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The Remarkable Michael Reeves: His Short and Tragic Life
  
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The Remarkable Michael Reeves: His Short and Tragic Life (Paperback)

by John B. Murray (Author)
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  • Paperback: 392 pages
  • Publisher: Cinematics Publishing (15 Aug 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0951179314
  • ISBN-13: 978-0951179314
  • Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,980,600 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The Spectator, 18 January 2003 (Patrick Boyle)
There is no question in Murray's mind that Reeves was some sort of genius and doubtless should be up there with the 100 Greatest Britons.

Sight and Sound, November 2002 (Philip Kemp)
Widely mourned as the great lost genius of British cinema... Murray here gives us the first biography of the tragically short-lived director.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very moving story, 14 Oct 2004
This review is from: The Remarkable Michael Reeves: His Short and Tragic Life (Paperback)
A friend gave me this book to read. I had never heard of Michael Reeves. It is one of the most moving books I have ever read. The waste of this fragile, brilliant young man is a very moving story, beautifully told.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Review by D.M. Warner from Amazon.com, 11 September 2008 (copied with Mr. Warner's permission), 13 Sep 2008
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This review is from: The Remarkable Michael Reeves: His Short and Tragic Life (Paperback)
Taking a quote from one of the principal actors, Ian Ogilvy, in the cinematic classic, Witchfinder General, "We've got a job to do and we'll go on until we've done it", the author of this book, John B. Murray, has done just that. This is the story of the brief, remarkable, but tragic life of British Director Michael Reeves, Horror's James Dean. Like Dean, Reeves was to spearhead the new crop of the modern director as Dean would do similarly on the acting side. Both left behind a small but impressive resume of work, but unfortunately, unlike Dean, Reeves left behind no apparent proteges, although some film scholars would argue the point. Both died tragically at a young age, but both accomplished in their brief existence, much more than what any one person would or could hope to accomplish in an otherwise extended lifetime, assuring both a cult status. This book serves as an unauthorized biography of sorts, but were Mr. Reeves alive today, I am sure it would receive his stamp of approval. Through obvious exhaustive research, involving as many of the main players in Michael's life as possible, especially his boyhood friend and lead actor in all 3 of his movies, Ian Ogilvy, Murray has constructed a literary masterpiece. From the opening page to the close, you will be hard pressed to put down this book. Rather than imbue his own personal feelings on the subject matter, Murray, the author instead relies upon the interviews and factual information at his disposal to paint an extroardinary canvas of the Director's life and accomplishments, distancing hisself from a critical but rather instead a casual and informative approach. In closing, Mr. Murray has achieved what many others have strived for but failed in their attempts to achieve. He has successfully documented the life of a great, compelling and visionary genius. In short, this is nothing more than a literary love letter to an immense talent that was taken from the world much too soon. I loved this book, and should you purchase and read it, you will as well. Thank You Mr. Murray.
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