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...Revenge of the Sith,” another comedy about mental powers, no doubt prepared him for this one—plays Bob Wilton, the reporter who ill-advisedly tags along with Clooney into American-occupied Iraq. Rounding out our star-studded ensemble is Kevin Spacey as Larry Hooper, Cassady??s rival from their training days, in what is essentially a cameo role...
...What is Cassady??s secret mission in Iraq? Does he really have psychic powers? What does the film have to say about modern America’s involvement in the Middle East? Alas, this movie is not the place to find answers to these questions, or pretty much any of the others posed by its premise. Answers would imply it is in the business of making sense, which it decidedly is not. There is a pretense of political parable—an honest Iraqi who shelters our heroes, a stereotypical condescending American contractor preparing to exploit a country...
...books in his collection, Bienvenu said his personal favorite is Neal Cassady??s autobiography “The First Third”. But he recommended Kerouac’s “The Dharma Bums” to other readers. “I think it provides the best account of the San Francisco Renaissance,” he wrote in an e-mail...
...days that shaped Kerouac’s life and writing. True to “Dean” form, Neal Cassady led a life of drinking and sex. He was recklessly unfaithful, and for a time “loaned” Carolyn out to his pal Kerouac. Apparently Cassady??s sexual escapades were not limited to womanizing, as his wife once inadvertently interrupted her husband in an intimate moment with Allen Ginsburg...
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