Jan 12, 2015 provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises the barney boogie barney the barney boogie. Barney s version is adapted from the bestselling book by mordecai richler, a story constructed in a specific manner that reflects the horrifying change in the. He recalls drinking with boogie and their going for a swim. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. I read mordecais barney s version and i saw the movie. The film was nominated for the golden lion at the 67th venice international film festival. Barney s version by michael konyves based on the novel by mordecai richler. Bernard boogie moscovitch this is barney s best friend who betrays him in the book and sleeps with his wife. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading barney s version vintage international. Charged with comic energy and a steely disregard for any pieties whatsoever, barney s version is a major richler novel, the most personal and feeling book of a long and distinguished career. What disturbs me most about mordecai richlers 1997 novel, barney s version, now available in a new paperback edition as well as a major motion picture with paul giamatti, is that it took me almost 15 years to get around to reading it. So you think kids in the hall and saturday night live.
Richler assumes the reader is wellread, and this is challenging for some me. Barney s version is a 2010 canadian comedydrama film directed by richard j. This summary of barneys version includes a complete plot overview spoilers included. Barneys version vintage international kindle edition by. Told in the first person, it gives us the life and what a life. The film spans several decades showing us the life of a man named barney panofsky.
Barney s version this book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. Speedman, the toronto native who plays barney s friend boogie. Provided to youtube by the orchard enterprises the barney boogie barney the barney boogie. Unlike the endless grey parade of books set in historical smalltown ontario that are constantly taking top literary prizes in canada, barney s version struggles with the here and now. When michael asks barneys lawyer if his father had murdered boogie, the lawyer.
Barneys version is a smart, wellacted two hours at the art house, full of witty observations and fellow feeling. Of our contemporary satirists, mordecai richler is considered one of the greatest. Based on mordecai richlers award winning novel his last and, arguably, best barney s version is the warm, wise and witty story of the politically incorrect life of barney panofsky. Before his brain began to shrink, barney panofsky clung to two ch. Barney, the titular protagonist, is trying to proclaim his innocence both of the crime of murdering his friend boogie for which he had been acquitted, by the law and of the more general charge of being a bastard and a sycophant. Were considering expanding this synopsis into a fulllength study guide to deepen your comprehension of the book and why its important. Barneys story is told in retrospect, in the form of a response to a book written by a cop who is convinced barney murdered his best friend. What about this book is satirical and what or who is his target. Barney s version is a narrative, where the protagonist gives a summary of his life and what he has achieved so far. It\ s time, barney decides, to present the world with his own version of events. Barneys version by mordecai richler, paperback barnes. Italians loved barneys version the book and now the. I read mordecai s barney s version and i saw the movie.
Barney s version is the story of the politically incorrect life of barney panofsky, who meets the love of his life miriam at his wedding and she is not the bride. Both are excellent even though i enjoyed the book more than its cinematic version. Its time, barney decides, to present the world with his own version of events. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Barney s manuscript is littered with mistaken allusions to film, literature, and thencurrent events, which his son michael notes and corrects with footnotes. I cant really describe it any other way, it feels like an american film, mostly because it s not a documentary or directed by paul gross.
Barneys version cuts to the core of mans foibles and strivings. Barneys guilt and grief over his role in boogies disappearance, his jealousy over the literary stardom of another paris acquaintance, terry mciver, and his. I must note that it is not difficult to notice the similarity between mordecais barney s version and bellows masterpiece herzog, both in terms of the protagonist and in terms of the writing style. Do you take this as being ironic or sincerely his belief. I must note that it is not difficult to notice the similarity between mordecai s barney s version and bellow s masterpiece herzog, both in terms of the protagonist and in terms of the writing style. Barney s version is an autobiographical account written in old age, and annotated with footnotes by his priggish and obsessive son. This book is an intelligent, tremendously entertaining read. How does the final scene of the book influence your answer. Barneys version vintage international mordecai richler, michael panofsky on. Barney pours himself more scotch and continues reading. Through the rest of the book, barney continues to hope that boogie will show up again.
Scott speedman twitches persuasively as boogie, barney s gifted, drugaddicted best friend, and. Barney s version 9780679404187 by mordecai richler and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Barney s version is a canadian film that feels american. Barney panovsky, whose meandering memoirs make up all but the final section of this novel, is the latest in a long line of richlers ostensibly unsympathetic heroes.
Barneys version is richlers giller prize winning version of saul bellows national book award winning classic, herzog. In the movie, towards the end, barney realizes that boogie was snatched from the. A candid confessional, told from barney s point of view, the film spans three decades and two continents, taking us. The book is narrated by the aged and mentally faltering barney, and much of its charm is in the fact that the reader cannot fully trust the version being recounted by a narrator who is suffering from dementia. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. I read barney s version the novel because i loved the movie. Lewis, based on the novel of the same name by mordecai richler. Charged with comic energy and a steely disregard for any pieties whatsoever, barney s version is a major richler novel, the most personal and feeling book of a. Huggo spanning more than three decades, barney s version is the eponymous, acidic, and selfcentred canadian television producer barney panofskys. Though there is no body, police suspect murder, and. The questions, discussion topics, and reading list that follow are intended to enhance your reading groups discussion of mordecai richlers hilarious novel, barney s version, which is soon to be a major motion picture. Dec 23, 2010 the single greatest feat of barneys version may lie in pulling a cohesive screenplay out of mordecai richlers shaggy horndog of a novel. Told in the first person, it gives us the life and what. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search.
