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A review by bookstorebinge
The Movie Doctors by Simon Mayo, Mark Kermode
3.0
Time taken to read: 11 days
Rating: 3 stars
Film sets are really dangerous places to work.
Wassup and hello to Jason Isaacs! The Movie Doctors is a Mayo + Kermode journey through the work of film, split into medically themed sections such as ‘Ear, Nose & Throat’, ‘Cardiology’ and ‘Morgue’. I am a STL (although binging my way through past episodes) to the film review podcast, but will start off by saying that the book doesn’t lack anything for not being deeply versed in the witterverse.
I think the difficulty with a book like this is it covers a wide variety of interests and styles with a common theme; rather than an ongoing plot or investigation. As such there is nothing I can really criticise, it is purely that that there are sections that I found really enjoyable and wanted to read more about versus sections I just didn’t really care about. I would definitely recommend giving this a read – the Nottingham Cineworld story was news to me and I was living in the city at that time. I have also definitely learned more about film in general and behind the scenes which I found hugely beneficial as someone who is academically unschooled in anything production related. (Sometimes you love something without understanding the active craft of creating).
Rating: 3 stars
Film sets are really dangerous places to work.
Wassup and hello to Jason Isaacs! The Movie Doctors is a Mayo + Kermode journey through the work of film, split into medically themed sections such as ‘Ear, Nose & Throat’, ‘Cardiology’ and ‘Morgue’. I am a STL (although binging my way through past episodes) to the film review podcast, but will start off by saying that the book doesn’t lack anything for not being deeply versed in the witterverse.
I think the difficulty with a book like this is it covers a wide variety of interests and styles with a common theme; rather than an ongoing plot or investigation. As such there is nothing I can really criticise, it is purely that that there are sections that I found really enjoyable and wanted to read more about versus sections I just didn’t really care about. I would definitely recommend giving this a read – the Nottingham Cineworld story was news to me and I was living in the city at that time. I have also definitely learned more about film in general and behind the scenes which I found hugely beneficial as someone who is academically unschooled in anything production related. (Sometimes you love something without understanding the active craft of creating).