I always hated the line from end of the film when Max says "You've lost that funny lost look I loved so well." He loved that she looked LOST? Poor her. Even though Olivier was delicious during that era.
And I wonder, what possible catastrophe came crashing down from heaven and brought this dashing stranger to tears?
Drusilla ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Scrappy - Oct 21, 2020 9:20:51 am PDT #926 of 2212
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Atropa - Oct 21, 2020 9:40:54 am PDT #927 of 2212
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Vonnie, the Times reviewer also said "Why did they not just plunk Kristen Scott Thomas down in the middle of the screen and call the show Mrs. Danvers? I would watch the hell out of that!"
I want THAT show.
Much like Wuthering Heights, I never thought of Rebecca as romantic. Lurid mysteries with some romance elements (and totally unlikeable male romantic figures), but not Epic Sweeping Romance.
(Maxim is a weak-willed patsy with no spine. No one can change my mind.)
(Yes, my favorite character in the book is Mrs. Danvers.)
EpicTangent - Oct 21, 2020 10:29:08 am PDT #928 of 2212
Why isn't everyone pelting me with JOY, dammit? - Zenkitty
There was a miniseries version from 1979 that I saw on PBS. Jeremy Brett was Maxim. That was my first Rebecca, and my one true Rebecca.
Toddson - Oct 21, 2020 10:30:55 am PDT #929 of 2212
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Actually, I'd be more likely to watch Mrs. Danvers - with Kristin Scott Thomas or someone equally good - than a(nother) remake of Rebecca. It would be interesting to see the story from her viewpoint.
Toddson - Oct 21, 2020 11:29:39 am PDT #930 of 2212
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
But I WAS reminded of a Wuthering Heights with social distancing.
chrismg - Oct 22, 2020 6:28:40 am PDT #931 of 2212
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
Given that they're setting the story in the Second Age, my first thought was "decadent Numenorean orgy."
Vonnie K - Oct 22, 2020 7:52:57 am PDT #932 of 2212
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
On a more promising note, a glowing review from Vanity Fair of a Netflix miniseries that's dropping tomorrow, The Queen's Gambit: [link]
It stars Anya Taylor-Joy as a chess prodigy in 1950's Kentucky, who's one of the handful of young up-and-comers whose work I'm always willing to check out (also see: Florence Pugh, LaKeith Standfield.)
Toddson - Oct 22, 2020 8:53:55 am PDT #933 of 2212
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I read the book - it was very good. One of the few written by a man about a young woman that struck me as being more realistic than most such.
Jessica - Oct 22, 2020 10:43:41 am PDT #934 of 2212
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
The Queen's Gambit
DH and I really enjoyed this.
Consuela - Oct 23, 2020 1:13:29 pm PDT #935 of 2212
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
thanks for the heads-up, Vonnie, that sounds good.