HBO Documentary Films: Public Speaking - A Conversation w/ Fran Lebowitz (HBO)

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[arcticstroke93]

I want to be friends with her !

[Saternoc]

Wow I seem to agree with her on everything!

[livingdeadgrl18]

God, I love her!

[netu1987]

Hey there! Have you thought about the book Public Speaking for Frankenstein ? I got some great techniques from it and could then did a speech without fear.

[stinabeib]

Wow, this woman is really cocky. I have never heard of her until I looked up this trailer because it's a film by Martin Scorsese.

I'm always fascinated to listen to intelligent thinkers, but it totally ruins it for me when they're overly arrogant. I'm going to watch it anyways, partly to see if there is indeed a valid reason for this arrogance.

[PublicSpeakingTruth]

A different but valid view of public speaking

[mrlopez2681]

@Glodean6360 - I suppose it's a bit of a wasted opportunity if one requires an A&E style Biography episode about her, but one can find out everything one needs to know about Ms. Lebowitz from the film. I think Scorsese did it in a straight forward way to showcase Fran, rather than himself. I found that the "Taxi Driver" footage took care of 2 things - it illustrated the things Fran was talking about at that moment in the film, & showed a checker, which I think was only secondary.

[Glodean6360]

@mrlopez2681 well, actually the footage from "Taxi Driver" is a nod to both the car that Fran owns (a checker) but more importantly it puts Martin Scorcese - the filmmaker making the film - into the story which is kinda tacky because he doesn't add much. Fran Lebowitz writes so little and is interviewed so little that this "conversation" is a bit of a wasted opportunity to find out more about her.

[captainDread]

A random comment, lost somewhere in my browsing history, stating that Lebowitz reminded the commenter of a less sardonic George Carlin made me want to watch the doc. Afterwards I agree she might be less sardonic, but she's no Carlin. Not even close! Carlin's cynicism was motivated by disappointment with western society as the humanist he ultimately was. And it shone through. Lebowitz's observations just seem motivated by unabashed nostalgia. It doesn't seem very enlightened or enlightening.