what a fantastic death abyss

[extemporanea]

Today I appear to be listening only to music from bands in the letter C. Reading from the top in the pile of random CDs which recently arrived from Loot and still need to be ripped to my work machine, these are The Cure, King Crimson and The Carpenters. I accept no responsibilities for muscle trauma resulting from your conceptual whiplash, thank

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Lisbeth Salander

[pinkthulhu]

"Let The Right One In" is actually Swedish. Those Swedes have a thing for dark fiction. :-)

I've only seen the American remake, Let Me In; Chloe Moretz (from "Kick-Ass") does a chilling job as the child killer; just the right blend of pitiful and horrific.

Re: Lisbeth Salander

[extemporanea]

Phooey, I was mislead by the Norway release date at the top of the IMDB record - you are quite correct, Sweden it is. Thanks for pointing that out.

I have no idea why they had to go and bloody well remake it, fond though I am of Chloe Moretz - it's a perfect thing in itself.

A completely unrelated question

[xavierxalfonso]

Mrs Xavier is going to be preparing a project with a bunch of 13-14-year-olds in a few days's time. The topic is love, sex and tenderness, and she's looking for a film snippet to use.

One option is the famous 'flying' scene from the Titanic, but that's a bit ancient for them. So Mrs X was thinking of using something from the Twilight series. I know it spits blood and that you're not exactly a fan, but it's a Big Thing for the babyteens and you have engaged with it through students. Do you know Twilight well enough, vicariously or otherwise, to be able to suggest something usable?

Re: A completely unrelated question

[extemporanea]

aargh. I do take your point about the series' resonance with Today's Yoof (which I mistyped as Toady's Yoof, hee); unfortunately, I've never managed to persuade myself to sit through more than about fifteen minutes of the first movie, so would be unqualified to suggest which scenes are appropriate. I'd also hesitate to use Twilight as any sort of exemplar about sexuality and tenderness because its gender and power issues are so totally screwed up (although I suppose that's a teaching opportunity in itself). There are various stills from the latest film doing the rounds, though, which have a Bella-and-Edward-cuddling-in-bed vibe, so if Mrs X has the gumption to sit through it, some of the bits around the wedding and honeymoon may work?

Re: A completely unrelated question

[xavierxalfonso]

Thank you: Mrs X is very grateful. We sat through part of the first film and have no real desire to repeat with the latest one. So Twilight will probably not grace her particular project.

Re: A completely unrelated question

[extemporanea]

I think that's an excellent call :>. If any alternative scenes from contemp pop texts occur to me, I'll let you know.