I was very lucky to get a ticket to see my favourite author John Irving this week at a literary event in Toronto. He was here to talk about his new novel, "In One Person". This is his 13th novel and as he says it is his fourth political one, in the sense that it deals with an issue that people will undoubtedly take sides on. This story is about having crushes on the people that one shouldn't have crushes on. It features love between transgendered and bisexuals. I have just this morning started the novel and I just love the way John Irving writes, you can tell that this is going to be a story that takes the main character to places that are going to be hard to read about. Irving talked at length about the craft of novel writing and told how he always has the ending of a story first, often the last line and then the rest of the story will unfold from there. Often, he has several of these story endings waiting in the wings for their turn to emerge. He talked about his influences, when he was younger definitely, Dickens and Melville. He revealed how he does not think a story worth telling unless there is an element that will be painful for the reader because it involves something that you would not want to happen to you or anyone you love. His protagonists are usually searching for some meaning or knowledge and the reader is always aware of the answer before the character finds it for himself.
Irving compared his other love, wrestling with his love of writing. He feels that in both cases he enjoys the process of perfecting the skills over the result and that is what compels him to keep doing it. He says the pleasure comes in doing something well but you have to put in the work to get to that stage. At the end of the evening John Irving was very generous in answering questions that the audience had put to him. He was very funny and smart when he answered and seems a very down to earth approachable man. He talked very proudly of his youngest son Everett, who was in the audience and it was to him that he gave consideration when he writing this novel as this son is gay. He finally admitted that he is working on his 14th novel, and that the ending came to him on Christmas Eve, he would not say what it is going to be about, but he did give us the last line. It had something to do with being on a collision course (did not write it down!), but as he said that could apply to most of his novels. Can't wait!
Monday 28 May 2012
Saturday 19 May 2012
50 shades of grey and a splash of colour
Well, just for something different I am going to write about what I have been reading. Just over a week ago I finished the novel, The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan, I believe this was a first published book for this author and I would say it was a pretty good start. It is a story about a young wife who on leaving New York with her new husband, on an ocean liner bound for Europe, finds herself on an ill fated journey at sea. The liner, like the Titanic and at about the time of that ship's fatal journey, finds itself sinking. The young woman, Grace, along with 30 or so others, manage to secure a place on a lifeboat and then they must endure life in this lifeboat until they are rescued. Quickly, a leader emerges, Hardie, a crew member who has knowledge of life at sea. Not all the choices the survivors have to make are popular. I found this story very well written,it is not just a story about what happens in the lifeboat but it follows on to deal with the aftermath and the consequences of one of the decisions that Grace had become involved in while in the lifeboat.
Now in the interests of research, I thought I ought to check out the first in the trilogy of books by EL James, 'Fifty shades of Grey'. It is not a book I would normally be interested in, I thought it sounded as if it was going to be a bit Mills and Boon, a lightweight romance. However, as all three of the books are leading the best seller lists I thought I would give one a try. Also, someone in my play reading class told me that apparently it is very popular as a book club choice, so maybe there was more to it than I first thought. Well, I started it three days ago, and I am reading it on my ipad (thank goodness, so nobody can see the cover) and it runs at about 700 pages on my device, and I think I am almost half way through this morning. Yes, I can hardly put the thing down. For anybody who has been sleeping up a tree, and that was me until about 5 days ago. This book is particularly targeted at women and apparently what women like to read about is sex, and not just 'vanilla sex' as the male protagonist says but the kind of kinky sex that at one time was thought only to be of interest to male consumers. I think the interesting point is here, that women do like to read about this stuff, and especially read about it as opposed to viewing it, I would be very surprised if it would do as well on the screen. It is of course pure fantasy and I can just imagine that all sorts of women from all stages in their lives are escaping their everyday lives while they delve into these books that come with no literary pretencions. In fact, I may just have to read the other two and report back of course.
