Stuff.

[the_grynne]

Vanessa Paradis and Johnny Depp are set to play Simone de Beauvoir and her lover Nelson Algren in My American Dream for director Lasse Hallström. (Coming Soon)

Spartacus: Blood and Sand lead actor Andy Whitfield has been diagnosed with early stages of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, putting a halt to production on the series. Whitfield's condition is

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[calculare]

I hope Whitfield comes through OK. :(

OK. Yes. I'm officially tired of Depp, now.

Mahjong seems complicated.

[the_grynne]

It's quite upsetting. :(

I never figured out how to play. All my aunts on my dad's side do, though.

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While I think I could feel what was going on in that mahjong scene, I obviously wasn't familiar with the details of the game. So thanks for the link. :)
I wish the movie would finally be shown here on TV so I'd be able to see it again.

[the_grynne]

I didn't know the in's and out's of the game either, but I remember being rivetted by it when I first watched the movie. That's just great film-making.
I have it on DVD. :)

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A tangent. :)

[the_grynne]

*g* This reminds me of that book about Chinese restaurants in America.

that it evolved into a Jewish game

...now that I somehow doubt.

[winterfish]

Thank you for the link to the mahjong scene. The only thing I know about mahjong is that it's omg noisy!

[the_grynne]

You're welcome!

[the_grynne]

I remember reading Jane Eyre when I was about 10, and being terrified by it.

I think I'm ready for a more surreal, psychological version of it. With a more critical perspective on Rochester.