Stone Reader (Special Edition)

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Summary: Something for everyone
Review: I enjoyed this movie so much that I now often have friends over so I can get the thrill of their reaction. The results after many such sessions are in: everyone loves this movie. There really is something for everyone. It's a great mystery, a documentary about writing, a love story about reading, a journey, a beautifully photographed work, thought provoking in a way that makes you want to speak to others . . . anyway, you get the idea.
Oh, one more thing, it makes a wonderful gift for anyone who loves to read, no make that knows how to read. (Can I give this movie 6 stars?)

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Summary: A True Tale Of Obsessive Love
Review: ... Yes this film can be slow as molasses but it also has some beautiful loving moments between writer Dow Mossman and director Mart Moskowitz whose obsessive love is evident to anyone no matter what your orientation.

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Summary: A Must See!!!
Review: A must see movie for book lovers. Entertaining and full of great book discussions. The movie pulls you with intrigue and mystery as it chronicles one man's journey to find an author who seems to have fallen off the face of the earth. I saw this movie with my 12-year-old daughter and it was perfect, inspiring for all ages.

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Summary: A Real Feel-Good Film!
Review: Loved this film so much that I gave three DVDs as holiday gifts and two since then just because I wanted to share it. Showed the trailer to my monthly reading group and now they all want one. For those who have a special feeling for books, this film is such a pleasure. If nothing else, it gives some assurance that there are still people out there who get excited about what they've read and are reading. Plus, for people like me who are about the same age as Dow Mossman, there's a bit of nostalgia, a reminder of the 60s.
I liked the pace of the film, the way it didn't rush through the search, giving you time to think about what was being discussed. There are plenty of action films out there for people who prefer them. Clearly not a movie for everyone, but I highly recommend it to everyone I know.

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Summary: easy like a sunday morning/low carb viewing
Review: find your favorite chair and watch the best movie you'll ever read. this very satisfying film slows the world down for a moment and let's something warm and meaningful seep into your michael jackson/britney spears/war on terror/2004lexus brains.
it's about passion for something that the heart broadcasts daily that we forget to notice.
moskowitz is funny and smart just like his film.
buy it and be inspired.

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Summary: Love song to books...
Review: I saw "Stone Reader" in Dallas several months ago and was deeply moved by it. It is a film for anyone who loves books, not the slick, formulaic ones that often hit the best seller lists then fade away to be forgotten, but those that linger in memory for years and somehow speak to us on a deep personal and spiritual level. It is a film about how difficult the life of a serious writer of fiction can be in our society. I am grateful that the film has been issued in a handsome DVD format. I purchased one as soon as I heard it was to be released.
I frankly am baffled by some of the vicious reviews posted on this site about this film. There is no homoerotic subtext in this film, nor is it boring. The interview with literary critic Leslie Fiedler alone, filmed shortly before his death, makes this masterly documentary worth the price. Funny, poignant, sad, yet ultimately uplifting....

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Summary: An Intriguing Mission
Review: The Stone Reader exemplifies a reader's passion for the written word. How many people these days get so caught up in a work of fiction that we turn into investigators to uncover more about the author? I was impressed with the film and the director's dedication to his interests and his craft.

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Summary: It'll make you want to write a book
Review: A few months after I see a movie, I usually forget it. I did not forget Stone Reader. My memory of it is still fresh and vivid, because it was so powerful. I still feel incredibly inspired to go write a book myself. I was already an avid reader, but this movie inspired me to read even more. For anyone who has ever loved a book, this is certainly the movie for you.

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Summary: Reading a great book is special, and so is this movie...
Review: Imagine trying to find a favorite book from your past and it's nowhere to be found, plus the author has mysteriously disappeared too...what would you do? That's what makes this 'holy grail' type search for a lost book AND its author so much fun to watch, because Mark Moskowitz follows every imaginable lead until he gets his book and his man. If you've ever loved a book, this movie will re-kindle those emotions of deep devotion to the written word. Check this out!!! Docu's ROCK because truth really is stranger than fiction...

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Summary: a quirky impulse, a quirky movie, a quirky writer
Review: While no movie about a midwestern writer/locus can necessarily be "atmospheric," the filmmaker's dogged quest for mossman is compelling. Along the way we encounter the kind of roadblocks that would exasperate a lesser seeker and sometimes make viewers feel crashingly sad. But the hints and peeks along the way (especially knowing that one could have cohorts in a celebrated writer's workshop who don't have ANY recollection of the writer, regardless of how reclusive) are revealing.