The Film Club. A True Story Of A Father And A Son

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Publisher: Thomas Allen
Publisher Place: Canada
Publisher Year: 2007
Edition: First Edition

Description: 244 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: It was a bad time for David Gilmour. His beloved, unhappy fifteen-year-old son was flunking every subject at school. So David offered an unconventional deal: his son could drop out - not work, not pay rent - but there was a catch. He had to watch three movies a week of his fathers choosing.Together they formed the Film Club: week by week, side by side, father and son watched the worlds best (and occasionally worst) films - from "True Romance" to "Chungking Express," "A Hard Days Night" to "Rosemarys Baby," from "La Dolce Vita" to "Showgirls." The films got them talking - about girls, music, heartbreak, work, drugs, love, friendship - and opened doors to a teenagers interior life at a time when a parent is normally shut out. As the Film Club moved toward its bittersweet (but inevitable) conclusion, the young man made a decision that surprised even his father...

ISBN: 9780887622854