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ooooh Camilla Send a noteboard - 24/01/2011 08:51:46 AM
I think I ought to mention to you there's an apparently quite fun new French movie featuring him and Auguste Macquet (with Depardieu, playing Dumas as I understand, though perhaps it's Macquet. The whole cast is apparently stellar.).

It's not a biography as such, more a window on some episodes of Dumas' life (there's been a lot of movies like this from France recently, the Molière one was especially funny. Instead of a bio, they took an episode of his life where he "vanished" from historical records, right before he started writing his most famous comedies, and invented him an adventure in which he met the people and situations that would inspire him his plays. Hilarious)

The reviewer this morning was saying the movie was as entertaining as, and felt very much like, a Dumas novel.

That sounds like you sort of things


It does indeed. I haven't heard of the Molière film, either. Do you remember what they are called?
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A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out. Rebekah - 22/01/2011 11:48:21 PM 1328 Views
This month is just making me hate classics. ? - 23/01/2011 12:06:08 AM 1152 Views
Aw. That's a shame. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 12:21:10 AM 1057 Views
Re: Aw. That's a shame. ? - 23/01/2011 12:55:44 PM 1183 Views
Hrm... a high fantasy classic... ranagrande - 23/01/2011 01:15:05 PM 961 Views
Yeah? Okay... *NM* ? - 23/01/2011 01:16:15 PM 477 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:17:18 PM 1109 Views
Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:25:40 PM 977 Views
There's really only one high fantasy classic, no? Or two, if you count the Silm separately. *NM* Legolas - 23/01/2011 01:35:03 PM 477 Views
Perhaps Gormenghast? Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:58:50 PM 1131 Views
Perhaps, haven't read either Dunsany or Peake. Legolas - 23/01/2011 02:02:51 PM 1091 Views
Re: Perhaps, haven't read either Dunsany or Peake. Camilla - 23/01/2011 02:05:31 PM 1255 Views
Maybe Alice's Adventures in Wonderland? *NM* ranagrande - 23/01/2011 02:20:49 PM 479 Views
Re: Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:37:56 PM 1014 Views
Re: Dunsany is good. And Grimm, but Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:59:18 PM 1134 Views
H. Rider Haggard. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 01:24:01 PM 1081 Views
Sounds interesting. ? - 23/01/2011 01:34:45 PM 1117 Views
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King Solomon's Mines is also awesome. nossy - 23/01/2011 03:52:04 PM 945 Views
You can't love all of the classics, but it's not like it's a genre of its own that you can dislike. Legolas - 23/01/2011 12:32:01 AM 1145 Views
Precisely Camilla - 23/01/2011 09:40:26 AM 1369 Views
True true... ? - 23/01/2011 12:58:42 PM 1102 Views
Fortunately, that's precisely what this site aims to do! *NM* Legolas - 23/01/2011 01:34:16 PM 491 Views
You just aren't reading the right books (and reviews), it seems Larry - 23/01/2011 12:41:07 AM 1165 Views
The Swiss Family Robinson is hardly a "classic", unless by "classic" you mean "old". Tom - 23/01/2011 06:55:30 AM 964 Views
Fine then. ? - 23/01/2011 01:02:48 PM 1025 Views
Re: This month is just making me hate classics. Camilla - 23/01/2011 09:05:52 AM 1133 Views
A lot of "classics" need proper context to be appreciated DomA - 23/01/2011 12:22:44 PM 1323 Views
Well said. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 12:46:35 PM 1161 Views
Re: Well said. DomA - 24/01/2011 02:33:10 AM 1202 Views
That reminds me I need to get back to the Mémoires of Marguerite de Valois. Legolas - 24/01/2011 10:17:17 PM 920 Views
Very true Camilla - 23/01/2011 01:04:56 PM 1081 Views
Speaking of Dumas... DomA - 24/01/2011 02:45:02 AM 951 Views
ooooh Camilla - 24/01/2011 08:51:46 AM 1260 Views
The Molière movie is called... wait for it... Legolas - 24/01/2011 10:21:48 PM 1100 Views
oooh Camilla - 24/01/2011 10:24:19 PM 1140 Views
Re: oooh Legolas - 24/01/2011 10:29:23 PM 995 Views
Re: oooh DomA - 25/01/2011 01:15:39 AM 1099 Views
I really should watch that movie. Legolas - 25/01/2011 09:43:35 PM 1038 Views
Re: I really should watch that movie. DomA - 25/01/2011 11:15:10 PM 1176 Views
Why not? We liked Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain and Les Invasions Barbares. *NM* Legolas - 26/01/2011 06:45:26 PM 478 Views
Re: Why not? We liked Le Déclin de l'Empire Américain and Les Invasions Barbares. DomA - 27/01/2011 12:26:48 PM 1324 Views
I guess I'd have to see it to have an opinion on that. Legolas - 27/01/2011 08:00:53 PM 1243 Views
Re: oooh DomA - 25/01/2011 01:50:04 AM 1020 Views
Re: oooh Camilla - 25/01/2011 10:22:21 AM 1171 Views
Re: oooh DomA - 25/01/2011 12:46:30 PM 1190 Views
That's it! Camilla - 25/01/2011 12:50:18 PM 1215 Views
Re: A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out. everynametaken - 23/01/2011 06:25:50 AM 1104 Views
The big problem with Dracula is that it's an epistolary novel. Tom - 23/01/2011 06:58:25 AM 1106 Views
Yeah, agreed. Legolas - 23/01/2011 09:46:57 AM 1047 Views
But Frankenstein doesn't even have good writing to recommend it. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:09:58 AM 1033 Views
Dracula is the book I hope to review (properly) today. I love it. So very much. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:08:34 AM 923 Views
The challenge is making me wish I hadn't already read Frankenstein Brian - 23/01/2011 07:38:49 AM 1599 Views
Really? ranagrande - 23/01/2011 07:52:24 AM 998 Views
I didn't mind The Importance of Being Earnest too much Brian - 23/01/2011 08:38:14 AM 1558 Views
Frankenstein ranagrande - 23/01/2011 09:05:10 AM 1136 Views
... Camilla - 23/01/2011 09:08:03 AM 976 Views
Thank you. *NM* Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:10:34 AM 463 Views
For, as usual, being my wonderful, divine self and bringing light to the world? *NM* Camilla - 23/01/2011 10:12:30 AM 496 Views
Something like that. *NM* Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:15:37 AM 421 Views
There's a reason why they include Wilde among the "decadents". Legolas - 23/01/2011 10:16:33 AM 1043 Views
Re: A few thoughts on my Classic challenge book. Well, books, as it turns out. Camilla - 23/01/2011 08:53:01 AM 1066 Views
Yes. Rebekah - 23/01/2011 10:15:04 AM 1054 Views
Re: Yes. Camilla - 23/01/2011 10:18:02 AM 1051 Views
I just read A Christmas Carol as well. It's very short, alright. Legolas - 02/02/2011 08:46:16 PM 1111 Views
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