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Simon Dillon Fancies Film and Fiction
Writer profile #25 in my 30 day reading challenge
When you enjoy reading a film review for a movie you have not seen and also have no intention of ever watching you have found a strong writer. Simon Dillon is such a writer.
Simon writes original fiction, often but not exclusively leaning towards horror, and is a huge film buff who writes intelligently and entertainingly about a wide variety of movies.
Here are a few of my favorites:
My emotional baggage for E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is a suitcase so overstuffed with bittersweet nostalgia and melancholy reminiscence that it would incur a hefty excess charge were its physical manifestation to accompany me on a commercial flight. Steven Spielberg’s 1982 smash — the most successful motion picture of all time until Spielberg dethroned himself eleven years later with Jurassic Park — is one of the greatest films ever made, with or without my personal baggage. However, to understand the impact this movie had on me, I have to add a little background information from…
