The June Something - Year 4, Day 5
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elderwittyBack on track! :D :D :D
Question: If you could go back in time and help create a foundational work (be it book, show, movie, etc.) what would it be and what would your role be?
If you asked 13-year-old me, the answer would be Star Wars. In fact, I wrote a letter to Pinewood Studios in England asking to work on the sequel. (They turned me down in the kindest way possible. I believe they cited child labor laws? Anyway, they were so nice to a clueless Midwestern eighth grader offering her dubious skills on the follow up to the biggest movie of the year.)
Me now? I'd love to be part of making the movie adaptation of Enchanted April. It's one of my favorites, and one of the seven movies that are better than the book (for reasons I can't tell you due to spoilers). Here's the entry from my Movie Rec post:
3) Enchanted April (1992) - two somewhat depressed Victorian housewives (Josie Lawrence and Miranda Richardson) decide to leave their dreary London lives and distant husbands behind and rent a small Italian castle for the month of April. They advertise for women to share the expense, expecting to be able to pick and choose the perfect companions, but only two apply; an elderly widow with firm ideas on how things should be done (Joan Plowright) and a beautiful flapper (Polly Walker) who just wants a break from being grabbed. Despite having seemingly nothing in common, they forge strong friendships, with each other and, unexpectedly, with their husbands (Alfred Molina and Jim Broadbent) who come to San Salvatore, one at the behest of his wife and the other looking for beauty. Breathtakingly gorgeous. Now available on DVD. WHEEE!!!!
Why was I so excited about the DVD thing? It wasn't released until February 2009 - seventeen years later. I love this movie so much I pre-ordered it and paid full price. The clerk at FYE kept asking if I was sure, as he'd never seen me buy anything that wasn't 'Buy 3 Used, Get 1 FREE'. It was worth it and I regret NOTHING! :D
Question: If you could go back in time and help create a foundational work (be it book, show, movie, etc.) what would it be and what would your role be?
If you asked 13-year-old me, the answer would be Star Wars. In fact, I wrote a letter to Pinewood Studios in England asking to work on the sequel. (They turned me down in the kindest way possible. I believe they cited child labor laws? Anyway, they were so nice to a clueless Midwestern eighth grader offering her dubious skills on the follow up to the biggest movie of the year.)
Me now? I'd love to be part of making the movie adaptation of Enchanted April. It's one of my favorites, and one of the seven movies that are better than the book (for reasons I can't tell you due to spoilers). Here's the entry from my Movie Rec post:
3) Enchanted April (1992) - two somewhat depressed Victorian housewives (Josie Lawrence and Miranda Richardson) decide to leave their dreary London lives and distant husbands behind and rent a small Italian castle for the month of April. They advertise for women to share the expense, expecting to be able to pick and choose the perfect companions, but only two apply; an elderly widow with firm ideas on how things should be done (Joan Plowright) and a beautiful flapper (Polly Walker) who just wants a break from being grabbed. Despite having seemingly nothing in common, they forge strong friendships, with each other and, unexpectedly, with their husbands (Alfred Molina and Jim Broadbent) who come to San Salvatore, one at the behest of his wife and the other looking for beauty. Breathtakingly gorgeous. Now available on DVD. WHEEE!!!!
Why was I so excited about the DVD thing? It wasn't released until February 2009 - seventeen years later. I love this movie so much I pre-ordered it and paid full price. The clerk at FYE kept asking if I was sure, as he'd never seen me buy anything that wasn't 'Buy 3 Used, Get 1 FREE'. It was worth it and I regret NOTHING! :D
