John O’Brien’s Leaving Las Vegas – The Exhilaration of Suicide
The film version of Leaving Las Vegas is a depressing view of an alcoholic (Ben) who is drinking himself to death, and his touching friendship with a prostitute (Sera) he meets in Las Vegas in the...
View ArticleJohn O’Brien’s Stripper Lessons: A Study of Loneliness
Stripper Lessons by John O’Brien is a story about a lonely middle-aged guy (Carroll) in a dead-end job, who spends his evenings watching nude dancers at an L.A. strip club called Indiscretions. He’s...
View ArticleThe Assault on Tony’s by John O’Brien – An Alcoholic’s View of Armageddon
Okay, here’s the premise of John O’Brien’s The Assault on Tony’s. A handful of rich Republican alcoholics stop in at their favorite bar near the country club to ride out a riot. They all arrive at the...
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