Title: Clinging to the past
Product review: Diner was a good movie. Avalon was a great movie. Tin Men was a very funny movie. Liberty Heights was a bit repetitive after Diner and Avalon, but good.Sixty-six is purely retread of already covered ground. We know Levinon grew up in Baltimore and we know he feels a very strong connection with it. But Levinson waxes so nostalgic about the power of Baltimore and the diner, that it bleeds into overkill.If you've never seen his movies, this book may appeal to you. But for those of you picking up this book because of his movies, he already put most of this book into his movies and this attempt at pulling a Forrest Gump here and having the turbulence of the 60s unfold around these diner folk seems added on.Character development here is in the form of dialogue and repetition of phrases here is grating.Mr. Levinson, we understand, you enjoyed your time growing up in Baltimore. Great, we're happy for you. Got anything else?
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