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Impossible to Say: A Review of Glantz (2025) by Tobias Ryan
By Jay Innis Murray As I think about works that are similar to Glantz, the troublingly great novella by Tobias Ryan, some novels by Saramago come to mind, but the itch I cannot scratch away is the script from Alfred Hitchcock’s Frenzy, a film about bars and apartment buildings and killers walking around in neckties.… Continue reading
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A Review of The Haunted Screen (2024) by JM Tyree
By Jay Innis Murray I remember the first time I watched Vertigo. My parents owned an MCA Home Video VHS copy of it. I was thirteen, according to my notebook of the era. I think that’s reliable. Even then, I loved movies that looked deep into obsession and pulled things out of the muck. God… Continue reading
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Watching Spielberg 1: Ten Screenshots from Steven Spielberg’s Duel
The 1955 Peterbilt truck has a big snout and a wide grin. Since the face of the driver is never shown, the front of the truck becomes the face of the villain. Aggressive & obsessed. Though it is an old machine, the truck has unstoppable energy. Dave’s Plymouth Valiant is a bright red. A color… Continue reading
About Talking Big
All posts by Jay Innis Murray.
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Recent Posts
- The Object That Could Speak: A Review of The Wax Child (2025) by Olga Ravn.
- Impossible to Say: A Review of Glantz (2025) by Tobias Ryan
- A Review of The Ten Year Affair by Erin Somers
- Stealing Einstein’s Underpants – A Review of The Delegation (2025) by Avner Landes
- A Review of On the Calculation of Volume 1 (2024) by Solvej Balle
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