My Year of Flops: The A.V. Club Presents One Man's Journey Deep into the Heart of Cinematic FailureSimon and Schuster, 2010 M10 19 - 288 pages In 2007, Nathan Rabin set out to provide a revisionist look at the history of cinematic failure on a weekly basis. What began as a solitary ramble through the nooks and crannies of pop culture evolved into a way of life. My Year Of Flops collects dozens of the best-loved entries from the A.V. Club column along with bonus interviews and fifteen brand-new entries covering everything from notorious flops like The Cable Guy and Last Action Hero to bizarre obscurities like Glory Road, Johnny Cash’s poignantly homemade tribute to Jesus. Driven by a unique combination of sympathy and Schadenfreude, My Year Of Flops is an unforgettable tribute to cinematic losers, beautiful and otherwise. |
Contents
Gospel Road | 27 |
The Cable Guy | 40 |
Freddy Got Fingered | 46 |
Postal | 69 |
Musical Misfires And Misunderstood | 82 |
The Apple | 90 |
Rent | 96 |
Its A Bird Its A plane Its A Flop superheroes | 114 |
How Do You Solve A Problem Like Lolita? BookExclusive | 165 |
My year Of Flops Jr you Know For Kids | 175 |
Santa Claus The Movie | 182 |
The Floppiest Flops | 191 |
Paint Your Wagon | 197 |
Cruising | 207 |
AnimalAbusing StudioWrecking CareerKilling Case | 214 |
Psycho | 224 |
Southland Tales | 121 |
Hulk | 127 |
Unsexy sexy Films | 140 |
Body Of Evidence | 147 |
Tough Guys Dont Dance | 155 |
A FairyTale Ending Or Manic Pixie Dream Girls | 235 |
Elizabethtown | 244 |
An Afterword | 250 |
Acknowledgments | 263 |
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