I was coerced into reading this book about four years ago. As a result I have coerced about five other people to read it. Who coerced…
You get the point. Jonathan Lethem is one of my favorite modern* authors, though my gateway book (Gun, With Occasional Music) has lost a lot of its luster for me. This is a winner, possibly his most oddly accessible book and definitely one that could make for a very interesting feature. It’s also a love story between a woman and a black hole.
Yeah. One of those.
The guy is a champ as a writer. But he’s no Cronenberg.
Which is why the idea of David effin’ Cronenberg doing the film version of As She Climbed Across the Table blows my mind out of my mind. Perfect. Absolutely perfect. Thanks Empire (by way of Justin Waddell) for the news! Hope it comes to fruition, because the only direction to go with a concept like this is weirder than weird and Mr. Cronenberg might as well own the patent on it.
It’s a quick read, and it’s actually quite an easy one as things disappear into the void and two people’s obsessions crisscross and wave goodbye to each other on their way to bizarreville. This needs to be made because it quite literally could be a romance, a mindfuck, a Twilight Zone-esque romp, or a void of a movie itself. Consider my ticket bought. I’m gonna bring my favorite void.
Wait, just got an email with a scoop.
CHUD EXCLUSIVE: Richard Schiff’s playing the hole! :CHUD EXCLUSIVE
The sequel book As He Grabbed a Fistful of Clint Howard is currently awaiting publication.
* Sometimes a little precious for my primate brain, but I can handle it.
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Yea I'm definitely interested in picking this up from reading the synopsis. And Cronenberg can do no wrong.
I really dug this book. After Motherless Brooklyn I plowed through as many Lethem books I can find. I miss his oddball sci-fi period. Can't wait to see what Croneberg does with it.
I've heard nothing but great things about Lethem, but I made the mistake of reading "You Don't Love Me Yet" first of all of his books, and that was a mistake. The worst modern work of literature I've read, period. It's soured me on him and I've never gotten around to reading his other, supposedly more brilliant works. Probably my loss.
This article's convinced me to buy the book. But what happened to those "BUY IT FROM CHUD" links that used to be available? I wouldn't mind supporting the site if even just a mote…
Dammit! I love the idea of this as a movie from Cronenberg, but I wanted to write a treatment for it myself and shop it around. For the record, how does one go about doing that if you're pretty much a nobody?
Actually, I hope Cronenberg manages to keep the light-hearted tone of this book. I got a Wes Anderson vibe for the first part of the book and then someone more cerebral would have to capture the ending.
I thought this was going to be an article about the lost Nightbreed footage. Oh well. Some day.
weird book being turned into a film by Cronenberg means why the FUCK didn't you tell us about this book sooner? I will be buying this book over the weekend and I may be making love to your screen signature by Monday.
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