tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post1376219004051807104..comments2024-03-21T10:07:56.198+00:00Comments on The little white attic : Middlemarch and the 1994 TV movie Hai Di Nguyenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-14469646376006238072015-07-06T00:43:14.732+01:002015-07-06T00:43:14.732+01:00I just came across this: http://www.telegraph.co.u...I just came across this: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/11569673/Jane-Austens-real-Mr-Darcy-unmasked-by-historian.html?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referralHai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-32047805602039681462015-06-28T19:12:18.030+01:002015-06-28T19:12:18.030+01:00Di,
Even nice guys can disagree, nicely, I should...Di,<br /><br />Even nice guys can disagree, nicely, I should hope. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-21732649949003822172015-06-28T18:27:40.405+01:002015-06-28T18:27:40.405+01:00Now I'm not sure if I should have done it or n...Now I'm not sure if I should have done it or not. He's a nice guy. Humph. Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-18396314608863193752015-06-28T14:02:00.876+01:002015-06-28T14:02:00.876+01:00Hey that's interesting. I look forward to read...Hey that's interesting. I look forward to reading it. <br />On a side note, I just fought for Fanny again. Of course generally it's better to ignore, but I successfully persuaded a guy to read <i>Mansfield Park</i> and then his review made me so angry. And because I was the one that told him to read it, I had to respond. <br />Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-82222455338653181082015-06-28T01:55:19.571+01:002015-06-28T01:55:19.571+01:00DI,
I paid a bit more attention to the Bingley si...DI,<br /><br />I paid a bit more attention to the Bingley sisters this time: the eldest in particular and got an interesting idea. <br /><br />I changed the title to Predator and Prey and began to look at each of the characters to see which role they played. Some even play both. Tennyson's? phrase, nature red in ..... seemed to fit quite well, especially if you look at Caroline's? behavior once she senses Darcy's interest in Liz. Caroline's senses are very sharp and sensitive--very necessary for a predator to know when another predator is in the neighborhood. <br /><br />I'm working on a post about it now. Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-82050981062669538802015-06-27T23:37:14.009+01:002015-06-27T23:37:14.009+01:00OK.
You've just reread Pride and Prejudice, I...OK. <br />You've just reread <i>Pride and Prejudice</i>, I think? Any change, any difference?Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-59269788010825844412015-06-27T02:15:41.679+01:002015-06-27T02:15:41.679+01:00Di,
I might get around to it one of these days, b...Di,<br /><br />I might get around to it one of these days, but it probably won't be soon.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-18038542221800965822015-06-27T02:07:19.675+01:002015-06-27T02:07:19.675+01:00I suppose you may skip Daniel Deronda, unless you ...I suppose you may skip <i>Daniel Deronda</i>, unless you like George Eliot very much or like to read a controversial novel. I mean, I don't regret reading it, but there are lots of problems with that book. <br />Haven't seen <i>Blade Runner</i> so I can't say. Voice-over is OK for me. But 1 of the reasons I dislike Christopher Nolan is that he often lets 1 of his characters have a speech that basically explains the film, and that is, well, redundant and condescending and ridiculous.Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-61595885449182565092015-06-26T03:00:46.114+01:002015-06-26T03:00:46.114+01:00Di,
I have yet to read _Daniel Deronda_, but it i...Di,<br /><br />I have yet to read _Daniel Deronda_, but it is gathering dust in my TBR bookcase and OOTD. <br /><br />Yes, one example of the voice-over haters involves the film _Blade Runner_. The director took it out for the director's cut and all of my friends and acquaintences approved, not so much as it was bad in that film, but from a general antipathy for the voice-over.<br /> Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-47346317478759140852015-06-25T21:00:10.145+01:002015-06-25T21:00:10.145+01:00Oh that story by Tolstoy I haven't read. I pro...Oh that story by Tolstoy I haven't read. I probably have a prejudice against it. Hmmm. <br />I don't object to voice-over per se. But if it's redundant, for example, like something that can be replaced with images, I wouldn't like it. Are there people who dislike the voice-over technique? <br />So you're curious about the narrator's take on what's going on? That's interesting. How do you feel about the narrator in <i>Daniel Deronda</i>? Hai Di Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02230670162621139739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3901980733463068698.post-41861002226733760742015-06-24T23:52:52.689+01:002015-06-24T23:52:52.689+01:00Di,
I also object to preachy fiction, but I don&#...Di,<br /><br />I also object to preachy fiction, but I don't think it was excessive in _Middlemarch_. Part of my acceptance may result from my curiosity about another person's take on what's going on and that would include the narrator. <br /><br />That's probably why I have no objections to the voice-over technique found in films. I know some who froth at the mouth at the thought, but I find them interesting and informative, and they also add some person contact with the character or narrator.<br /><br />One work's preachiness I do find irritating is one I'm reading for an online book group--Tolstoy's "The Kreutzer Sonata." In this work, it isn't the narrator but a character who goes on a sustained rant for numerous chapters. This makes _Middlemarch_ look as unpreachy as a 19th century novel can be. <br />Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10233846613173866140noreply@blogger.com