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Humphrey Bogart. Twardziel Bez Broni (2011)

by Stefan Kanfer(Favorite Author)

3.46 of 5 Votes: 3

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review 1: I’ve never had a huge interest in Humphrey Bogart, to be perfectly honest, although I’ve generally liked his films, but I was in the mood for a piece of cinema biography, and Kanzer’s book had been well reviewed. The typeface and setting on my Faber edition of the book wasn’t great, though, and made reading it more difficult than it should have been, but I finished it admiring Bogart more than I had at the beginning – which is always good – and understanding him more as well, which is even better. He was generally, as P.G. Wodehouse might have put it, a good egg, and a better actor than some give him credit for. He himself admitted that he made “more lousy pictures than any actor in history,” but the mark of greatness is that you can still be good when surr... moreounded by mediocrity, and Bogart managed that more often than not. He knew that he owed his public a good performance, and he tried to give that in every film. It’s a simple motto to live by, but a hard one to live up to: Do Your Best.
review 2: A fascinating look at a fascinating life. Kanfer doesn't claim to have written the ultimate biography of Bogart; indeed, he cites a couple of other volumes for their completeness and scope. What he's after here is some explanation of why Humphrey Bogart experienced his late life success and why he continues to be one of the indelible male images of American cinema.I thoroughly enjoyed both learning more of the facts of Bogie's life and Kanfer's interpretation of how that life became "the extraordinary afterlife" of Humphrey Bogart. There are plenty of engaging anecdotes, some well-done film criticism, and just enough social critique to show how this man was uniquely qualified to address and impact his times.If you are a fan of Bogie, the symbol, give this book a read to discover Bogart, the man, and how the two intersect. less

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