tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post2012661706681800226..comments2023-07-22T15:44:42.859+01:00Comments on More about the song - rambling with Rachel Fox: Bright, brighter, brightestRachel Foxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-50254389318393475002010-04-10T04:12:43.057+01:002010-04-10T04:12:43.057+01:00i actually adore all your writing way, very remark...i actually adore all your writing way, very remarkable,<br />don’t quit and keep penning seeing that it simply just that is <br />worth to follow it,<br />excited to browse much more of your article content, stunning daysewa mobilhttp://www.fortunerentcar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-76674040038949674922010-03-17T14:54:13.369+00:002010-03-17T14:54:13.369+00:00And rereading it again I'd say it is also sayi...And rereading it again I'd say it is also saying that the best poetry can be written by someone who is not thinking of themselves...but who is instead thinking about their subject matter (presuming that subject matter is not themselves...). They should be so closely involved with the particular tree (or whatever that they are writing about) that they should almost become part of that tree. Always fancied being a tree myself.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-38215122335564698192010-03-17T14:49:19.403+00:002010-03-17T14:49:19.403+00:00And I am no Keats scholar (or even particular fan)...And I am no Keats scholar (or even particular fan). So alternative versions welcome.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-88929188033187841802010-03-17T14:48:12.455+00:002010-03-17T14:48:12.455+00:00Cuban - I guess (and it is a guess) that this quot...Cuban - I guess (and it is a guess) that this quote is suggesting that the poet themselves is not of any particular interest...it is the work that is of interest, not the poet's life. This is, of course, ruined by the fact that we are writing about a film about a poet and about what a poet said (rather than his poetry)...but I still think the sentiment is worth considering. <br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-20491084958268421762010-03-17T13:46:19.569+00:002010-03-17T13:46:19.569+00:00"A poet is not at all poetical. He is the mos..."A poet is not at all poetical. He is the most unpoetical thing in existence. He has no identity, is continually filling some other body...the sun, the moon..."<br /><br />I feel ambivalent about this one. Does he mean that the poet is a vehicle through we channel our emotions? Or is he implying that the poet casts off that identity in order to aspire to a higher canon?<br /><br />I love Keats and I love Campion (minus 'In The Cut'). This one's been on my Lovefilm list for quite a while now, since it came out on DVD. After your review, I look forward to it more. Many thanks.<br /><br />Greetings from London.A Cuban In Londonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16423293358605007539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-29321323565090744802010-03-17T11:24:24.486+00:002010-03-17T11:24:24.486+00:00I agree: the quotes are wonderful - especially the...I agree: the quotes are wonderful - especially the last.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-23700689116797600842010-03-17T09:32:05.952+00:002010-03-17T09:32:05.952+00:00They're both worth a watch, Eryl. And the bana...They're both worth a watch, Eryl. And the banana bit isn't too shocking in 'An Education'...not at all. It's rated 12A (apparently the new rating - used to be just 12). <br /><br />Call back in and tell me what you think of them both if you do watch them, won't you?<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-39471208254637654632010-03-16T21:11:18.068+00:002010-03-16T21:11:18.068+00:00I want to watch Bright Star right now, and I hadn&...I want to watch <i>Bright Star</i> right now, and I hadn't even heard of it before reading this. <i>An Education</i> is on my list already, though talk of the banana has got me worried. I'll definitely watch it alone.Erylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06008344023000459577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-49870459743258817172010-03-16T18:44:00.141+00:002010-03-16T18:44:00.141+00:00Admittedly it doesn't take much to make me cry...Admittedly it doesn't take much to make me cry!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-14403416687546187372010-03-16T18:40:27.057+00:002010-03-16T18:40:27.057+00:00Yes Martine the film did leave you thinking that s...Yes Martine the film did leave you thinking that she spent the rest of her life alone and pining for him and I too looked it up today and thought 'eh?' <br /><br />But the end was very powerful...I wept a bucket!<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-77811246605515793882010-03-16T18:30:04.303+00:002010-03-16T18:30:04.303+00:00I loved 'Bright Star', just beautiful, so ...I loved 'Bright Star', just beautiful, so intense, so sensual. <br />Mind you I came home and looked her up, and it turns out she married and had children, so I doubt she wore his ring for the rest of her life, a bit of sentimental poetic licence:-) <br />Mind you have also watched recently 'Nora', about James Joyce and his wife Nora Barnacle, and 'The edge of love' about Dylan Thomas and his wife and Vera Phillips, and I think that perhaps she got off lightly, as living your life with a literary genius is not all it's cracked up to be. Been planning a post on this subject for some time, just getting my head round it.