had a connection with River. I couldn't help but to feel sad about his death since he had a promising career as an actor. Although he turned to alcohol and drugs to ease of the pressure he had upon his shoulders, he was a good guy. As former girlfriend, Martha Plimpton, said: "He was just a boy, a very good-hearted boy, who was very fucked up and had no idea how to implement his good intentions."
The last few chapters were hard of me to read, especially the description of his death. I couldn't help but cry.
This is now one of my favorite books and nonetheless, I have respect for River Phoenix and all he was.
|PLUS| All the quotes and statements.
|MINUS| The Epilogue.
"We're all worth it, man. We're all worth millions of planets and stars and galaxies and universes." - River Phoenix
Last Sunday I watched Stand By Me for the first time ever.
I really enjoyed the movie, so the first thing I did after watching was to google it. I saw next to the info, pictures of the boys, now all turned into men. All but one. The picture of River Phoenix showed a teenage boy. Immediately I assumed he had died. I wasn't familiar with any of the boys before seeing the movie, just with Cory Feldman because of Goonies. I remember seeing a movie named The Thing Called Love and was sad to discover that the pretty boy of the movie had died. The thing is they are the same person, River Phoenix. When River died in October 1993, I was just 7 months old. Nevertheless after watching these movies, and now reading this book, somehow it feels I lost someone I once knew.
I really loved this book, it was well written and put. I think it is a great book for fans of River Phoenix. Not only did the author told his life story till his tragic and unfortunate death, but also talked about other well known actors and musicians that somehow had a connection with River. I couldn't help but to feel sad about his death since he had a promising career as an actor. Although he turned to alcohol and drugs to ease of the pressure he had upon his shoulders, he was a good guy. As former girlfriend, Martha Plimpton, said: "He was just a boy, a very good-hearted boy, who was very fucked up and had no idea how to implement his good intentions."
The last few chapters were hard of me to read, especially the description of his death. I couldn't help but cry.
This is now one of my favorite books and nonetheless, I have respect for River Phoenix and all he was.
|PLUS| All the quotes and statements.
|MINUS| The Epilogue.