Now in the interests of research, I thought I ought to check out the first in the trilogy of books by EL James, 'Fifty shades of Grey'. It is not a book I would normally be interested in, I thought it sounded as if it was going to be a bit Mills and Boon, a lightweight romance. However, as all three of the books are leading the best seller lists I thought I would give one a try. Also, someone in my play reading class told me that apparently it is very popular as a book club choice, so maybe there was more to it than I first thought. Well, I started it three days ago, and I am reading it on my ipad (thank goodness, so nobody can see the cover) and it runs at about 700 pages on my device, and I think I am almost half way through this morning. Yes, I can hardly put the thing down. For anybody who has been sleeping up a tree, and that was me until about 5 days ago. This book is particularly targeted at women and apparently what women like to read about is sex, and not just 'vanilla sex' as the male protagonist says but the kind of kinky sex that at one time was thought only to be of interest to male consumers. I think the interesting point is here, that women do like to read about this stuff, and especially read about it as opposed to viewing it, I would be very surprised if it would do as well on the screen. It is of course pure fantasy and I can just imagine that all sorts of women from all stages in their lives are escaping their everyday lives while they delve into these books that come with no literary pretencions. In fact, I may just have to read the other two and report back of course.
Sunday 13 May 2012
Catchin' Up with what I have been doing
I have had lots of things taking up my time lately so have not been so keen to sit at my computer to write this. I am now back into taking classes; watercolour painting, drawing, bridge, photography and my latest and newest endeavour play reading. Play Reading is so much fun! We are a group of about 20 people who enjoy theatre, and we sit around and take turns to read aloud the parts in a play, a different one each week. It is a great way to enjoy plays that you wouldn't always get to see and is a lot easier than actually trying to perform them, which I would probably never do anyway. I think it is a nice change from the general book club idea, which I must admit I am a little bored with.
I have not been neglecting going to see shows, this month I have seem some excellent performances. At our local college, Sheridan, I saw their rendition of the musical Sweeney Todd, the students in the theatre arts program at Sheridan are so good, as good as anything I have seen in Toronto, or in London or New York for that matter! Then I saw War Horse at the Mirvish in Toronto, I think this was better than the film version. The life size horse puppets are amazing and all round it was a very clever and moving show. Next up, was another performance put on by the National Theatre in London, (I adore this theatre) This time I saw the encore performance of "One Man, two guvnor's" which was the funniest thing I have seen in a long time, I would say it is my favourite from the National so far. This show is going to be on in New York this summer, so if anyone reading this will be there do try and get tickets, but good luck because in London it was sold out all the time. Finally, on a recent UK trip I saw Hayfever at the Noel Coward theatre, with Lyndsey Duncan and Jeremy Northam, this was no so good. I do not know if it was because the play is not really so relevant now or the humour was just not working, but I found it slow and a bit of a disappointment. Shame.
I do not have any films to mention at the moment, a bit of a slow time for films right now. However, I have been catching up on a few TV to DVD series and some were well worth mentioning. Two BBC productions that I really enjoyed were the new adaptation of 'Great Expectations' starring Gillian Anderson as Miss Havesham, of course this is where the BBC outdo everyone else when it comes to adapting great novels for the screen. The other BBC mini series, is 'Birdsong' an adaptation of the novel by Sebastian Faulks. This is about a love affair between a young British officer in WWI who had fallen for a beautiful married French women and in true dramatic form their love is destined not to survive. It is beautifully filmed, and terribly sad, but get yourself a big glass of wine, some sweeties, and hankies and settle down to enjoy.
I have not been neglecting going to see shows, this month I have seem some excellent performances. At our local college, Sheridan, I saw their rendition of the musical Sweeney Todd, the students in the theatre arts program at Sheridan are so good, as good as anything I have seen in Toronto, or in London or New York for that matter! Then I saw War Horse at the Mirvish in Toronto, I think this was better than the film version. The life size horse puppets are amazing and all round it was a very clever and moving show. Next up, was another performance put on by the National Theatre in London, (I adore this theatre) This time I saw the encore performance of "One Man, two guvnor's" which was the funniest thing I have seen in a long time, I would say it is my favourite from the National so far. This show is going to be on in New York this summer, so if anyone reading this will be there do try and get tickets, but good luck because in London it was sold out all the time. Finally, on a recent UK trip I saw Hayfever at the Noel Coward theatre, with Lyndsey Duncan and Jeremy Northam, this was no so good. I do not know if it was because the play is not really so relevant now or the humour was just not working, but I found it slow and a bit of a disappointment. Shame.
