English Summary/英文概要： When Hitchcock’s The Birds, began showing in the summer of 1963 at the Dolton Theater, the starlings of Riverside, Illinois launched their attacks. They were “black, freckled, oily-looking things” with “tiny black buttons for eyes.” They carried off Skippy Whalen’s baseball cap, pooped on Father Rowley’s finger, and attacked a feisty little dog named Tuffy who fought them off. “I blamed Alfred Hitchcock” says the author, a Catholic grammar school student at the time.
In this comic, witty memoir, John Manderino shows us how the pivotal points of his life have been enmeshed with movie moments. Crying at Movies presents thirty-eight succinct chapters, each bearing the title of a film.
Brief Encounter, the last chapter, finds our movie-seeking Everyman hiding in his girlfriend’s bathroom so she won’t see him crying over the final scene.
Crying at Movies is at once a love-letter to an art form and a humorous appreciation of the distinctions between movie scenes and life’s realities.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 希区柯克的《群鸟》于1963年夏日在道尔顿剧院上映后，伊利诺伊州河滨市的椋鸟开始了进攻。这些鸟是“黑色、有斑点、看似油滑的东西”，“眼睛又黑又小”。它们掀下小瘪三惠伦的棒球帽，在罗利神父的手指上排便，还去攻击一只名叫“塔菲”的小狗，结果被小狗赶跑了。“我看应该怪阿尔弗雷德·希区柯克”，本书作者说，当时他还是天主教语法学校的学生。
通过这本有趣、诙谐的传记，约翰·曼德利诺告诉我们他生命中的重大转折点是如何与电影融合在一起的。《看电影流泪》共三十八章，每章内容简洁，以电影名为标题。
最后一章《相见恨晚》里，我们寻找电影的主人公躲在女友的浴室，不让她看见他因电影终场而哭泣。
《看电影流泪》表达了对艺术形式的喜爱，以幽默的方式来欣赏电影和生活的差别(ly)