I get some great tips from readers, especially David B., who shared this one recently: “Fresh Air” on NPR today reran Teri Gross’s interview with Francis Ford Coppola from 2016 when his Godfather production notebook facsimile was published. I don’t remember ever hearing about this book at the time but it sounds like a fascinating … Continue reading The Godfather Notebook
Another sighting of an interesting notebook, this time in the movie Widows. I won’t get into any plot details that might be spoilers, but here’s a couple screen shots of the notebook. It looks to be approximately 5 x 8″, a nicely broken-in leather cover containing a squared notebook. It seems quite thick, but there … Continue reading Notebook in “Widows”
I recently watched the movie Still Alice. It’s a very sad movie! But it did have an interesting notebook moment. Alice (Julianne Moore) has a daughter (Kristen Stewart), who keeps a journal. From the glimpse of it onscreen, it seems to be one of these Apica notebooks: I did a post on notebooks in movies … Continue reading Notebook in the Movie “Still Alice”
You may have heard about the movie Victoria and Abdul, which stars Judi Dench as Queen Victoria, and Ali Fazal as a young Indian servant named Abdul Karim, whom she became close to. He taught her to speak and write in Urdu, which she practiced in notebooks such as the one below. Karim kept his … Continue reading Queen Victoria’s Urdu Notebook
Looks like some Hobbit-themed Moleskines are on the way. Read more at The Hobbit Limited Edition Moleskine Notebooks Are Coming Soon.