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LOCATION:Booksmith\n1644 Haight St.\n\nSan Francisco\, CA 94117
SEQUENCE:0
CLASS:PUBLIC
DTEND:20091203T203000
URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6070393-david-thomson-on-the-moment-of-psy
 cho-ca-san-francisco-haight-ashbury-94117-booksmith?s=ical
DTSTART:20091203T193000
UID:November 21\, 2009 20:12:06_841102938@diamond.culturemob.com
DTSTAMP:20091121T201206
DESCRIPTION:It was made like a television movie\, and completed in less tha
 n three months. It killed off its star in forty minutes. There was no happy
  ending. And it offered the most violent scene to date in American film\, p
 unctuated by shrieking strings that seared the national consciousness. Noth
 ing like Psycho had existed before\; the movie industry—even America itse
 lf—would never be the same. In The Moment of Psycho\, film critic David T
 homson situates Psycho in Alfred Hitchcock’s career\, recreating the mood
  and time when the seminal film erupted onto film screens worldwide. Thomso
 n shows that Psycho was not just a sensation in film: it altered the very n
 ature of our desires. Sex\, violence\, and horror took on new life. Psycho\
 , all of a sudden\, represented all America wanted from a film—and\, as T
 homson brilliantly demonstrates\, still does.
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\nEnglish-American writer 
 David Thomson is the author of many books on film\, including “Have You S
 een...?” A Personal Introduction to 1\,000 Films\, which the New York Tim
 es called\, “passionate\, illuminating\, rich\, and eccentric”\; and th
 e massively influential Biographical Dictionary of Film called “the best 
 book on the movies ever written in English” (The New Republic). He lives 
 in San Francisco with his family.
SUMMARY:David Thomson on The Moment of Psycho
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LOCATION:Booksmith\n1644 Haight St.\n\nSan Francisco\, CA 94117
SEQUENCE:0
CLASS:PUBLIC
DTEND:20091208T203000
URL:http://culturemob.com/events/6070394-a-year-with-rilke-an-evening-with-
 joanna-macy-anita-barrows-ca-san-francisco-haight-ashbury-94117-booksmith?s
 =ical
DTSTART:20091208T193000
UID:November 21\, 2009 20:12:06_414355103@diamond.culturemob.com
DTSTAMP:20091121T201206
DESCRIPTION:One of the most widely read modern poets\, Rainer Maria Rilke (
 1875–1926) has influenced generations of writers and served as a trusted 
 guide for countless others on the importance of looking within to find peac
 e in a hectic world. From The Book of Hours to his classic Letters to a You
 ng Poet\, his writings have only gained more relevance with time\, and his 
 observations are amazingly prescient.  
\n
\nNow\, for the first time\, A Y
 ear with Rilke provides a reading from Rilke for every day of the year. Fro
 m his luminous poetry\, to his piercing prose\, and even his intimate lette
 rs and journals\, editors Joanna Macy and Anita Barrows provide new transla
 tions in a collection that reveals the depth and breadth of Rilke’s accla
 imed work.  
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\nIncluding the last lines found in Rilke’s journal befor
 e he died as well as the epitaph he requested be carved on his gravestone\,
  A Year with Rilke is an intimate window on the work on an unparalleled wri
 ter\, providing daily meditations on themes such as impermanence\, the beau
 ty of creation\, the voice of God\, and the importance of solitude.  
\n
\n
 This evening is an opportunity to hear a selection of these daily readings\
 , and to celebrate a lovely book that will make a wonderful gift this holid
 ay season.
SUMMARY:A Year with Rilke -- An Evening with Joanna Macy & Anita Barrows
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