tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post6009676474412392069..comments2020-01-24T13:48:07.334-08:00Comments on Triss Stein: Authors as Movie Stars? Trisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08058396345946250313noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post-6767708083058320862019-06-06T15:00:03.315-07:002019-06-06T15:00:03.315-07:00Thanks to Maria, Nancy, Kings River (?) and BPL (?...Thanks to Maria, Nancy, Kings River (?) and BPL (?) for your comments. Nancy, America Dreamer has been recommended to me many times. I think I need to go find it. Thanks! BPL, Can You Ever Forgive Me arrived from Netflix yesterday, so great timing. I think it's much different but the movies I wrote about, which all are about (some way) "how do the stories come to the writer?" BUT it looks great- I've seen previews. Can't wait! Kings - I did see the Inklings favorite meeting place when I got to Oxford a few years ago. I made a little (invisible) bow. How could I not? Trisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058396345946250313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post-9443599958131463552019-06-05T17:50:11.657-07:002019-06-05T17:50:11.657-07:00Haven't seen Collette, but have seen all the o...Haven't seen Collette, but have seen all the others. I enjoyed them all, but I will admit I didn't care for the structure of Tolkien. It was a good movie, but starting with the war and then flashing back over and over slowed the movie down for me. You could add Can You Ever Forgive Me to your list of relatively recent ones as well.<br />BPL Refhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07206148409183653691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post-76822369459019499332019-06-05T08:45:37.703-07:002019-06-05T08:45:37.703-07:00I have seen the first two and enjoyed both. I don&...I have seen the first two and enjoyed both. I don't know if I would have enjoyed the Dickens one as much if I hadn't read the book which is amazing btw.<br /><br />I wanted to see "Tolkien" but it didn't come close enough to us-hopefully on DVD. To me his life was interesting because it fascinates me to know he was part of one of the greatest groups of writers there has ever been though I don't know if that comes up in the movie. Can you imagine sitting down with him, and CS Lewis, and Dorothy L Sayers? What must those conversations been like!Kings River Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05605333399274967514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post-66980785473747432702019-06-05T05:24:01.022-07:002019-06-05T05:24:01.022-07:00I prefer works of fiction with writers as main cha...I prefer works of fiction with writers as main characters. American Dreamer is one of my all-time favorites about a romance novelist whose adventure story comes true. https://www.amazon.com/American-Dreamer-JoBeth-Williams/dp/B0007TKHDO/ Nancy J. Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14228901230896110347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post-86388083395360786372019-06-05T04:00:02.970-07:002019-06-05T04:00:02.970-07:00I enjoyed "Secret Window" based on a Ste...I enjoyed "Secret Window" based on a Stephen King novel and starring Johnny Depp. Maria Hudginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17994537757406843359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post-62871104610148387412019-05-31T21:07:23.662-07:002019-05-31T21:07:23.662-07:00Donis,I missed that one.Must find it- love Emma Th...Donis,I missed that one.Must find it- love Emma Thompson.Thanks!Trisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058396345946250313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post-77447910712261883802019-05-31T15:39:23.275-07:002019-05-31T15:39:23.275-07:00This movie has nothing to do with a real author, ...This movie has nothing to do with a real author, Triss, but I thought that "Stranger Than Fiction", with Will Farrell and Emma Thompson, must have been written by a novelist. Any author whose main character becomes a real living person to her understands exactly what the movie is about.<br /> Donis Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207228706777377242noreply@blogger.com