I don’t usually count page numbers in a book when I choose it. But yesterday, after toting Middlemarch to work and back for a few days, I started wondering just how big a bite I’d taken. Peeking to the back confirmed things. At 800 pages, it’s the heifer of the year, but instantly rewarding. Only [...]
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The Great Pumpkin
Posted in Random thoughts, tagged Middlemarch, Palimpsest, reading, World Literature Forum on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Misfits (1961)
Posted in Film, tagged John Huston, Marilyn Monroe, Montgomery Clift on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes it’s better to start with the ending. I’d never seen any of Marilyn Monroe’s films until recently, though I‘ve always admired her extravagant femininity and the dominant, native intelligence of her style and photogenic savoir faire. As an object of both glamour and human frailty, she remains on top of the heap. She’s easy [...]
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