Episode · The Book Review · 2022-11-11
Mark Harris on The Book Review: books mentioned
Mark Harris on His Biography of Mike Nichols
Gilbert Cruz discussed Mike Nichols by Mark Harris, Pictures At A Revolution Five Movies And The Birth Of The New Hollywood by Mark Harris, and Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham. Adam Higginbotham discussed A night to remember by Walter Lord and Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols by Mark Harris is a critically acclaimed biographical work that chronicles the life and legendary career of the celebrated director.
Discussed“Mike Nichols Al life is Mark's third non-fiction book focused on film”
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Pictures At A Revolution Five Movies And The Birth Of The New Hollywood
Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of the New Hollywood by Mark Harris is a detailed cultural history examining the five films nominated for Best Picture in 1967 and the sweeping cinematic transformations of that era.
Discussed“his first pictures at a revolution about the films nominated for Best Picture in 1967 remains one of my absolute favorite books on film”
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Midnight in Chernobyl
Midnight in Chernobyl by Adam Higginbotham is a gripping historical account documenting the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster.
Discussed“his midnight in Chernobyl is something I listened to during the first year of the pandemic in audiobook format on early weekend mornings while doing my grocery shopping”
Where to get it
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A night to remember
Walter Lord's A Night to Remember is a classic narrative non-fiction account that meticulously reconstructs the tragic sinking of the Titanic.
Discussed“and I was kind of inspired by the fact that I'd recently read Walter Lords in to remember about the Titanic about the sinky of the Titanic which is this you know incredible and concise book which reconstructs just the night of the sinking of the Titanic through interviews that Lord conducted in the years after the sinking with people”
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Voices from Chernobyl
Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich is a powerful oral history composed of devastating testimonies from individuals who survived or responded to the 1986 nuclear disaster.
Discussed“and there's Sana alexovich whose vo is from Chernobyl which is this sort of isn't a narrative book but is a kind of you know hallucinatory sense of what it was like for these individuals but many of whom are unnamed to have suffered through the accident”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (5) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“he is the author of several books including five came back a story of Hollywood and the second world war and pictures at a revolution five movies and the birth of the new Hollywood and now a biography of Mike Nichols”
“he is the author of several books including five came back a story of Hollywood and the second world war and pictures at a revolution five movies and the birth of the new Hollywood and now a biography of Mike Nichols”
“Mark Harris's new biography is Mike Nichols Al life”
“his new book is called Midnight in Chernobyl the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster”
“the book again is called Midnight in Chernobyl the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster by Adam higb”