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Stephen Poliakoff

Author of Shooting the Past [1999 TV movie]

52 Works 349 Members 18 Reviews

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Works by Stephen Poliakoff

Shooting the Past [1999 TV movie] (1999) — Director — 26 copies
The Lost Prince [2003 TV movie] (2003) — Director — 25 copies
Glorious 39 [2009 film] (2009) — Director — 21 copies
Shooting the Past [script] (1999) 19 copies
Close My Eyes [1991 film] (1991) 13 copies
Perfect Strangers [2001 TV mini series] (2001) — Director — 11 copies
Caught on a Train [1980 TV movie] (2004) — Writer — 9 copies
Dancing on the Edge [2013 TV mini series] (2013) — Director & Screenwriter — 8 copies
Sienna Red (Modern Plays) (1992) 6 copies
Hidden City [1987 film] (1987) 4 copies
Century [1993 film] (1993) — Director — 3 copies
Plays : one 3 copies
The Tribe 2 copies
Coming in to Land (1988) 2 copies
My City (Modern Plays) (2011) 1 copy
Blinded by the Sun (2001) 1 copy
Close to the Enemy (2013) 1 copy

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On discovering it was written as a play, in three Acts, I asked myself - should I bother? I'm so glad I did because it wasn't long before it started reading just like a novel. Excitement builds early and by Act Three I was in a reading frenzy, couldn't put it down, just had to know where all the trails ended. Stephen Poliakoff tells the story of a vast collection of photographs, millions of them, containing images of everything from the bizarre, curious, ordinary, exceptional, beautiful and shocking. This amazing Collection is about to be broken up and sold, possibly even destroyed as a result of the building's new, American owners who have arrived to redevelop the site into a New Age School. Set in London we meet the dedicated, eccentric group of librarians who administer over the collection without the aid of computers. They don't need computers! They manage to catalogue, file and retrieve photos almost instantly because of an astounding ability to remember what's filed where and where every file lives. I can't say much more without given away the storyline but what an incredible story of connections it is, uncanny would not be too strong a word.… (more)
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Fliss88 | 1 other review | Oct 12, 2017 |
Two plays that look at the world in a slightly different way. The first play, Blinded by the Sun, examines scientific fraud. In the first act, it is easy to determine who is the good guy and who is the bad, but by the middle of the second act, you're not so sure. The author does not take a pot shot at the soft underbelly of science; he presents a nuanced look at issues of ethics, and the result is somewhat ambiguous. The second play is about a child psychologist who is stalked by the mother of one of her patients. I found this one much less satisfying; it started off strong, and made some good progress, but then the author takes a turn into self-righteousness and modern child rearing theory. He also takes a nice conflict and brings it to too easy a resolution. The ending doesn't feel right.… (more)
 
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Devil_llama | Dec 31, 2013 |
Awesome story and images. Great film!!!! The moving picture camera appears to be caressing the still shots. What a visual feast!
 
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2wonderY | Dec 3, 2013 |
The scripts of one of the best television series ever made.
 
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saliero | 1 other review | Jun 17, 2007 |

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Works
52
Members
349
Popularity
#68,500
Rating
4.2
Reviews
18
ISBNs
54
Languages
2

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