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The Grip of Film

By: Richard Ayoade
Narrated by: Richard Ayoade, Jesse Eisenberg, Jon Korkes
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You SLUG the guy.

You KISS the dame.

You TOTAL the car.

That's movies. And I love 'em.

Gordy LaSure's passionate about film. He eats film, he drinks film, and sometimes he'll even watch a film. But most of all, he loves talking about film, and how they'd be a shit-ton better if only people would pull their asses out of their ears and listen to Gordy LaSure.

The voyage of this audiobook can be categorised as an attempt to understand How In Hell Film Works. Why are some films bad and some films terrible? How come just a handful of films (Titanic, Porky's, Dirty Harry) are any good at all? Gordy'll tell you How and Why, and he'll give you a shot of Wherefore on the side. And he doesn't shoot from the hip; he shoots from the gut.

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The performance by an American acting as Ayoade's sleazy fictitious character from the book really helps make this book even better.

superbly witty, wry and ironic look at movies

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Love that he references roadhouse as a masterpiece but rubbishes citizen cane.. I think I agree!!!! 👍🏻

Nice work! If you like roadhouse...

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I really didn't know what to expect from Richard Ayoade's book on film but it certainly wasn't the fictionalised ramblings of an alcoholic womanising hanger-on Gordy La Sure (is this a Geordy Shore reference?) who is obsessed by Roadhouse and Steven Seagal.
I've read a few other reviews from people who didn't like this book, and I can see it's not for everyone, but I laughed a lot listening to it, and would recommend to anyone who Finds sarcasm funny, especially when mixed with a healthy dollop of American hero worship.

So dry it should come with a drinks voucher

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I had previously already read the physical book on release but the audiobook is even better. Jon Korkes in particular is excellent as Gordy La Sure with plenty of audio interjections by the author himself Richard Ayoade.

Hilarious

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funny, tongue in cheek but does make you think about films of the 80's and 90's

brilliant

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