I lost it at the movies cover

I lost it at the movies

by Pauline Kael

Discusses films such as On the waterfront, East of Eden, Blackboard jungle, Room at the top, Look back in anger, The entertainer, Sons and lovers, Saturday night and Sunday morning, Hud, The earrings of Madame de ..., The golden coach, Smiles of a summer night, La grande illusion, Forbidden games, Shoeshine, Beggar's opera, The seven samurai, Breathless, The cousins, West Side story, L'Avventura, One, two, three, The mark, Kagi, The innocents, A view from the bridge, The day the earth caught fire, La Notte, Last year at Marienbad, La dolce vita, A taste of honey, Victim, Lolita, Shoot the piano player, Jules and Jim, Adventures of a young man, Fires on the plain, Billy Budd, Yojimbo, Devi, 8 1/2, and others.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?