<br />thanks for sharing<br />martinemartinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14260048849955077472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-80778674014053360702010-03-16T17:46:36.479+00:002010-03-16T17:46:36.479+00:00Interesting. Speaking of Scorsese I watched 't...Interesting. Speaking of Scorsese I watched 'the Age of Innocence' (Scorsese 1993) the other day with my Mum. It's not unlike 'Bright Star' in the whole 'look but don't touch very much love story'.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-24315229118179395352010-03-16T17:39:29.045+00:002010-03-16T17:39:29.045+00:00It takes a supreme effort for us as well (childcar...It takes a supreme effort for us as well (childcare being the big issue) but I have booked 2 tickets for "Shutter Island" and I am going, come hell or high water. Which, strangely, is what the film is mostly about, I believe...Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-81582570725172270542010-03-16T17:07:50.114+00:002010-03-16T17:07:50.114+00:00As for seeing things 'on release'...we'...As for seeing things 'on release'...we're so far from a cinema here that it's dvds all the way for me. We make the trip for kids films sometimes (because cinema is one of nearly-ten-now's favourite things) but I never make the trip for me.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-47571298559895500112010-03-16T17:06:13.868+00:002010-03-16T17:06:13.868+00:00I might be wrong but I think you would enjoy '...I might be wrong but I think you would enjoy 'An Education', T. Lots of old London town for a start. And some very funny bits.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-62272872450475118502010-03-16T16:57:25.127+00:002010-03-16T16:57:25.127+00:00Great quotes, I thought, but I wasn't tempted ...Great quotes, I thought, but I wasn't tempted by either film on release. Thinking twice about "An Education" now though.<br />I am of the Carry On generation, hence Fanny in a film is never going to work for me.<br />Listen to shug. You can go to Wigtown, Cinderella...<br />And I'm not going to StAnza at all.Titushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16380213493011623153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-26557535719204449982010-03-16T16:32:26.261+00:002010-03-16T16:32:26.261+00:00That was weird...your comments didn't appear f...That was weird...your comments didn't appear for ages, Kat...but now I see them!<br /><br />That's quite enough about bananas, I think. And the Emma Thompson line...'twas the Jesus moment that did it for me.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-47452441032504651852010-03-16T16:05:50.174+00:002010-03-16T16:05:50.174+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-69966233928862979372010-03-16T16:05:04.026+00:002010-03-16T16:05:04.026+00:00P.S. Re: the banana I should think it would depen...P.S. Re: the banana I should think it would depend on whether or not it was peeled.Kat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-13704106874725252672010-03-16T16:04:20.622+00:002010-03-16T16:04:20.622+00:00Oh yes! Emma Thompson is ideal in that role and if...Oh yes! Emma Thompson is ideal in that role and if it's the scene/line I'm thinking of, it's cutting to the quick, as they say.<br /><br />KatKat Mortensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877694888419628533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-35168695871788518872010-03-16T15:42:32.648+00:002010-03-16T15:42:32.648+00:00I have tickets for a couple of StAnza events but o...I have tickets for a couple of StAnza events but only quick day trips this time and no sitting around trying to sell stuff. Plus I have posters for April to put up.<br /><br />Wigtown is a long way from here! And October a long time off...<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-65498042439637564552010-03-16T15:38:47.370+00:002010-03-16T15:38:47.370+00:00Here lies one whose name was writ in water
Poor J...Here lies one whose name was writ in water<br /><br />Poor Jock Keats. <br /><br />Never mind Stanza. Come to Wigtown in October.Hugh McMillanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05353561780315527799noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-28151173278836655602010-03-16T13:24:00.415+00:002010-03-16T13:24:00.415+00:00Oh and re the fruit...go carefully!
xOh and re the fruit...go carefully!<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-28819066145259576012010-03-16T13:19:08.538+00:002010-03-16T13:19:08.538+00:00There's something very joyful about 'An Ed...There's something very joyful about 'An Education'...and a lot of that is down to the lead actress (and how she's filmed I suppose). There's not much story to it but there are some great moments (one of them provided by the marvellous Emma Thompson but I won't spoil it for you in case you do ever see it).<br /><br />And I wouldn't call 'Bright Star' a bore...though no, my man wouldn't watch it either (well, not unless I tied him to a chair in front of it...and then he'd fall asleep). I suspect you would like it, Sorlil (though of course I might be wrong). Mark and I watch lots of films and TV separately and I think that's quite healthy. I don't think couples should restrict each other's viewing!<br /><br />I have noticed that that movie has been on TV I think, Ken. Maybe I'll record it next time it's on.<br /><br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1564859019305736550.post-80248384044043518172010-03-16T13:04:23.830+00:002010-03-16T13:04:23.830+00:00I saw 'Dear Frankie' recently and thought ...I saw 'Dear Frankie' recently and thought you might like it.<br /><br />I've had to change my lunch plan... only gonna get four-a-day today I guess. :)Ken Armstronghttp://kenwriting.comnoreply@blogger.com