Title: A wonderful exploration of novels and their impact
Review: "Stone Reader" was one of my favorite documentaries of 2003.Salinger's Holden Caulfied says something to the effect that you know that a book is truly great when you wish the author were a friend so that you could call him up and quiz him on the details of the story. Mark Moskowitz clearly felt that Dow Mossman's "Stones of Summer" was a novel of that stature and so didn't give up on his quest until he could have those conversations for himself.I found Moskowitz's passion and some of his discoveries along the way interesting and in some cases, quite moving. (Whether or not the book "Stones of Summer" is any good is an entirely separate issue for me.)There are some very strange things going on with the reviews down below, which I won't bother commenting on except to say that some folks have clearly decided to try to impact this film negatively in a way that bewilders me.
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