I do not have any films to mention at the moment, a bit of a slow time for films right now. However, I have been catching up on a few TV to DVD series and some were well worth mentioning. Two BBC productions that I really enjoyed were the new adaptation of 'Great Expectations' starring Gillian Anderson as Miss Havesham, of course this is where the BBC outdo everyone else when it comes to adapting great novels for the screen. The other BBC mini series, is 'Birdsong' an adaptation of the novel by Sebastian Faulks. This is about a love affair between a young British officer in WWI who had fallen for a beautiful married French women and in true dramatic form their love is destined not to survive. It is beautifully filmed, and terribly sad, but get yourself a big glass of wine, some sweeties, and hankies and settle down to enjoy.
Sunday 1 April 2012
The Golden Years
The first thing that I saw this weekend that I have to mention is a British mini series made in 2010 called "Any Human Heart" based on the novel of that title by William Boyd. He also did the screenplay for this. It is a beautiful film in four parts, and stars Sam Claflin, Matthew Macfadyen, and Jim Broadbent all playing the part of the same man, Logan Mountstuart over the course of his life through every decade of the last century in England. If you happen to be a fan of British television, then this is one you really should not miss. It is so well made, every little detail is beautfully translated to the screen and the acting is very fine indeed. It is a story about a romantic novelist and his ups and downs through life,encountering as he says, equal amounts of good luck times and bad luck times. After his early success with his first novel he struggles to produce another piece of work throughout his life. Meanwhile he leads a life that is hugely interesting and he has many relationships that he reflects back on as he reaches the end of his life.The most important relationship was the real love of his life, the brief time he had with Freya when he was a young man, played by Matthew Macfadyen. Watch out for, the great performances by Tom Hollander and Gillian Anderson playing the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Kim Catrell as one of Logan's later loves.
This morning, I was at TIFF for the latest in the series of Reel Talk, Sneak Peeks, the last in that series for this season. One more to go in the Contemporary World Cinema series! We saw a film I was eagerly awaiting, so I was delighted when the host Jesse Wente announced what we were going to see, because of course it is a closely guarded secret until just before it screens. The film is "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" a British film directed by John Madden. It has the most stellar cast you will ever see in one film. Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup and Celia Imrie. It tells the story of a group of British seniors who for one reason or another find themselves 'outsourced' to India to stay in the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, run by the young manager played by Dev Patel (from Slumdog Millionare). This film I am sure will be a big success as it delivers all that it promises. The screenplay for this film is based on the novel 'Tulip Fever' by Deborah Moggach (in the film you see Penelope Wilton reading this novel, I admit I did not spot this myself but read about it somewhere). It is very hard to pick a favourite performance from among this bunch as they are all so fantastic, but if I had to choose it would have to be Bill Nighy. I just adore him in everything, in fact as I have been known to say he is one of those actors I would love to meet and get to know, in fact if he reads this, you are invited to come over for a meal anytime you are in Toronto again. I have seen him the last two years at the film festival and he had a very funny story to tell about an early love of his from Canada, when he was at this year's TIFF and did a Q & A with the audience. I am not really a talent stalker, that is more in my husbands realm. I was horrified when he approached the afore mentioned Matthew Macfadyen at a previous TIFF and shook his hand.
Well, it is time to go watch something else, I have a stack of things calling to me......
This morning, I was at TIFF for the latest in the series of Reel Talk, Sneak Peeks, the last in that series for this season. One more to go in the Contemporary World Cinema series! We saw a film I was eagerly awaiting, so I was delighted when the host Jesse Wente announced what we were going to see, because of course it is a closely guarded secret until just before it screens. The film is "The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" a British film directed by John Madden. It has the most stellar cast you will ever see in one film. Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup and Celia Imrie. It tells the story of a group of British seniors who for one reason or another find themselves 'outsourced' to India to stay in the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, run by the young manager played by Dev Patel (from Slumdog Millionare). This film I am sure will be a big success as it delivers all that it promises. The screenplay for this film is based on the novel 'Tulip Fever' by Deborah Moggach (in the film you see Penelope Wilton reading this novel, I admit I did not spot this myself but read about it somewhere). It is very hard to pick a favourite performance from among this bunch as they are all so fantastic, but if I had to choose it would have to be Bill Nighy. I just adore him in everything, in fact as I have been known to say he is one of those actors I would love to meet and get to know, in fact if he reads this, you are invited to come over for a meal anytime you are in Toronto again. I have seen him the last two years at the film festival and he had a very funny story to tell about an early love of his from Canada, when he was at this year's TIFF and did a Q & A with the audience. I am not really a talent stalker, that is more in my husbands realm. I was horrified when he approached the afore mentioned Matthew Macfadyen at a previous TIFF and shook his hand.
