tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post4674727256547012695..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: I'd Be Elizabeth Taylor - Karen BallUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-66147557375723545072011-01-13T17:18:54.741+00:002011-01-13T17:18:54.741+00:00In Old Aquaintance (1943) Bette Davies plays the t...In Old Aquaintance (1943) Bette Davies plays the talented but not famous author , Kit. Her so called best friend Millie decides to write and produces a series of bestselling romantic novels which make her a fortune. I'd like to think I'm Kit but maybe I'd settle for Millie.....Lynda Waterhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880769618542325268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-62139678758006066902011-01-12T10:11:08.049+00:002011-01-12T10:11:08.049+00:00Wonder Boys. Michael Douglas in a woman's dres...Wonder Boys. Michael Douglas in a woman's dressing gown, trying to write That Difficult Second Novel. <br /><br />I adore Stranger Than Fiction too. I remember a very up-herself female (can't remember the name) on Newsnight Review, saying the plot was ridiculous and unbelievable and how very silly - if Emma Thompson was that upset about killing her lead man, she could just have changed her story. As if! And this critic was even a writer herself!<br /><br />Fab post, Karen.Gillian Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01143802491301982960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-57137844885805908592011-01-12T10:08:32.728+00:002011-01-12T10:08:32.728+00:00The most realistic portrayal of a writer?
Ed Rear...The most realistic portrayal of a writer?<br /><br />Ed Reardon on Radio 4 wins hands down!Mary Hoffmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-4130114899696719592011-01-12T09:42:08.436+00:002011-01-12T09:42:08.436+00:00Fab idea for a post! Interesting that you mention ...Fab idea for a post! Interesting that you mention Any Human Heart. I know all authors are different and some are self-indulgent spoilt gits, but I found the portrayal of the author (central character) glib, shallow and lacking resonance. OK, I did resonate with the staring at the blank page for a few decades - after all, he had no Twitter and email to look at during those "moments" of uninspiration. But gosh he was a shallow character and really didn't deserve to be the deep-thinking novelist he clearly thought he was. And I know it was a period piece and times have changed but the portrayal of tortured rather shallow muse thinking the world owed him publication just rather plain and, um, lacking in interest. He needed to keep his trousers buttoned up a bit more, then he might have managed to get some writing done. Lazy git, he was, most of the time. Whereas I, on the other hand...<br /><br />Yes, come to think of it, maybe it was more accurate than I'd like to think, if we transpose to those days some of the useless behaviours some of us (me) use today to avoid actually getting the bloody book written.<br /><br />Thanks for an enjoyable post, Karen. Your examples were excellent ones - mine wasn't!Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-16027111292603055462011-01-12T09:39:43.498+00:002011-01-12T09:39:43.498+00:00I can't say it was a favourite, because it was...I can't say it was a favourite, because it was about the breakdown of a marriage followed by a suicide, but Sylvia, the film about Plath and Hughes, sticks in the mind.Sarah Taylor-Fergussonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01507013836947182706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-57051335423404017572011-01-12T09:30:05.050+00:002011-01-12T09:30:05.050+00:00Just rewatched Stranger than Fiction and was total...Just rewatched Stranger than Fiction and was totally convinced all over again!<br /><br />And to play me, well, this is fiction, right? Then it'd have to be Edna Mode from The Incredibles. Voiced by, er, Brad Bird ...Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-21745390739871685612011-01-12T09:29:42.256+00:002011-01-12T09:29:42.256+00:00What a great idea, Karen!
Most realistic portraya...What a great idea, Karen!<br /><br />Most realistic portrayal of writing life is probably Jack Nicolson in <i>The Shining</i>. Not that I'm having a hard day or anything...Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.com