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Title: Robert Mitchum : "Baby I Don't Care" by Lee Server ISBN: 0-312-28543-4 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin Pub. Date: 06 March, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (25 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Robert Mitchum's Persona - A Tough Call
Comment: One wonders what Robert Mitchum's reaction would have been to this ambivalent, highly-detailed account of a life that was sadly convoluted and, at the same time, humorous in aspect. If Mitchum were alive today, the hope is the author wouldn't have frequented many of this controversial star's watering holes/pubs. What may best summarize this very detailed bio is the ominous tattoo on Mitchum's fingers in "Night of The Hunter": LOVE - HATE...or was it GOOD - EVIL? Either would apply in trying to sum up the reader's feelings at the end of this sizeable tome.
Although I enjoyed his films tremendously, this book would probably elicit a "To hell with this noise" response from Mitchum if he was indeed around today. He seemed to have signed off on his sensibilities and decency way too early in life, in spite of the traumas of his abysmal childhood. Typical example: The description of his autograph signature to an admittedly intrusive Aussie: "F--- you. Kirk Douglas". Is this the same actor who portrays such a sense of decency and integrity in "The Lusty Men" and "Rachel and The Stranger"?
It's painfully obvious that Mitchum wasn't one to "suffer fools lightly". But in doing so, he often played the fool himself. In spite of obviously not caring, it's certainly a considerable achievement to have held it together and even survived to the age of 80 in compiling such an extensive filmic legacy.
Rating: 5
Summary: One of the best biographies I've ever read!
Comment: I can't say I was a big fan of Robert Mitchum's before I read this book. I bought it based on the reviews, and because I'm always on the lookout for a good biography. I hit the jackpot on this one. Lee Server's portrait of Mitchum left me feeling I knew him intimately. I found myself laughing out loud many times on the train to work at Mitchum's hilarious comments on the absurd world of show biz. Server interviewed zillions of people who knew Mitchum to draw a consistent and thoroughly convincing portrait of a man who was both sensitive and caring, and obnoxious - even dangerous - when he boozed it up, which was most of the time, it seems. Anyway, I can only say this ranks as probably the most entertaining biography I have ever read ... it ranks right up there with Scott Berg's biographies of Lindbergh and Hemmingway.
Rating: 1
Summary: Horrible, Absolutely Horrible
Comment: This is a terrible book. The author does a terrible job of making anything about Robert Mitchum's life seem interesting or worth reading. And whoever edited this book should immediately be fired. For instance, Eglin Air Force Base near Pensacola, FL is not spelled "Egland" - I know because I was born there. There are many other errors of this kind throughout the book (for instance when the author calls Mitchum's son "Josh" instead of "Jim") that totally detract from the readibility and smoothness and veracity of the book. And it's one boring page after another of movie details that have no releveance to Mitchum's life. Check it out from the library if you must read it but definitly DON"T BUY IT! Better yet, just go rent some of his movies - you'll see that Robert Mitchum truly was one of the greatest actors of all time.
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