Initially, Moskowitz opened us, the viewers, up to his life and why he wants to find Mossman. Moskowitz works with advertising campaigns, and by his description, seems to be very busy and have little time for his family. He shows his house that his wife, who did not want to be filmed, entirely designed and maintains and his office he has in the basement where he spends most of his time.
Moskowitz truly wants to find Mossman and even travels all the way to Maine to meet the one man who reviewed the book. Moskowitz even buys every copy he can find of "The Stones of Summer" to see if he can find anymore information. While filming this documentary, Moskowitz meets with some of his friends, who have never read "The Stones of Summer," and recommends the book to them since he cannot find anybody else who has read the book.
Moskowitz's dedication to this book seems very uncommon to me and it makes me wonder if more readers around the world set out to find and, potentially, meet the author of all of the books that they've read. It hasn't been mentioned yet, but I am sure that the reason Moskowitz wants to find Mossman is because he either relates to the novel, or finds something in the novel very questionable and wants an answer. "The voice behind the pages was a friend I thought I'd never find in life."
Moskowitz, in searching for Mossman, visits his mother to see what exactly he was doing in 1972, when the novel was published, and why he did not read it when it was first published. "I can remember the books I read then, but nothing about who I was," says Moskowitz, before he meets with his mother. He seems surprised that his mother remembers so much, that he indeed was sick during May of 1972 and did a lot of reading during that time. She also reveals embarrassing information about Moskowitz, he liked to wear only the lining of his jackets and if he had to wear the actual jacket he would wear it inside out. Obviously, Moskowitz was an interesting and his mother says "rebellious" person growing up.
When Moskowitz goes to Maine to meet the one man that reviewed the novel in the New York Times. I thought it was nice that the two men got along extremely well and it seemed as if they knew each other forever. Moskowitz even commented that he felt as if they have always been friends, sharing interests in the books that they read. While Moskowitz is visiting the New York Times reviewer, the reviewer says to Moskowitz, "They win some, they lose some." When he says this to Moskowitz, he is referring to writers and that some will make hits of their novels and others will not, also some writers will write one novel, similar to what they believe Mossman to have done, and others will write many, even if all of their novels aren't hits. I believe this is very true and relatable because many people can have a lot of successes but many failures along the way and while some people will give up after their first failure, others will keep trying.
Thus far, "The Stone Reader" is very interesting and I am excited to finish the movie and find out if Moskowitz finds Mossman and finds the answers to all of his unanswered questions. So far, if seems as if Mossman has died or perhaps went back into the work-force after writing his novel and never really spoke of the novel again as he blended into the community.
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