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It's Keane No It's Crews No It's Soames No It's Crews..

Jul 20, 2008 17:20

Did not have time to post this, but my dvds finally arrived towards the end of last week!!

I've watched Keane and am now in the middle of Forsyte Saga. Will have more to post later on (when I finish Forsyte Saga I), but just know that although I am just devouring this new-to-me Damian Lewis material, it has been a very painful experience watching ( Read more... )

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15lbpurebunny July 21 2008, 18:27:45 UTC

Keane is really disturbing, isn't it? But, he's just so amazingly good in that film. Personally, I think that he was at his best in that, with Forsyte Saga being a close second. His versatility is really rare, I think.

Funny, but my experience watching stuff he's been in is the opposite. I completely forget it is "him" for the most part, right away. But, I can see how maybe watching him in a role that is as sustained and long as Charlie Crews FIRST might make it a different situation.

I just love Forstye Saga. Enjoy!

britphile7 July 21 2008, 19:06:49 UTC

"Keane is really disturbing, isn't it ( ... )

15lbpurebunny July 21 2008, 19:37:49 UTC

"So, in a way, I can blame you ( ... )

britphile7 July 21 2008, 19:40:59 UTC

"Okay, why do I always end up being the one who gets blamed?!"

It's the price you pay for brilliance..

LOL

That is one mouthful of a post! I'll read it on my lunch and hit you up later. Right now I'm feeling the eyes of my boss narrowing at me all the way from across town where he's on jury duty...

britphile7 July 22 2008, 19:29:30 UTC

No worries. Not depressed, but definitely a little more enlightened about mental illness. How absolutely tragic for your co-worker and for all of the people for whom this is reality. It sounds like a nightmarish hell to live like that!

When you talk about being so close to okay yet aware that you're actually not, I remember scenes from Keane that exemplify that - the dressing room scene, for example, when he's telling himself that he needs to look presentable because he needs to be an example or the scene when he's in his room telling himself that he needs to get out of his current situation because this isn't a good place for him.

I haven't gone over Keane again, but I plan to (after Forsyte - I've been waylaid again by life - real life, I mean). It's kind of like the accident scene that compels you to stare at it. I have a feeling that I'll be watching Keane over and over for a long time.

15lbpurebunny July 22 2008, 20:54:09 UTC

Yeah, it was very tragic and quite sad. And, the saddest part? The man was a genius. He was one of those people who started college his junior year in high school and before he started showing symptoms, he was a star employee at the Jet Propulsion Lab. The whole world at his feet. He was totally aware of this, which made it even worse. One day, we went to lunch together and I asked him if he would help me re-organize the law library we had at the office. There was so much stuff in there and it was easily a week long project. He thought about it for a long time, then he looked around nervously and said, "Yeah, sure. It's not rocket science, but....." He made this sorrowful self-depricating joke, but when I looked in his eyes, he had a definite gleam in there and he started laughing.

And, those scenes you mentioned from the film? Those were the exact ones that reminded me of Alan so much.

Cruel disease.

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