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Aug 26, 2006 23:23

Why did none of you tell me that Keeley Hawes is in Wives and Daughters?*is extremely angry with all of you on my friends list*-that know that I love Spooks, anyway. Hee, just kidding. But I did receive a shock when I realized she was in it, as I saw Wives and Daughters before MI:5 and only became a fan of hers during MI:5, so it didn't register. ( Read more... )

out of africa, poetry, movie review, edna st. vincent millay, dirge without music

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dangermousie August 27 2006, 08:04:23 UTC

OoA really is a beautiful movie. Your post made me want to rewatch it!

ginger001 August 27 2006, 09:29:17 UTC

Love Out of Africa to bits... I simply adore that movie!!! It's probably the movie I like Robert Redford the most ;) (and I like him in a lot of movies, believe me ;))

About Keeley Hawes, I think people would also recommend you BBC miniseries 'Our Mutual Friend', 'Under the Greenwood Tree' and 'Tipping the Velvet'. The first two I haven't watched them yet. I own the third one and plan to watch it soon.

That I've seen I really, really recommend you: Shakespeare Untold: Macbeth, where she plays a modern lady Macbeth (James McAvoy and Richard Armitage also star), and The Best Man, a drama where she stars with Toby Stephens (hmm). I loved both when I watched them! You should watch them if you like her! ;)

In my opinion she is one of the best actress at the moment.

mstallulahbelle August 27 2006, 17:42:08 UTC

Sorry, I didn't know you liked Keeley too!

I have Wives & Daughters on DVD and watched it a few months back. I really liked it (not to mention I liked her in it)and have the book in my stack of need to read (have a few in line so it may be a bit of time).

ambergold August 27 2006, 20:40:50 UTC

Yes-I keep wanting to read the book too. They're reading it over at bibliophyles(fabulous community if you don't know about it) but so far I haven't been able to find it in any libraries. LOVED the movie. As for Keeley, I forgive you:D...she's such a lovely actress and person.

lady_jane_grey_ August 27 2006, 20:44:06 UTC

*loves Keeley Hawes* If you haven't seen Wives and Daughters, YOU NEED TO!! So good I bought it and it is sitting in a place of honor among my other DVDs :P

If you don't mind me asking, where did you grow up? You have me very curious now!

ambergold August 27 2006, 23:39:19 UTC

I have seen it, yes, and love it just as much as you. So far it's one of my four favorite period movies. So, so lovely.^_^
I grew up in New Guinea, which in case you don't know as you probably don't is a large island above Australia. My parents are missionaries there(it's a third-world country) and I grew up in a village about a 100 miles from anywhere, surrounded by native people. It was interesting. Obviously it meant that I missed out on a lot of the perks of civilization but at the same time I wouldn't trade that background for anything. It gave me such a larger view of the world.

tartancravat August 27 2006, 23:04:49 UTC

Much thanks for liking my icons. :) Cynthia wasn't really evil, she was more misguided--her idea of moral-type stuff is a bit fuzzy, she says several times she's not a good person. Keeley Hawes did an excellent job of playing her. I've read the book (which is jolly fabulous by the way, it's such a pity it was never finished), and she's so like book-Cynthia in all her mannerisms and speech. Actually, the whole film is remarkably like the book. Very jolly. :)

All your posting of poetry is making me want to read some. :)

ambergold August 28 2006, 00:15:08 UTC

Yes-that's sort of what I remembered, that she was a bit evil but really more just foolish and with sort of loose morals. Hmm-I hadn't realized that the book was never finished, what a bummer! But I will definitely try and read it sometime. Keeley is really wonderful-she can play so many different characters. As for poetry, I would certainly encourage it:D Try buying either an anthology, which is sort of risky as it's a bunch of poets and poems of varying quality, or buy a book of poetry by a single poet, and read it regularly so that you get into the flow. Poetry is like wine-it's a cultivated taste and the more of it you have the more you appreciate and enjoy it. I would recommend Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Emily Dickinson, or T.S. Eliot.^_^ Once you get into it it's so utterly lovely.

tartancravat August 28 2006, 01:05:11 UTC

It wasn't finished, but it's pretty much obvious what's going to happen, it just needs to be written out. There's a note by the original editor that tells what she meant to write.
I'm sure there's plenty of poetry to be found in my house, we have loads of books. I shall just have to search some out. I've already got a book of C.S. Lewis's narrative poems that I've been meaning to work on. I write poetry already, though mostly just when I can't write prose.