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Summary of Greenlights by Matthew Mcconaughey
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A Comprehensive Summary of Greenlights by Matthew Mcconaughey
Matthew McConaughey’s Greenlights is a book about finding oneself by a process of elimination. Unlike many other autobiographies, the anecdotes he chooses to tell are not picked to generate headlines, but to give an insight into how he has become the man he is. There may be moments of strife, but he has been very careful not to elaborate on events that could otherwise detract from the theme of his book, namely how his approach to life has evolved.
What is clear from the beginning is that Matthew McConaughey loves language and loves playing with language. It is telling that he has chosen to format his book in a way that allows him to experiment with poetic form, rather than a strictly chronological memoir. The book is like a poem, with the repeated refrain ‘greenlight’ when something positive happens in his life.
What is also very clear is McConaughey’s voice. Anyone who has seen him in films or interviews will recognize the turns of phrases that are particular to him, and it is interesting to note just how much freedom he has had in his career to improvise his lines. His is not a voice restrained by academic form, and the result is that he achieves a certain lightness, even when he is describing less pleasant events in his life.
This is very far from a ‘tell-all’ memoir. Those seeking insights into his co-stars, seedy gossip on his previous relationships, or stories of personal drama will be very disappointed. Much of his focus is on his family and people who populate his life outside of the film industry.
His descriptions of his family are especially vivid, and we are left with the image of a family bound together in strife and love, both at once toxic and sublime. This idea of duality continues with other characters, even with the controlling family he stays with in Australia are described with a degree of sympathy.
He is also especially adept at describing the landscapes he moves through. Texas, Europe, Australia, Mali, and the Amazon are all painted with the most vivid colors, and we feel the heat and the cold as he travels.
He treats the book as a form of confessional, and as he reflects on his youth, career, and marriage, we chart his spiritual progress alongside him. It is an investigation of sorts, into how he has arrived where he has and what lessons can be learned along the way.
The structure of the book, as I have said elsewhere, is not conventional. The parts follow a roughly chronological sequence although there are times where stories overlap in periods to make sense. But it is not a strict memoir at all. It is a compilation of his thoughts and reflections over the last fifty years.
In the summary, I have included some of the notes which litter the pages. Many of these are stream-of-consciousness and poetic. There aphorisms and quotes along with hastily scrawled, badly creased scraps and annotated photographs. What is achieved is a casual feel to the book, one that can be browsed like an art book.
to be continued...
Matthew McConaughey’s Greenlights is a book about finding oneself by a process of elimination. Unlike many other autobiographies, the anecdotes he chooses to tell are not picked to generate headlines, but to give an insight into how he has become the man he is. There may be moments of strife, but he has been very careful not to elaborate on events that could otherwise detract from the theme of his book, namely how his approach to life has evolved.
What is clear from the beginning is that Matthew McConaughey loves language and loves playing with language. It is telling that he has chosen to format his book in a way that allows him to experiment with poetic form, rather than a strictly chronological memoir. The book is like a poem, with the repeated refrain ‘greenlight’ when something positive happens in his life.
What is also very clear is McConaughey’s voice. Anyone who has seen him in films or interviews will recognize the turns of phrases that are particular to him, and it is interesting to note just how much freedom he has had in his career to improvise his lines. His is not a voice restrained by academic form, and the result is that he achieves a certain lightness, even when he is describing less pleasant events in his life.
This is very far from a ‘tell-all’ memoir. Those seeking insights into his co-stars, seedy gossip on his previous relationships, or stories of personal drama will be very disappointed. Much of his focus is on his family and people who populate his life outside of the film industry.
His descriptions of his family are especially vivid, and we are left with the image of a family bound together in strife and love, both at once toxic and sublime. This idea of duality continues with other characters, even with the controlling family he stays with in Australia are described with a degree of sympathy.
He is also especially adept at describing the landscapes he moves through. Texas, Europe, Australia, Mali, and the Amazon are all painted with the most vivid colors, and we feel the heat and the cold as he travels.
He treats the book as a form of confessional, and as he reflects on his youth, career, and marriage, we chart his spiritual progress alongside him. It is an investigation of sorts, into how he has arrived where he has and what lessons can be learned along the way.
The structure of the book, as I have said elsewhere, is not conventional. The parts follow a roughly chronological sequence although there are times where stories overlap in periods to make sense. But it is not a strict memoir at all. It is a compilation of his thoughts and reflections over the last fifty years.
In the summary, I have included some of the notes which litter the pages. Many of these are stream-of-consciousness and poetic. There aphorisms and quotes along with hastily scrawled, badly creased scraps and annotated photographs. What is achieved is a casual feel to the book, one that can be browsed like an art book.
to be continued...
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