Well, it is time to go watch something else, I have a stack of things calling to me......
The National Theatre - Live from London
One of the best things I have discovered in the last year is the fantastic opportunity to watch live at the cinema here in Canada, broadcasts live from London, productions put on at the National Theatre on the Southbank. The latest, I saw last week, Jamie Lloyd's production of "She Stoops to Conquer" by Oliver Goldsmith. This play was written in 1773 and is a very clever comedy of errors. I am amazed, and shocked that each time I have been to see one of these productions (viewing at the Burl Oak cinema in Oakville) that they play to a very skimpy audience. I have heard that they are better attended in Toronto, but this completely baffles me. Why are people not running and falling over themselves to go and see these shows? This particular play starred the amazing Sophie Thompson as Mrs Hardcastle, who was hilarious. She is probably best known for her role in "4 weddings and a funeral" some years ago now. Also, of note was Katherine Kelly, who Coronation Street fans will know for her role as Becky. She is in fact a RADA trained actress and she really struts her stuff in this production. As far as I can remember this is the only Oliver Goldsmith play I have ever seen, but I do hope I get to see more. Reading up on him he sounds like he was a very likeable character, a bit of a goof I guess. Apparently, he planned to emigrate from England, but ended up not doing so because he missed his boat. Also, I found out that until 1962 there was an underground train named for him that ran on the Metropolitan line. If you should happen upon my little blog, please, please watch out for these productions and treat yourself at the next opportunity to one of these shows. In the fall there will be a new series of live productions to see and over the summer there are encore screenings of some of this past seasons plays. GO and Enjoy!!!!
Wednesday 28 March 2012
Feminism, Teachers, Trees and the End of the World
On Teachers, a very simple little film I have just watched over the weekend from Quebec, Monsieur Lazhar (a nominee for best foreign language film Oscars 2012), It is about grief, when Bashir Lazhar volunteers to step in and become the substitute teacher for a class of elementary students whose teacher has committed suicide in the class room, he becomes the most effective ear for the students to express their grief. He himself if getting over the grief of losing his family at the hands of terrorists in Algeria. The film deals with the craziness of the PC driven world of today's classroom. Teachers are faced with the dilemma of comforting students when they absolutely cannot touch a student, let alone the problems of reprimanding unruly classroom antics.
Next up, a trip to latest in series "Books on Film" at TIFF with the fantastic host Eleanor Wachtel (sp?). The Book to film this time was "Jane Eyre" one of my all time favourite books, which I reread every few years and always get something new from it. This was the latest film adaptation from 2010 and stars Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender as Jane and Mrs Rochester respectively. This is the third time I have seen this adaptation and it is by far my favourite. Eleanor's guest was Molly Haskell an American Feminist writer who talked at length after the film about Jane's character and the very forward feminist writing of Charlotte Bronte. I am not a huge fan of people spouting on about feminism usually but Molly Haskell is mostly interested in women and their roles in film so that does interest me. Her latest book, is "Frankly, my dear" and of deals with Scarlett O'Hara and GWTW. I am going to put that on my list to get to!
A trip to the McMichael gallery in Kleinberg was fun. There is an interesting exhibition on at the moment (Until April 22) called The Tree:Form and substance. It goes beautifully with the setting which of course is in the lovely wooded area around the property surrounded by lovely walking trails through the trees. The exhibition has a collection of all forms of media devoted to the tree, my favourite were of course the photographs.
