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Stone Reader (2002) Three-Disc Limited Edition

by movieworld on March 18th, 2016 at 13:48

Posted In: .Other movies, Documentary, Drama

This documentary has all the elements of a drama. There's obsession, intrigue, mystery and suspense. There's a missing man and a quest to find him. There's humour in the face of this arduous task. But on top of all this the most intriguing element of this film is... a book? In creating Stone Reader, director Mark Moskowitz has constructed a documentary tribute to one of his favourite novels. Moskowitz is an avid reader, and after reading the 1972 novel The Stones of Summer by Dow Mossman, he begins searching for the rest of the author's catalogue. When he discovers that Mossman never wrote another book after this spectacular debut (one that many in the film call "genius"), he sets out to determine what happened. How could such a gifted writer just disappear? It takes awhile for him to get going (he spends a lot of time talking about how he might approach looking for Mossman before taking any action), but finally he starts tracking down people who might be able to lead him in the right direction. By the end, the suspense is building around the mythic figure of the long-lost author. Is he still alive and will the director ever find him? This is a rough looking documentary that is mostly just a pet project for the director, but it's also a tale of a man who is so passionate about something that he can't stop looking for it. At times the excessive amount of interviews with people who have nothing to do with Mossman, or the path to find him, gets tedious (does he really need to talk to the guy who designed the book jacket?), but for those who, after reading a good book, feel like they've developed a relationship with the author, the quest to find Dow Mossman will be fulfilling.

2 x DVD9 + DVD5 | NTSC 16:9 | 02:09:07 | 6.63 Gb + 7.84 Gb + 4.24 Gb + 3% rec
Language: English
Subtitles: none
Genre: Documentary, Drama

Edition Details:

DISC 1:
• Full, un-cut, 127 min. theatrical release
• Full-length feature commentary with Mark Moskowitz and Dow Mossman
• Book Lists and Weblinks for readers

DISC 2:
• Betty Kelly, Dow MossmanТs original editor
• Janet Maslin on-stage interview with director Mark Moskowitz
• Roger Ebert leads Q&A on Stone Reader with Mark, Dow, and others
• William F. Buckley interviews Leslie Fiedler (1974 Firing Line)
• A look at Henry Roth: Connections across time (produced especially for this DVD)
• Further Conversations: Frank Conroy, Robert Gottlieb, and others from the movie, including the full Leslie Fiedler interview
• 5 Deleted Scenes
• A.S. Byatt talks with Toni Morrison (rare, archival)
• Post-screening discussion. 5 writers (Louis Bayard, Tom Carson, Jordan Ellenberg, Matt Klam, Gary Krist, Robert Nedelkoff) discuss the book and movie after a screening
• What Happened Next?: 30-minute featurette with interviews, behind-the-scenes footage, and more lost books from the movieТs theatrical tour
• Theatrical Trailer

DISC 3:
• Exclusive to THIS edition only: More than 1 hour of Dow Mossman, then, now, and elsewhere. Includes much original film from Mark's first visit, plus DowТs re-union after 33 years with his professor, Bill Murray; Dow meeting New York Times reviewer John Seelye for the first time, Q&A at the University of Iowa, and offbeat tidbits.