Thomas Mann's mournful, poignant novel gets adapted into a moving opera here. Mann's novel tells the story of Gustav von Aschenbach, a solitary writer who summers in Venice, where he becomes obsessed with an angelic teenage boy. Tortured by his strange lust for the young man, Gustav slowly becomes weakened and physically ill. Using composer Benjamin Britten's powerful, elegiac music to dramatize the plot, this 1981 production is a highly original blend of opera and literature.
Im buying it, just to say Ive seen Viggo's favorite movie, lol
LOL...you fangirl you!! Let me know what you think of it! I'm not sure I trust Viggo's taste...hee...
The cover pic is so lovely! God that man is handsome, everywhere--inside and out!
Isn't it delicious? And he does just seem like a yummy person all around...I just want to hug him! Before I do other things to him...heee...
I will wait until hell freezes over my dear, take your time and enjoy the process!
Aww, thanks sweetie! I wish I *could* enjoy the process, but right now I just want to tear my hair out and cry! I don't understand why sometimes it just flows so nice and other times it's like I'm an illiterate moron. *wails*
PS-katemcgregor met Orlando today! OMG!!! HELP! I want to meet Orlando!!!! *cries endlessly* I need to slobber all over the pretty man...because that would of course endear me to him...lol. I keep being tempted to drive the 8 hours down there, but I figure with my luck I wouldn't get to see him or it would be the wrong day or something. arghhhh
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Gah! Thanks for telling me, Ill go edit now! PS- Just to torture you...I know what he smells like this very moment! I'll be on AIM/YIM if you want to smack me, lol!
I like the picture too - he's got a bit of the Boris Becker hair here - in that he looks like he's just stuck his fingers into the electric socket... I want to shag both of them senseless...
And you are of course welcome to cuddle Orlando - he's just too pretty and much too young. As Cilla Black once said, I've got meat in my freezer that's older than him...
Hee! I posted a link to this same interview on Vig_Daily_News, along with one to another interview where he's absolutely adorable, calling himself a big goofball and cleverly evading the "Do you have a girlfriend?" question by saying he has lots of friends who are girls, including his mom. Made me want to shag him senseless, it did.
LOL...oh, he's such a doll! I love his sense of humor, and I feel bad for him when he says all this clever stuff and the interviewer just stares at him or moves on to another question! *snogs him*
And I think he IS a big goofball. And I would like to be his friend. *G*
When he's recovered his senses can I shag him, too?? :P
Of course you can. Just be aware that you may be waiting a while for that particular pleasure, as I intend to keep him occupied for quite some time to come. *g*
Viggo is one of those special people who ooze their sexuality out of all pores, then fail to understand (or simply play off) others lusting after them. He's wonderfully unaware of his brutal hotness, and in a questionable shirt and bad haircut I still morph into the howling cartoon wolf, steam pouring out of my ears. Thank some kind of deity for Viggo, because just when I think he can't get at all better, he does something like Hidalgo. *shakes her head* I could go on for pages, but I'm saving it for my fic.
heee...I agree with you on all points, though I do prefer him in better shirts and with longer hair...heee. But his intensity, his sweetness, goofiness, his artistic nature...makes up for even the worst bad hair days...hee.
I'm off to buy Hidalgo today, actually, and Ned Kelly, too--I'm gonna be a little puddle of goo soon!
Please post a little review of both, I'd enjoy hearing what you think. I had a hell of a time finding Ned Kelly to buy anywhere, might be more around now though I was looking on release day.
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Thomas Mann's mournful, poignant novel gets adapted into a moving opera here. Mann's novel tells the story of Gustav von Aschenbach, a solitary writer who summers in Venice, where he becomes obsessed with an angelic teenage boy. Tortured by his strange lust for the young man, Gustav slowly becomes weakened and physically ill. Using composer Benjamin Britten's powerful, elegiac music to dramatize the plot, this 1981 production is a highly original blend of opera and literature.
It's Viggo and Orlando!!!! *grin*
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I'd be afaid to see that movie...it sounds so very sad...how like Viggo to not go for the mainstream, heh.
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Im buying it, just to say Ive seen Viggo's favorite movie, lol
The cover pic is so lovely! God that man is handsome, everywhere--inside and out!
I know a lot of you are waiting for fic from me
I will wait until hell freezes over my dear, take your time and enjoy the process!
PS-katemcgregor met Orlando today!
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LOL...you fangirl you!! Let me know what you think of it! I'm not sure I trust Viggo's taste...hee...
The cover pic is so lovely! God that man is handsome, everywhere--inside and out!
Isn't it delicious? And he does just seem like a yummy person all around...I just want to hug him! Before I do other things to him...heee...
I will wait until hell freezes over my dear, take your time and enjoy the process!
Aww, thanks sweetie! I wish I *could* enjoy the process, but right now I just want to tear my hair out and cry! I don't understand why sometimes it just flows so nice and other times it's like I'm an illiterate moron. *wails*
PS-katemcgregor met Orlando today! OMG!!! HELP! I want to meet Orlando!!!! *cries endlessly* I need to slobber all over the pretty man...because that would of course endear me to him...lol. I keep being tempted to drive the 8 hours down there, but I figure with my luck I wouldn't get to see him or it would be the wrong day or something. arghhhh ( ... )
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PS- Just to torture you...I know what he smells like this very moment!
I'll be on AIM/YIM if you want to smack me, lol!
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I thought you might enjoy a bit of Viggo pretteh...I really liked the pic on this one.
And *guh* on your icon!!
*snogs you*
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And you are of course welcome to cuddle Orlando - he's just too pretty and much too young. As Cilla Black once said, I've got meat in my freezer that's older than him...
*Snogs you too*
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And I think he IS a big goofball. And I would like to be his friend. *G*
When he's recovered his senses can I shag him, too?? :P
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Thank some kind of deity for Viggo, because just when I think he can't get at all better, he does something like Hidalgo.
*shakes her head*
I could go on for pages, but I'm saving it for my fic.
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I'm off to buy Hidalgo today, actually, and Ned Kelly, too--I'm gonna be a little puddle of goo soon!
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