Total Recall by Arnold Schwarzenegger (2012)
Hey, what hot blooded bloke doesn't enjoy an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie once in a while. I am sure I have seen them all and have watched my favourites (Terminator and Predator) a lot more than once. I also have his body building book and his movie Pumping Iron. He is also a regular visitor to Australia with his Arnold Classic in Melbourne each March. I was actually hoping to get to this year's edition but had a prior booking in Canberra.
My niece Sue had read his autobiography Total Recall and recommended it to me. By coincidence, I was given it for a Christmas present by one of my sons last year - how's that for karma! It finally bubbled to the top of the list in August when my wife and I were travelling in South America. It is a big book (656 pages) but an easy read. First to the blurb:
Born in the small city of Thal, Austria, in 1947, Arnold Schwarzenegger moved to Los Angeles at the age of twenty-one. Within ten years, he was a millionaire businessman. After twenty years, he was the world’s biggest movie star. In 2003, he was elected governor of California and a household name around the world.
Chronicling his embodiment of the American Dream, Total Recall covers Schwarzenegger’s high-stakes journey to the United States, from creating the international bodybuilding industry out of the sands of Venice Beach, to breathing life into cinema’s most iconic characters, and becoming one of the leading political figures of our time. Proud of his accomplishments and honest about his regrets, Schwarzenegger spares nothing in sharing his amazing story.
Yes indeed, it is an amazing story of someone driven to succeed in fields varying from bodybuilding to movies to politics - he comes across as someone with incredible drive, passion, vision, tenacity and a business mind. Yet he is the first to acknowledge his own failings. It is a warts and all autobiography and well worth a read. He is much more than just an action movie star.
Hey, what hot blooded bloke doesn't enjoy an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie once in a while. I am sure I have seen them all and have watched my favourites (Terminator and Predator) a lot more than once. I also have his body building book and his movie Pumping Iron. He is also a regular visitor to Australia with his Arnold Classic in Melbourne each March. I was actually hoping to get to this year's edition but had a prior booking in Canberra.
My niece Sue had read his autobiography Total Recall and recommended it to me. By coincidence, I was given it for a Christmas present by one of my sons last year - how's that for karma! It finally bubbled to the top of the list in August when my wife and I were travelling in South America. It is a big book (656 pages) but an easy read. First to the blurb:
Born in the small city of Thal, Austria, in 1947, Arnold Schwarzenegger moved to Los Angeles at the age of twenty-one. Within ten years, he was a millionaire businessman. After twenty years, he was the world’s biggest movie star. In 2003, he was elected governor of California and a household name around the world.
Chronicling his embodiment of the American Dream, Total Recall covers Schwarzenegger’s high-stakes journey to the United States, from creating the international bodybuilding industry out of the sands of Venice Beach, to breathing life into cinema’s most iconic characters, and becoming one of the leading political figures of our time. Proud of his accomplishments and honest about his regrets, Schwarzenegger spares nothing in sharing his amazing story.
Yes indeed, it is an amazing story of someone driven to succeed in fields varying from bodybuilding to movies to politics - he comes across as someone with incredible drive, passion, vision, tenacity and a business mind. Yet he is the first to acknowledge his own failings. It is a warts and all autobiography and well worth a read. He is much more than just an action movie star.
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