The final film I saw at the weekend, was "Melancholia" by Lars Von Trier, starring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsburgh and Kiefer Sutherland. I really loved this film, but, I started out hating it and did not think I would get through it. It is in two parts, from the vantage point of two sisters. It has a dark, ominous feel to it, because of course everyone is aware that a huge undiscovered planet, Melancholia is encroaching on earth on its collision course to end life here. However, this is not a film about panic or avoidance, there is just the feeling of acceptance and sadness. This film is about a family that has obviously had issues to deal with, but we are never let in on any of the facts, we just make do with what we have right now and each of the characters has to come to terms with their own mortality in their own manner. This is one of those films that stays with me for some days after and I find myself thinking about it from time to time, and that is something I always like from a film.
Next up, a trip to latest in series "Books on Film" at TIFF with the fantastic host Eleanor Wachtel (sp?). The Book to film this time was "Jane Eyre" one of my all time favourite books, which I reread every few years and always get something new from it. This was the latest film adaptation from 2010 and stars Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender as Jane and Mrs Rochester respectively. This is the third time I have seen this adaptation and it is by far my favourite. Eleanor's guest was Molly Haskell an American Feminist writer who talked at length after the film about Jane's character and the very forward feminist writing of Charlotte Bronte. I am not a huge fan of people spouting on about feminism usually but Molly Haskell is mostly interested in women and their roles in film so that does interest me. Her latest book, is "Frankly, my dear" and of deals with Scarlett O'Hara and GWTW. I am going to put that on my list to get to!
A trip to the McMichael gallery in Kleinberg was fun. There is an interesting exhibition on at the moment (Until April 22) called The Tree:Form and substance. It goes beautifully with the setting which of course is in the lovely wooded area around the property surrounded by lovely walking trails through the trees. The exhibition has a collection of all forms of media devoted to the tree, my favourite were of course the photographs.
The final film I saw at the weekend, was "Melancholia" by Lars Von Trier, starring Kirsten Dunst, Charlotte Gainsburgh and Kiefer Sutherland. I really loved this film, but, I started out hating it and did not think I would get through it. It is in two parts, from the vantage point of two sisters. It has a dark, ominous feel to it, because of course everyone is aware that a huge undiscovered planet, Melancholia is encroaching on earth on its collision course to end life here. However, this is not a film about panic or avoidance, there is just the feeling of acceptance and sadness. This film is about a family that has obviously had issues to deal with, but we are never let in on any of the facts, we just make do with what we have right now and each of the characters has to come to terms with their own mortality in their own manner. This is one of those films that stays with me for some days after and I find myself thinking about it from time to time, and that is something I always like from a film.
Saturday 24 March 2012
The Hunger Games
THG - In the interests of research for this blog, I decided to be one of the first to see this film at the cinema in Canada. I went to the 11:45am screening and was not surprised to see the theatre already half full. When I left there was already a line forming for the next screening. I had not read the books by Suzanne Collins, but vaguely knew the plot, and I was a little uneasy with the idea of children killing each other as a contest..
I must say I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the film. Right from the beginning I was invested in the main character Katniss Everdene, played by the very natural Jennifer Lawrence (she is fantastic in Winter's Bone if you have not seen it). The story is sent in a futuristic state, Panem and to titilate the affluent citizens, the poorest of the 12 districts are forced to send off a pair of tributes (picked by a lottery system) yearly to compete to the death. In Katniss's home village she has two possible love interests (sounding like that other teen blockbuster, the twilight series?). There is the very hunky Gale who is her hunting buddy, and they often practice their hunting skills with the bow to get a squirrel supper, Yum! Then there is the very sensitive, also hunky, lusting from a distance, other guy, Peeta. He is the baker's son and in the past had been kind enough to throw Katniss a hunk of bread when she was starving. Katniss does the unthinkable and volunteers to take her younger sisters place when the lottery picks her name. Peeta, is her fellow male tribute. There are many things in this film that draw on the popular forms of entertainment in our culture right now, making it a sure bet at the box office. It is an example of an extreme reality series were the audience are watching in comfort to pitch these teens against each other and see what happens. I loved the design and fashion of the wealthy Panem, the people have very colourful, flamboyant makeup and hairstyles, the women look like Cup Cakes in high heels. It also very much reminded me of an earlier example of reality televison in its most absurd extreme form, the film starring Jim Carey, "The Truman Show". Carey plays Truman, and his whole life he has been the subject of a reality show watched by the rest of the world with only him being unaware of that fact. Very worthy of another viewing. If you are still unsettled about the kid on kid violence, reminicent of Goldings, Lord of the Flies, I would say that, this film depicts pure fantasy, so you do not come out of the theatre thinking OMG will there be copy cat killings. It is a tale, pure fairytale style fantasy, so do not be alarmed! One useful anecdote is that quoted in The Globe and Mail, from Mark Lisanti who ponders if you should see it? He says, it could provide the perfect comback to a snarky teen. "If a government lottery selected you to fight to the death on TV, I'd be OK with that. You are being a right bastard right now. Maybe you would win, and we'd all get to live in Malibu!"
