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Zeroville
Zeroville: A Novel | Steve Erickson
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In an alternate Los Angeles, a young man uncovers a life-changing cinematic secret Hailed as one of Ericksons finest and most daring novels, Zeroville is a unique love letter to film. It centers on the story of Vikar, a young architecture student so enthralled with the movies that his friends call him cinautistic. With an intensely religious childhood behind him, and tattoos of Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift on his head, he arrives in Hollywood where hes mistaken for a member of the Charles Manson family and eventually scores a job as a film editor. Vikar discovers the frames of a secret film within the reels of every movie ever made, and sets about splicing them togetheran undertaking that takes on frightening theological dimensions. Electrifying and darkly comic, Zeroville dives into the renegade American cinema of the 70s and 80s and emerges into an era for which we have no name.
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JessClark78
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This was a really good book about a film editor and a secret film hidden inside movies. Takes place in L.A. during the time of the Manson murders.

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bthegood added to the TBR - thanks for putting this on my radar (again, I think you reviewed it a while ago) 🙂 (edited) 2y
JessClark78 @bthegood Yeah, I think I read it back in April. 🙂 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 📚🙌🏻 2y
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JessClark78
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‘Zeroville is the ultimate novel about the Movies, and the way we don‘t dream them but rather they dream us.‘

This was a highly interesting read. I wouldn‘t mind checking out the author‘s other books.
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Up next is Love Story.
#ThingsInCommon Love Story is one of the films being made in Zeroville.

DivineDiana I was not aware of this book. Sounds fascinating! Stacked. 3y
Clwojick Great match! 💖 3y
bthegood Thx for review, I had not heard of this book and it sounds interesting...stacked👍 3y
Nute Such an interesting post. Thought provoking statement about how we don‘t dream movies, they dream us.🤔 Definitely stacking! 3y
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Reviewsbylola
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I bought this book for two reasons—it‘s a Europa and the blurb mentions Charles Manson. Now that I‘m actually comprehending the blurb, I‘m not sure it‘s for me. Vikar is obsessed with the movies and moves to LA to live his passion. So intense is it that he has Elizabeth Taylor‘s likeness tattooed on his head. So yeah, I‘m going to say that he may be #justacreep. I may never actually find out, as that would require me to read the book. #nofemmeber

Billypar The blurb had the opposite effect on me- I used to be a pretty big film fan, so this actually sounds perfect! ☺️🎬 6y
Cinfhen I‘m not sure where I fall!!! It sounds fascinating but might be out of my reading comfort. I‘ll wait for you & @Billypar to give me the 411 6y
Centique This sounds like something @rohit-sawant or @Reggie might like! 6y
RohitSawant @Centique Definitely stacking this! 6y
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azulaco
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This book is very weird, in a great way. It reads like a bizarre insider‘s trip through cinema from the late sixties to the early eighties, if said insider was a weird and brilliant loner/film editor with exceptionally different thought processes. It‘s slyly funny, mostly due to the main character‘s lack of filter, no pun intended. I don‘t think the guy even realizes that filters exist. I was entertained and kept interested right up to the end.

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azulaco
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I just found out that Zeroville was made into a movie a couple of years ago. James Franco directed it, and also stars in it as Vikar. Their distribution deal fell through, so the movie hasn‘t been released yet, but I am so here for it when it comes out!

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azulaco
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Vikar has captured and tied up a burglar who tried to break into his house in Los Angeles. To set the scene, it‘s 1969. Vikar is white, with a shaved, tattooed head - *IN 1969*. Burglar is a black man with a huge Afro. They have this conversation while waiting for the police and watching Vikar‘s television 😂

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azulaco
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This book is very weird, and it‘s going fast, since the chapters are short (sometimes only a paragraph long). I like it a lot. Anyone still looking for a Z for #litsyAtoZ, this might do!

LauraJ I went with the author‘s last name for my #litsyAtoZ. Only up to “V”. Is this your last one? 7y
azulaco @LauraJ No, I‘m not going to finish, I think. I still haven‘t done X and Q, though I‘ve had the books all picked out since January. I just got sidetracked this year. Now, if I had two weeks off for Christmas vacation, like I did when I was a kid... 7y
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manifestsanity
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Zeroville is the best novel about movie love and moviemaking I have ever read. If film history or lore is important to you, read this beautiful, bizarre novel. It is an absurd work of art that made me laugh repeatedly and fall in love with its weirdo characters. This is punk rock dreamscape poetry with a conclusion that reads like a thriller. I can't recommend it more highly. Like floating on a cloud of pure cinema. Love, love, love!

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Tonton
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Coincidentally checked this out at the same time as Niceville. Oddly similar graphic design with head as focal point. Anyway Zeroville is wonderful, if you are serious movie fan, which I am.

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Yossarian
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This book was so weird! And good, but mostly weird. And since its a book about a guy who loves movies and goes to Hollywood to make movies, and gets Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor tattooed on his bald head, read it before you see the (James Franco/ Seth Rogan) movie!

Gayan This sound just like something I will love. Adding it to my TBR pile. 8y
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