Attention, Please! Your Book Is Calling

Attention, Please! Your Book Is Calling 1

Alex Williamson for The Chronicle Review

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Alex Williamson for The Chronicle Review

My favorite scene in Barry Levinson's movie What Just Happened takes place during an elevator ride as a couple leaves therapy designed to help them "feel better" about their impending divorce. When his cellphone interrupts a post-therapy squabble, Robert De Niro's character—a perpetually multitasking Hollywood producer—tenses his perfectly stubbled jaw and pauses. A battle rages within him for a few seconds. But when the elevator opens, he emerges victorious, having

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