December 2004

Movies 2004

Movies seen in theaters in 2004, sorted from most to least favorite.

In His Arms

In His Arms: A Novel.
Camille Laurens. Translated by Ian Monk.
Random House. 2000.
ISBN 0-375-50652-7

How Proust Can Save Your Life

In How Proust Can Save Your Life Alain de Botton turns literary biography into self-help manual full of useful advice gleaned from Proust’s life and works. What does Botton think we can learn from Proust? Chapters include: How to Take Your Time. (Useful advice for anyone thinking about reading Proust.) How to Suffer Successfully. How to Open Your Eyes. How to Put Books Down. Quotes “…we don’t do any of