The Long Take
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Walker, a young Canadian recently demobilised after war and his active service in the Normandy landings and subsequent European operations. Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, and unable to face a return to his family home in rural Nova Scotia, he goes in search of freedom, change, anonymity and repair. We follow Walker through a sequence of poems as he moves through post-war American cities of New York, Los Angles and San Francisco.
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3.5, so maybe I should give an extra star. I was wnated more of the city planning/social justice thread that ran through, really enjoyed his use of space (and the map), and how he connected these to film, although my appreciation was hampered by lack of knowledge about the films referenced. I was frustrated/annoyed with the introduction of the prisoner of war massacre by the Hitlerjungen. Suspect I was missing something, but found that final chapter really frustrating as a result.
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I absolutely thought this was going to be some film noir thing and it is really not. It's traumatized homeless military veterans and Los Angeles in the 50s and 60s. Hard drinking and film. But in verse.
