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06/24/06
The Stone Reader (2003)
81 %
Reviews Counted: 64 Fresh: 52 Rotten:12 Average Rating: 7.1/10
Consensus:
This fascinating documentary will be of most interest to those who read and write for a living.
Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins
Synopsis: In this labor-of-love documentary, director-writer-producer Mark Moskowitz tackles a project he had been wanting to pursue since he was 18 years old. In 1972 he read a New York Times book review of THE STONES OF SUMMER by Dow Mossman, a title which would later became an object of obsession for... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
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11/01/07
You're not likely to see a more impassioned and heartfelt tribute to the joy of reading.
02/21/04
Loved the discovery, but hated the man’s forcing of himself on the project.
02/11/04
It is about that almost mystical connection between authors and their readers.
01/14/04
Stone Reader is in many ways an undisciplined home movie ... But that's OK. Little by little Moskowitz builds his airtight case that reading matters.
10/24/03
Just as in a good read, the point is more in the journey than the destination.
10/09/03
Failure can take an enormous toll on a writer, but success sometimes can be just as brutal.
10/06/03
This filmed travelogue, a cinematic one-man's-diary -- or whatever you care to call it -- never really gives a reason for the audience to care about its subjects or its central thesis.
09/20/03
This navel-gazing documentary is too much about Moskowitz and not enough about the object of his obsession.
09/19/03
It's an intimate look at the gears inside one person's head and a study of how an obsession, when handled judiciously, can be enlightening.
09/18/03
As personal memoir, a story of men and the books that bind them, it's fairly complex but verges on maudlin.
08/27/03
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