I happened across the film based on this book (also written and directed by Dito Montiel) on OnDemand last month, and decided to stop and watch it because Robert Downey Jr. is so awesome and Channing Tatum is not especially talented, but very VERY pretty. Much more significant if you grew up in a NYC bourough or want to understand what it is like - the audio of the book is also excellent, I thought this book was really good. If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. A moving memoir about the hardest physical and emotional difficulties in the process of a mother fighting and winning breast cancer. Reviewed in the United States on September 28, 2012. Données Personnelles | It draws you in right away. Refresh and try again. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Noté /5. It has great moments, especially all of the stuff from his adolescent days in Astoria. I really liked the movie so I ordered the book. Politique de cookies | Pour écrire un commentaire, identifiez-vous. Super film bonne ambiance avec de tres bon acteurs. The book isn’t even like an ongoing story or plot, each chapter is a beautiful story of a “saint” and the many adventures they take you on. Je savais que je devais voir ce film à tout prix. I bought it, along with the DVD of the film adaptation, at the same time on Amazon. It sounds like he dictated this into a tape recorder and had someone transcribe his musings. ©AlloCiné, Retrouvez tous les horaires et infos de votre cinéma sur le numéro AlloCiné : 0 892 892 892 (0,34€/minute). Brilliance with words. Be the first to ask a question about A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints. Man, does Dito Montiel have talent. C’est dans ces rues où il a grandi, qu’il va retrouver ses anciens camarades - tout du moins ceux qui ne sont pas en prison ou morts assassinés - et son ancien amour d’enfance, Laurie. As his friends end up dead, on drugs, or in prison. In his rambling memoir of growing up in the 1970s and '80s in a tough Queens neighborhood, he escapes to the East Village to emerge as a Calvin Klein underwear model and lead singer of the punk band Gutterboy. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Seems like he thought he was awesome as a kid, whereas most of us probably thought he was annoying and wished he would go away. Le film a quand même du mal à décoller et semble trop court pour exploiter pleinement son histoire. Joel Crawford, Contact | In fairness, I was listening to this on CD and not reading the book. Raw, wild, uniquely his talent. Dito Montiel wrote a memoir that recalls his rock and roll start in the streets of New York. We’d love your help. And it really is that simple. Unable to add item to List. Unleash The Gift of Your Full Potential & Kick your confidence into high gear! I appreciate his attempt to be nostalgic and the theme of coming to terms with your coming-of-age experiences, but more often than not, his writing is noticibly self-indulgent. Several Kerouac-like road trips feature the thrill and beauty of being "crazy high" in a non-New York world. I read A Guide to Recognizing your Saints by Dito Montiel a couple of years ago. The film has Rosario Dawson, Channing Tatum, Shia LaBeouf, and playing the older version of the title character, Robert Downey Jr. Tail? I really liked the movie version of "Saints" for its gutsy portrayal of Dito's experience coming of age in Astoria. Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's fulfillment centers, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products. ce film est intéressant au moins pour la performance de cet acteur. At 14 Dito watched as his best friend and surrogate older brother, Antonio, beat another kid to death with a baseball bat during a gang fight. Retrouvez A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints et des millions de livres en stock sur Amazon.fr. Scénario bien ficelé, qui a tendance à s'apparenter à l'excellent Sleepers, le réalisme en plus. I was fairly pleased with the movie, though it is nothing particularly new or innovative--it is the story of young Dito Montiel (played by a surprisingly talented Shia LaBouf) growing up in a tough neighborhood in New York, and also the story of adult Dito (RDJ) returning many years after fleeing the violence and dead-end fates that he and his friends were destined for if they stayed. Note that the movie and the book have absolutely nothing in common. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. I liked the movie very much, but the book is quite different.

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