Italians loved barney s version the book and now the movie too. Underlying the story of barney s three marriages is the mysterious disappearance of his friend boogie. Overflowing with narrative and character invention, hilariously funny, profoundly sad, and everything in between, the book tracks a rogue s adventures from his. Taking place in montreal, barney is a hard drinking, hard smoking, foul mouthed, confused writer and producer, who is given up life struggles with numerous obstacles as the story goes on and nothing seems to be going his way. Jan 27, 2011 the bigbudget film adaptation of richler s final novel, barney s version, has brought with it an avalanche of new vintage paperbacks, with paul giamatti smirking wryly from the peak of a stacked. But when his sworn enemy publicly states that barney is a wife abuser, an intellectual fraud and probably a murderer, he is driven to write his own memoirs. Underlying the story of barneys three marriages is the mysterious disappearance of his friend boogie. Jesus, boogie, stop dicking around and finish your book already. Ebullient and perverse, thrice married, barney panofsky has always clung to two cherished beliefs. When he awakes, boogie is missing, and barney is suspected of killing him. Barneys version is based upon the novel of the same name by mordecai richler. He is wealthy and basically has everything he has ever. Barneys version by mordecai richler overdrive rakuten.
Barneys version of events may be viewed as that of two unreliable narrators, in that his recollections are told from varying mental states and then posthumously edited by his son. The single greatest feat of barneys version may lie in pulling a cohesive screenplay out of mordecai richlers shaggy horndog of a novel. With barneys version richlers outsider has become an insider not. The story is written as if it is an autobiography by barney panofsky recounting his life in varying detail. That alone gets points in my book, are we as a country finally getting things right in the movie making business.
With barney s version richlers outsider has become an insider not that it makes this novels protagonist any happier. Barney s version of events may be viewed as that of two unreliable narrators, in that his recollections are told from varying mental states and then posthumously edited by his son. Lewis, takes on the challenge of adapting mordecai richler s unruly onslaught of a final novel. Also, the movie barney is not nearly unlikeable enough. Dec 03, 2010 barneys version stars paul giamatti in an adaptation of a book by mordecai richler. The protagonist of mordecai richlers novel is rambling, forgetful and may be a. Feb 04, 2011 barneys version is a smart, wellacted two hours at the art house, full of witty observations and fellow feeling. He is arrested for the murder, but is released, partly because no body was found.
Dec 30, 20 this feature is not available right now. Lantos owned the rights and got a friend, the canadian theater impresario garth h. Barney \ s version is his memoir, a rambling, digressive rant, full of revisions and factual errors corrected in footnotes written by his son and enough insults for everyone, particularly vegetarians and quebec separatists. The individual effect of barney s three closest buddies boogie, leo and cedric on his marriages is also shown. It s time, barney decides, to present the world with his own version of events. It has everything you could want from a novelhumor and poignancy, complexity and passion, eloquence and. Barneys version barneys version is a narrative, where the protagonist gives a summary of his life and what he has achieved so far. Barneys version by michael konyves based on the novel by. Barney s version is his memoir, a rambling, digressive rant, full of revisions and factual errors corrected in footnotes written by his son and enough insults for everyone, particularly vegetarians and quebec separatists. The barney boogie is the thirteenth us studio album from barney, released on cd and cassette on march 9, 2004 under koch records and hit entertainment it was released the same day as the home video, movin and groovin and shares the name of the song of the same name, which is the first song on the album. He also receives a message earlier from barney s wife that he was suppose to give to barney but didnt leaving his wife to kill herself.
Barney deserves everything he gets in life, except perhaps the final cruelty imposed upon him, as it unfolds in relation to boogie. The movie doesnt even try to capture that same ambiguity. Subsequently, this turns out to be intentional on barney s part to make michael, who he thinks to be insufficiently literate, read all those books. The story is told through a series of flashbacks after we learn a detective has written a book accusing barney of killing his best friend boogie scott speedman. After falling in love with barney s version, the only book he has ever read twice, he discovered that mr. Based on mordecai richler s award winning novel his last and, arguably, best barney s version is the warm, wise and witty story of the politically incorrect life of barney panofsky. Dec 21, 2011 charged with comic energy and a steely disregard for any pieties whatsoever, barney s version is a major richler novel, the most personal and feeling book of a long and distinguished career. Charged with comic energy and a steely disregard for any pieties whatsoever, barneys version is a major richler novel, the most personal and feeling book of a long and distinguished career. The barney of barneys version, mordecai richlers 10th novel, learned to tap dance. Robert lantos adapts barneys version for screen the. Scott speedman twitches persuasively as boogie, barneys gifted, drugaddicted best friend, and. This summary of barney s version includes a complete plot overview spoilers included.
Barney s version is probably one of the most problematic films youll ever see me fully recommend. Barneys version is an autobiographical account written in old age, and annotated with footnotes by his priggish and obsessive son. Unlike the original album, all the songs on this album were taken from the home video movin and groovin with the barney boogie added in the end. A candid confessional, told from barney s point of view, the film spans three decades and two continents, taking us through the different acts of his unusual history. Barney s version stars paul giamatti in an adaptation of a book by mordecai richler. He has a drunken argument with boogie and passes out on the dock, as boogie falls into the lake. It is barney s side of the murder and his life, and it leads up to and devolves from that fateful evening when, far from being angry, he felt joy in a bedroom scene that would be his ticket to live with miriam. Barney s version vintage international kindle edition by mordecai richler, michael panofsky. A good, at times better, canadian cover version of an american favorite. In his novel barneys version 1997, mordecai richler uses layers of narrative to create an unreliable reality cloaked in a selfserving autobiography as an old man recounts his life while battling mental lapses and old age. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. In part, barney s version, talks about becoming older and eventually.
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