Garbo LaughsThis is a quixotic tale about movie love. Harriet Browning is so saturated with old movies, seen repeatedly and swallowed whole, that she no longer fits into this world. Equally addicted are her three companions-of-the-screen: a son who loves Frank Sinatra, a daughter with Bette Davis eyes, and an earthy sidekick named after Dinah Shore. Breaking in upon this quiet backwater come two refugees from Hollywood, the jaded widow of a famous screenwriter and her movie-expert stepson. They are Harsh Reality. With them come blackouts, arguments, accidents, illness, and sudden death. But what chance does real life stand when we can watch movies instead? In this brilliant, sad-eyed comedy of secondhand desire, movies and movie lovers come first. |
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... talk to her . I'm not really myself when I talk to lots of people . Does that happen to you ? ” " It does . It happened today . " Kenny would remember that his mom ate her grapefruit standing up . That she used a nail to test a cake for ...
... talk to her . I'm not really myself when I talk to lots of people . Does that happen to you ? ” " It does . It happened today . " Kenny would remember that his mom ate her grapefruit standing up . That she used a nail to test a cake for ...
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... talk about something else ? " And he stood up abruptly and left the table . But they couldn't talk about anything else . Next it was Fiona , who felt an un- comfortable pain in her chest , and later in the evening fainted . It turned ...
... talk about something else ? " And he stood up abruptly and left the table . But they couldn't talk about anything else . Next it was Fiona , who felt an un- comfortable pain in her chest , and later in the evening fainted . It turned ...
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... talks , the books he reads . She said she asked him if he'd talked to us about it and he said , oh no , as if he didn't ... talk to him . " They stood there thinking , worrying . She said , " Wouldn't it be unnatural to pretend we don't ...
... talks , the books he reads . She said she asked him if he'd talked to us about it and he said , oh no , as if he didn't ... talk to him . " They stood there thinking , worrying . She said , " Wouldn't it be unnatural to pretend we don't ...
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