March's Manic Marauding of Maverick Meanderings

[Fried Egg]

Finished reading Kim Stanley Robinson's "Red Mars" and Robert Aickman's "Dark Entries" before the end of this month and now have started on Italo Calvino's "If on a winter's night a traveller" (courtesy of Nesa).

[Vertigo]

Originally Posted by dask

Finished BEETHOVEN, THE UNIVERSAL COMPOSER by Edmond Morris. Superb, brilliant or at least almost so. The image of Beethoven strolling through the fields grunting and shaking his fist is no longer cute or funny. The guy had a hard life, his growing deafness only a part of the problem. I fell in love with him before I knew anything about music and I hope he's the last thing I hear before I die.

Images of Soylent Green there, where they used his Pastoral as the chosen music for the Edward G Robinson's character's euthanasia. But I know what you mean, one of my favourite composers too and yes, a tragic life.

[Jeffbert]

EGR is one of my favorite actors; he could be a gangster, a G-Man, a newspaper editor, an insurance claims guy, & even a milquetoast, & be believable in all those roles. In his last scene ever, he was really dying, & Heston's tears were genuine. I believe they met in THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, and became life-long friends. He would have been great as Dr. Zaius. Too bad he never got past making the pilot.

On topic: I just read HEART OF DARKNESS, & was rather surprised to see that Kurtz played such a minor-- no, brief role.

[GOLLUM]

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Cheers.