Slog - Comments on The Possibility of a Bad Movie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_possibility_of_a_bad_movie Two years ago, John Updike reviewed Michel Houellebecq's The Possibility of an Island in the New Yorker. Whereas most of Houellebecq's novels are about men who simply can't relate to women and instead just use them for lots of impersonal, demeaning sex, The Possibility of an Island is different: it's a sci-fi novel about a clone of a man who simply can't relate to women and instead just uses them for lots of impersonal, demeaning sex. Updike had this to say: Houellebecq’s solemnly blunt descriptions of sex acts are notorious, or as notorious as such things can be in... Copyright 2008 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:29:01 -0800 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:37:09 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by levide I've been looking forward to this since I first heard about it, it's not my favorite book of his either, but the fact that he's directing it himself is a good sign (his previous short films are only barely okay, but he does have an eye and a langorous sense of rhythm); the German film adaptation of his best book, "The Elementary Particles", was a massive disappointment, and despite his name on the screenplay, the film of "Whatever" didn't quite work either. Critical reaction to the "Island" film so far has been atrocious, which makes me think it could be the best thing ever.

]]> levide http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_possibility_of_a_bad_movie#c1099241 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_possibility_of_a_bad_movie#c1099241 Books Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:42:08 -0800 Comment by tv oh my fuckin god. I can't wait for thisbeo come out.

]]> tv http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_possibility_of_a_bad_movie#c1099449 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_possibility_of_a_bad_movie#c1099449 Books Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:46:28 -0800 Comment by Self-Hating Hipster COMMENT DELETED: OFF TOPIC/SPAM

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]]> Self-Hating Hipster http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_possibility_of_a_bad_movie#c1099474 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_possibility_of_a_bad_movie#c1099474 Books Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:14:25 -0800 Comment by serial catowner Look for it soon, on a PAL Region 2 DVD.....

]]> serial catowner http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_possibility_of_a_bad_movie#c1100059 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/08/the_possibility_of_a_bad_movie#c1100059 Books Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:37:09 -0800