Another interesting snippet of information, Panem comes from the latin phrase "Panem et Circenses (Bread and Circuses) which refers to the famous method of keeping the masses pacified.
For something completely different, "The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant", made as a joint UK/Australian film for TV. It is available to borrow from the Oakville Public Library. It stars the lovely young British actress Romola Garai (from one of my recent favourites, Glorious 39). It is about the fate of a group of English convicts who are sent to Australia in the 18th century. In particular if follows the very courageous Mary Bryant and is based on a truish story I believe. She is another very bold, strong female character not unlike Katniss in her detimination to succeed in staying alive against the odds. She also has two dishy males lusting after her, do you see a pattern?
Happy viewing!
I must say I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the film. Right from the beginning I was invested in the main character Katniss Everdene, played by the very natural Jennifer Lawrence (she is fantastic in Winter's Bone if you have not seen it). The story is sent in a futuristic state, Panem and to titilate the affluent citizens, the poorest of the 12 districts are forced to send off a pair of tributes (picked by a lottery system) yearly to compete to the death. In Katniss's home village she has two possible love interests (sounding like that other teen blockbuster, the twilight series?). There is the very hunky Gale who is her hunting buddy, and they often practice their hunting skills with the bow to get a squirrel supper, Yum! Then there is the very sensitive, also hunky, lusting from a distance, other guy, Peeta. He is the baker's son and in the past had been kind enough to throw Katniss a hunk of bread when she was starving. Katniss does the unthinkable and volunteers to take her younger sisters place when the lottery picks her name. Peeta, is her fellow male tribute. There are many things in this film that draw on the popular forms of entertainment in our culture right now, making it a sure bet at the box office. It is an example of an extreme reality series were the audience are watching in comfort to pitch these teens against each other and see what happens. I loved the design and fashion of the wealthy Panem, the people have very colourful, flamboyant makeup and hairstyles, the women look like Cup Cakes in high heels. It also very much reminded me of an earlier example of reality televison in its most absurd extreme form, the film starring Jim Carey, "The Truman Show". Carey plays Truman, and his whole life he has been the subject of a reality show watched by the rest of the world with only him being unaware of that fact. Very worthy of another viewing. If you are still unsettled about the kid on kid violence, reminicent of Goldings, Lord of the Flies, I would say that, this film depicts pure fantasy, so you do not come out of the theatre thinking OMG will there be copy cat killings. It is a tale, pure fairytale style fantasy, so do not be alarmed! One useful anecdote is that quoted in The Globe and Mail, from Mark Lisanti who ponders if you should see it? He says, it could provide the perfect comback to a snarky teen. "If a government lottery selected you to fight to the death on TV, I'd be OK with that. You are being a right bastard right now. Maybe you would win, and we'd all get to live in Malibu!"
Another interesting snippet of information, Panem comes from the latin phrase "Panem et Circenses (Bread and Circuses) which refers to the famous method of keeping the masses pacified.
For something completely different, "The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant", made as a joint UK/Australian film for TV. It is available to borrow from the Oakville Public Library. It stars the lovely young British actress Romola Garai (from one of my recent favourites, Glorious 39). It is about the fate of a group of English convicts who are sent to Australia in the 18th century. In particular if follows the very courageous Mary Bryant and is based on a truish story I believe. She is another very bold, strong female character not unlike Katniss in her detimination to succeed in staying alive against the odds. She also has two dishy males lusting after her, do you see a pattern?
Happy viewing!
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