Kafka

Steven Soderbergh's follow-up to the hugely successful SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE is a dark thriller that follows a fictionalized realization of the influential writer Franz Kafka. Set in the early 20th century, the film begins with Kafka (Jeremy Irons) as a reclusive aspiring writer who works as a clerk in a huge, impersonal insurance company. When a colleague disappears under mysterious circumstances, Kafka's search for him leads him to an underworld of evil and corruption. At first he encounters Gabriela (Theresa Russell), a mysterious coworker who attempts to recruit him into her underground revolutionary organization, but his extreme sense of individuality won't allow him to join their group. As the days progress and Kafka receives the promotion that was intended for his colleague, his search leads him to a guarded mansion that turns out to be the cause of the city's rash of recent deaths. Soderbergh shoots KAFKA in an atmospheric black and white that adds tension to the already edgy mystery, shifting ...

Book Review: The Unconsoled by Kazuo Ishiguro

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The most prominent description in most reviews of Kazuo Ishiguro's The Unconsoled is that it is "surreal" or "Kafka-esque."  I am embarrassed to admit to the world that I have never read anything by Kafka and didn't see the movie with Jeremy Irons.  But I have ...

Amazon.com: Reviews for Microwave Gourmet

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Microwave Gourmet is a well written paperback by Barbara Kafka. Read what the buyers have to say about this book.