Tom Robbins

Tom Robbins

Nacimiento : 1932-07-22, Blowing Rock, North Carolina, USA

Historia

Thomas Eugene Robbins is an American novelist. His best-selling novels are "seriocomedies", also known as "comedy-drama. In late 1957, he enrolled at Richmond Professional Institute (RPI), a school of art, drama, and music, which later became Virginia Commonwealth University. In 1966, Robbins was contacted and then met with Doubleday's West Coast Editor, Luthor Nichols, who asked Robbins about writing a book on Northwest art. Instead Robbins told Nichols he wanted to write a novel and pitched the idea of what was to become Another Roadside Attraction.

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Tom Robbins

Películas

Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy
Thanks
An associative view of the days, nights and characters that enclosed the life of Arthur Janov, which defines in the conclusion "It's never too late to have a happy childhood". Arthur Janov (1924-2017) was a classic instance of being the right charismatic therapist at the right time - the zeitgeist. Dr. Janov first heard about the embryo to the primal scream through one of his patients when he performed conventional psycho dynamic therapy. It was an absurd theatre performance by Raphael Montañez Ortiz called "Mommy, Daddy" presented in London, 1966. The birth of Primal therapy happened when Arthur Janov's book, "The Primal Scream" was published early 1970.
A Not So Still Life
Self
Ginny Ruffner overcame a near fatal car accident in 1991 in order to re-establish her worldwide reputation as an artist, but it is her indefatigable spirit that has influenced so many in and out of the art world.
Maybe Logic: The Lives and Ideas of Robert Anton Wilson
Himself
Guerrilla ontologist. Psychedelic magickian. Outer head of the Illuminati. Quantum psychologist. Sit-down comic/philosopher. Discordian Pope. Whatever the label and rank, Robert Anton Wilson is undeniably one of the foundations of 21th Century Western counterculture.Maybe Logic follows a reality labyrinth which leads through the hollows of human perception to the vast star fields of Sirius where we find one man alone, joyfully accepting his status as Damned Old Crank and Cosmic Schmuck. Beaming with insight, frustration, compassion, and unshakable optimism, the ever-open eye of Robert Anton Wilson penetrates human illusions exposing the mathematical probabilities and spooky synchronicities of the 8 dimensions of his Universe.
El desayuno de los campeones
Pesky Weber
Retrato de una ciudad del medio-oeste americano que es el hogar de un grupo de personas con su propia idiosincrasia y un poco neuróticos. Dwayne Hoover es el dueño de un concesionario de coches que está al borde del suicidio y está perdiendo el contacto con la realidad.
Anthem
Self
When twenty-six-year-olds Shainee Gabel and Kristin Hahn quit their Hollywood jobs, packed up a borrowed car and hit the road, it was with the deeply felt conviction that somewhere, shrouded in the din of talk shows and tabloid headlines, they'd discover the real America, alive and well in all of its regions and demographics.
Ellas también se deprimen
Narrator (voice)
Sissy Hankshaw nació con unos enormes pulgares en sus manos que le han ayudado a hacer autoestop a lo largo del país desde su más tierna infancia. Se convierte en modelo de agencia, y su agente de Nueva York "la Condesa" le consigue un trabajo para rodar un spot en un rancho donde entabla amistad con Bonanza Jellybean. Terminan ocupando el rancho y la policía interviene.
Ellas también se deprimen
Novel
Sissy Hankshaw nació con unos enormes pulgares en sus manos que le han ayudado a hacer autoestop a lo largo del país desde su más tierna infancia. Se convierte en modelo de agencia, y su agente de Nueva York "la Condesa" le consigue un trabajo para rodar un spot en un rancho donde entabla amistad con Bonanza Jellybean. Terminan ocupando el rancho y la policía interviene.
Hecho en el cielo
Mario the Toymaker
Mike Shea (Timothy Hutton), un joven que vive en un pueblo de Pennsylvania, sueña con trasladarse a California con su novia Brenda (Mare Winningham), aunque, al final, emprende el viaje solo. Durante el trayecto se detiene para rescatar a una madre y a un niño que están a punto de morir en un río helado.