The movie is a commentary on the roles we all play to function in society, that image that we create for ourselves that determines how we will be treated by the community. Why you should read or reread gone girl before seeing. What actually happens at the climax of gone girl, and how. The famous speech from gillian flynns 2012 novel gone girl. When psychotic amy, played by rosamund pike expertly, gives her monologue concerning a cool girl in the movie gone girl, it brought many girls from college to mindminus the murderous psychotic thinking and behaviour. Gone girl by gillian flynn darkly funny, suspenseful and cunningly plotted, gillian flynns gone girl will be published june 5. It was released as the first installment of the tim eremdirected short film, fairy dust, which features the songs from the first chapter of lady wood. Then read nicks chapter one day gone page 57, amys diary entry july 5, 2010, and. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
The media is depicted as a doubleedged sword in this novel. I used to scorn cool girls, but now see they dont really exist. Gone girl introduction once upon a time, there was a beautiful woman named amy, who was practically perfect in every way, just like mary poppins. It may be a slightly different version maybe hes a vegetarian, so cool girl loves seitan and is great with dogs. Gone girl author gillian flynn talks murder, marriage, and con games gone girl author gillian flynn to write her first young adult novel amazon picks its 10 best books of 2012. Just the few minutes of this video can bring hours of conversation with your mate.
One of the most critically acclaimed suspense writers of our time, new york times bestseller gillian flynn takes that statement to its darkest place in this unputdownable masterpiece about a marriage gone terribly, terribly wrong. Books similar to gone girl meet your next favorite book. When i think of my wife, i always think of her head. A literary sensation and runaway bestseller, this brilliant debut novel presents with seamless authenticity and exquisite lyricism the true confessions of one of japans most celebrated geisha. The chicago tribune proclaimed that her work draws you in and keeps you reading with the force of a pure but nasty addiction. Because youll want to reread the cool girl speech again. Nick and amy hate and love each other like most couples, but more important. Its also one of the first things nick dunnethe handsome, smarmy, admittedly dishonest narrator of the opening chapter of gillian flynns gone girltells us about the finely shaped head of his wife, amy. I categorized it as an airport read, fun and forgettable. After discovering her husband nicks infidelity, she creates a plan to fake her own murder, frame nick for the crime, and ensure he gets killed through the death penalty. Gillian flynns novel gone girl became a publishing phenomenon for its deft plotting. Ive known so many cool girls one of them being my mom, who ironically enough actually loves this book throughout the years and its always struck me as.
Discuss amys description of the enduring myth of the cool girland her conviction that a male counterpart seemingly flawless to women does not exist. The 9 best passages from gone girl one of falls most anticipated films was first a book filled with astonishing revelations about love and marriage. Make that his missing wife, amy, who just happens to disappear. Why you should read or reread gone girl before seeing the movie. These book club discussion questions will help your reading group explore the plot, themes, and ideas raised in the novel. The longest is gone girl, adapted by gillian flynn from her own novel. How does the cool girl rant in the gone girl movie. You could imagine the skull quite easily is just the kind of sentiment you wish serial killers would keep to themselves. Are you a cool girl or have you ever felt pressure to be cool. Flynn adapted this monologue for the 2014 movie version of her book.
This is a popular monologue from the book gone girl thats also a movie. Presents are being wrapped and reservations made when nick\s clever and beautiful wife. The problem with gone girl is that theres no cool girl. Immediately follow that with amys chapter the day of. Despite coming from a psychopaths mouth, theres something very spoton and accurate about the nowfamous cool girl passage in gillian flynns thrillerturnedcinemahit, gone girl. Men always say that as the defining compliment, dont they. Cool girl monologue book the famous speech from gillian flynn s 2012 novel gone girl flynn adapted this monologue for the 2014 movie version of her book.
Erem previously met lo at the 2015 edition of the coachella festival and directed her music video for moments. But far from just being a mindless thriller, gone girl is a literary pageturner that is smart and witty. I expected to enjoy gone girl, but i wasnt expecting to admire it. A site dedicated to book lovers providing a forum to discover and share commentary about the books and authors they enjoy. Given the controversy already surrounding the twisted conclusion in the. Cool girl monologue taken from gone girl 2014, which was directed by david fincher. At the heart of this debate is the cool girl speech that flynn penned originally for the novel and adapted for the screenplay. She was the coolest girl aroundfunny, fabulously wealthy, and feminine, all while still being one of the boys. Being the cool girl means i am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football, poker, dirty jokes, and burping, who plays video games, drinks cheap beer, loves threesomes and anal sex, and jams hot dogs and hamburgers into her mouth like shes hosting the worlds biggest culinary gang bang while. The muchhyped book gone girl has in it a wonderful rant about cool girls, but they are no less boxed in than other women. This is a wonderful and terrifying book about how the happy surface normality and the underlying darkness can become too closely interwoven to separate. More specifically, i wanted to know how the books cool girl missive would play out. Content includes books from bestselling, midlist and debut authors.
Being the cool girl means i am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football, poker, dirty jokes and burping, who plays video games, drinks cheap beer, loves threesomes and anal sex, and jams hot dogs and hamburgers into her mouth like shes hosting the worlds biggest culinary gang bang while somehow maintaining a size 2. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when nick dunnes clever and beautiful wife disappears. The very first time i saw her, it was the back of the head i saw, and there was something lovely about it, the angles of it. It was published by crown publishing group in june 2012. Tony kushner, the illusion part one boy loses girl nick dunne the day of when i think of my wife, i always think of her head. This chapter focuses on gillian flynns most recent novel, gone girl 2012, and the fetishisation of female victimhood as a cultural phenomenon. Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for the gone girl whirlwind tour. Gone girl study guide contains a biography of gillian flynn, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Not only do you find out what happened to amy, you also get the cool girl speech. The novel became quite popular and soon made the new york times best seller list.
Gone girl is not aesop, but there are valuable lessons to be gleaned from its pages. Being the cool girl means i am a hot, brilliant, funny woman who adores football. But lots of books have good, addictive mysteries at their. Its more like a cyclone on steroids, with farm animals and houses zooming by really fast. He has looks and wealth, she has charm and elegance. What are your thoughts on gone girl by gillian flynn. Classic literature, original gangster s4 e11 gone girl by gillian flynn thug notes book summary and analysis duration. The amy who speaks truth to the lies of performance set up in part 1 the performance of the cool girl. Oh, and if youre not a cool girl, i beg you not to believe that your man doesnt want the cool girl. The sense of suspense in the novel comes from whether or not nick dunne is involved in the disappearance of his wife amy. Nicks reaction when amy comes back home gone girl youtube. Gone girl is a thriller novel in the mystery and crime genres, by the american writer gillian flynn.
Cool girl monologue movie gillian flynn adapts the most famous speech from the original book into a monologue that caught every viewers attention in the theaters. On one hand, the media disseminates vital information to the public, including soliciting the public to come forward and assist police investigations, but it also intrudes into the legal processes at work in the investigation of amys. Still, its a remarkable piece of writing, probably the best in the book. Thinking yourself good is the easiest way to do bad, an easy lie can be more harmful than an. Gillian flynns novel gone girl became a publishing phenomenon for its deft plotting, riptide of a narrative, and complex net of twists. David finchers film, based on gillian flynns novel, doesnt so much bring the cool girl polemic to the masses as dilute its scathing argument. Men always say that as the defining compliment, don t they. Gone girl by gillian flynn book summary on a warm summer morning in north arthage, missouri, it is nick and amys fifth wedding anniversary. An epic rant about gone girls epic cool girl rant talking points. So pay attention, because this tour stops for no one.