Mostly a puff piece, slim on insight.

I wouldn't mind being Stanley Kubrick's friend and taking his long phone calls. He would undoubtedly be able to convince me to work with him without my agent knowing about it. But he is not my friend, nor did he asked me to work with him. Still, I can imagine such a life just by reading Michael Herr's wonderful little homage to Kubrick.

There are tons of books out there discussing the film director and his work. But a very few that are imbued with sincere love and admiration for the man, from an intimate angle. This book, alongside his widow's photo biography and the more recent memoirs of his personal assistant, belongs to the latter category. Which is why I absolutely adore every word of it. What a wonderful treasure.

This was a very interesting book.