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robert snyder, a look and a wish
cudos to any documentary film maker that challenges the very nature of that hum-drum world... Bob tried his best,but his own personality interfered.. But without him, there neve would have been anything on HM... He was a valued friend, confidant and a great person... So it's worth watching... Someone should get the miles of unused film out of the vaults and go forward.....

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Good film about a great writer.
This film is fun to watch for any Miller fan. It flows like one of his essays. He reads from his work, discusses philosophy with his friends, and strolls around his old Parisian haunts.

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A good watch for Miller lovers.
It's wonderful to watch and hear Miller on screen--he comes across as the coot you hoped him to be, and you get to know him more personally. The big problem with the film is that director, Robert Snyder, indulges Miller--the older Miller, insomniac, chasing Japanese girls; the Big Sur, guru-type, full-of-himself Miller--far too much. Unfortunately, Snyder seems to be the type of Miller devotee who takes the man at face value--that is, Snyder believes entirely in the image Miller was fond of projecting. There's no depth whatsoever to the film, no compelling questions are answered about Miller's real life and work, and the Miller initiate will find the documentary disappointing, as he will learn nothing about Miller beyond what the author has already said in his works. Though it's fun to watch as a document of Miller's voice and personality, it's rather too sycophantic and too shallow as a documentary.