I sit here in the thunder, the green on the grey

[sovay]

Me: I should rewatch Sense and Sensibility (1995). It might pair illuminatingly with Persuasion (1995); I haven't seen it in nine years and I've never written about it; I saw it for the first time in 1996 with someone who didn't like it. That was a point in my life when I saw very few movies and did not think critically about them if I did. Those can be interesting to revisit.

*half an hour of movie later*

My critical faculties: FUCK, Alan Rickman is BEAUTIFUL.

Ladies and gentlepeople, that may be the review.

Comments

[hamletta]

Brief answer: I concur.

Slightly longer answer: I went to a screening of S&S in 2015, followed by Q&A with Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson, who shared stories about the film, the filming and their lives. Emma met her husband there (the guy who played Willeby), and they got together while filming. Alan was still beautiful, even though he was likely already ill then. He spoke about writing and his respect for writers--and he was so inspiring he made something break inside me. The very next day I started writing again, and that was the beginning of a new phase for me. He made a difference, for me, personally, right then.

[sovay]

He spoke about writing and his respect for writers--and he was so inspiring he made something break inside me. The very next day I started writing again, and that was the beginning of a new phase for me. He made a difference, for me, personally, right then.

Thank you for telling me. That's lovely. I am glad he did that for you.

I never heard him extempore. I saw him in Private Lives on Broadway in 2002. It's one of the stage productions I am happiest to have seen.

[lauradi7dw]

I’d be happy to read a review from you of Private Lives, which I also saw because of Rickman. I thought the sets were wonderful, some of the costuming choices ill-thought-out, and while some of the individual lines were funny, i generally disliked it. A lot. I gather I’m an outlier in this regard. One of the things I remember positively was that Rickman was barefooted briefly, so I ws able to check to see whether the tattoo on the sole of his foot in “Blow dry” (2001) was real. Apparently not.