Comments on: Running Away by Jean-PhilippeToussaint

By: Hadewijch, or Bruno Dumont at the London Film Festival « Mister Trippy

Hadewijch, or Bruno Dumont at the London Film Festival « Mister Trippy — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:25:20 +0000

[...] cross between my two favourite Bresson movies A Man Escaped and Pickpocket. Dumont remains the Jean-Philippe Toussaint of contemporary French language film. Good as far as he goes, but cinema will leave him behind when [...]

By: mistertrippy

mistertrippy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:29:47 +0000

Yeah, same dude, one of those still carrying the Robbe-Grillett torch at Minuit, and mainly published by Dalkey in English….

By: Simon Strong

Simon Strong — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 23:03:08 +0000

Is this the ‘the bathroom’ dude? if it is, I read that and got serious deja-vu to that 60s froggy classic ‘la vie invers’ (which I recall is tops). Seems to me that his slop is fun but a bit redundant (in a not terribly funty way).

By: Lee Rourke

Lee Rourke — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:30:35 +0000

Stewart,

I really like this book. We must meet for coffee on Whitecross street to discuss this pressing matter

best,

Lee Rourke.

By: Michael Roth

Michael Roth — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 17:30:55 +0000

” .. the narrator is repulsive, a middle-class idiot savant who has no redeeming qualities whatsoever.”

Ahhh, finally a character that I can identify with, one that really speaks to ME.

By: This Is Not Ti-Grace Atkinson

This Is Not Ti-Grace Atkinson — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:29:12 +0000

Do men exist? On the basis of this book one would probably conclude that they’e not properly alive.

By: Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:46:56 +0000

Jean-PhilippeToussaint (smokes) rocks but I’m even better! I’d also like to point out that I’d never read anything by Jean-PhilippeToussaint at the time I recorded “Mull of Kintyre”. So there is definitely no question of influence at work here!

By: Psychedelic Sid

Psychedelic Sid — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 11:44:12 +0000

Not interested, doesn’t look like this book has anything to do with drugs.

By: Sly Bugger

Sly Bugger — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:47:12 +0000

There’s a transmitter buried in your dental work!

By: Jah Pothead

Jah Pothead — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:42:50 +0000

Sly & The Family Stone are a groove, but the Bob Marley song of the same name – Running Away – is even better! So maybe the book is named after Bob’s song and not Sly’s – but my guess is the author, who it seems likes being tricky, based it on both! Peace. Love.