viernes, 10 de octubre de 2014

Gone Girl

Gone Girl, the major Hollywood movie based on Gillian Flynn's 2012 novel, opens in Spain today. The film, directed by David Fincher (Seven, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button) has received mostly good reviews. The novel, which was #1 of the prestigious New York Times Bestsellers list for 8 weeks, is an excellent piece of entertainment, a real page-turner. Nick and Amy Dunne seem like the perfect couple, but then Amy disappears and there's a lot of incriminating evidence against Nick. Did he kill his wife?


Interestingly, the film release has sparked some controversy on whether Amy is a feminist or the story can provoke a misogynistic reaction. To learn more read this piece in The Guardian (spolier alert: the whole plot is outlined). It has a curious word that you will probably never use, 'mansplain', whose meaning is explained here. There's also a reference to Amy's 'Cool Girl' diatribe, which you can read here.

Gone Girl was in our recommended readings list last year and is available at our library.

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