tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post2707663076558162789..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Bliss was it in that dawnAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-84796756403049180702011-08-01T16:51:59.856-07:002011-08-01T16:51:59.856-07:00Yes, I did. I would have loved to have been there...Yes, I did. I would have loved to have been there. :-)Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-56210451805067968202011-08-01T16:17:22.845-07:002011-08-01T16:17:22.845-07:00Now I finished reading book (with jumping over som...Now I finished reading book (with jumping over some passages about some native figures which I did not care much about). I found it is so much different from the movie, in book, Blixen shew much more love to the land, and natives' life. <br />Do you know that that Berly Markham was a close friend of Blixen? I read somewhere that Markham once dined in Blixen's house in the farm, together with Finch Hatton (and with Prince of Wales)? It must be a wonderful dinner party with all these adventurous people.Yun Yihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-36932826938575182652010-11-21T10:16:33.717-08:002010-11-21T10:16:33.717-08:00Ike, of course not! The people you mention are a...Ike, of course not! The people you mention are all bad but they are, of course, well after Blixen's time. I do agree that there is a spot of romanticism or nostalgia, if that's the right word, in her writing, though I take it to be essentially an honest account of her own particular experience.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-7020124438181847122010-11-20T07:45:18.575-08:002010-11-20T07:45:18.575-08:00Anastasia
I sure hope that I do not incur your wr...Anastasia<br /><br />I sure hope that I do not incur your wrath with this one.<br /><br />My problem with Out of Africa has been, as with Ernest Hemingway in his ‘The green hills of Africa’ that both display a kind of “romanticism” with Africa, a picture of “virtual reality” as the modern IT people describe it but the real picture of Africa always was Mugabe, Kenyatta, Idi Amin and probably the worst of the lot, Tubman of Liberia who should have known better but then tried to “outdo” all the others.<br /><br />Hemingway also wrote a smaller book; speaking from memory I think it was called ‘My African Safari’ about his hunting trip in company with his wife. It was good writing; as you know he was a master of dialogue and made the reader felt like he was actually sitting with them round the campfire at night. But it was the mythical Africa, not the real one.<br /><br />Africa has never been a pretty picture and never will be. It was a good movie [I agree with what you say about Streep and Redford’s acting] but the romanticism was light years away from reality.Ike Jaksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03983698717949531392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-10757903718216705792010-11-18T17:16:10.343-08:002010-11-18T17:16:10.343-08:00Yes!Yes!Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-66767353563017418022010-11-18T17:08:21.890-08:002010-11-18T17:08:21.890-08:00@ana, my favorite lines of the movie are:
"I...@ana, my favorite lines of the movie are: <br />"If I know a song of Africa, of the giraffe and the African new moon lying on her back, of the plows in the fields and the sweaty faces of the coffee pickers, does Africa know a song of me? Will the air over the plain quiver with a color that I have had on, or the children invent a game in which my name is, or the full moon throw a shadow over the gravel of the drive that was like me, or will the eagles of the Ngong Hills look out for me?"<br /><br />The last line of the movie is also unforgettable. <br />Usually in fairy tales princes go after princesses, in this movie, Karen went after Denys. Redford looked stunning and really was a beauty to die for (Well, if I were straight.lol)Yun Yihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-28246746762458983402010-11-18T15:43:43.798-08:002010-11-18T15:43:43.798-08:00NP, yes it is.NP, yes it is.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-16332091394296820192010-11-18T15:42:50.760-08:002010-11-18T15:42:50.760-08:00CI, yes, of course, I could not possibly deny that...CI, yes, of course, I could not possibly deny that. All I will say, though, is that Blixen, despite her temporary marriage to a baron, had quite a hard struggle.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-29413058000643865882010-11-18T15:39:36.381-08:002010-11-18T15:39:36.381-08:00Yun yi, the book is richer, more lyrical, but that...Yun yi, the book is richer, more lyrical, but that's inevitable. But I think the movie complements it very well, and the performancea of both Streep and Redford were outstanding.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-86303975257862021812010-11-18T15:34:31.084-08:002010-11-18T15:34:31.084-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-1181974262490449092010-11-18T06:51:21.515-08:002010-11-18T06:51:21.515-08:00I have seen the movie, and loved it, but haven'...I have seen the movie, and loved it, but haven't read the book. I still remember the poignant lines the narrator spoke at the close of the film, when Blixen bade her final farewell to Africa. Beautiful writing, and very moving.nothing profoundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02538561601096574876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-26726838323670516162010-11-17T19:24:50.429-08:002010-11-17T19:24:50.429-08:00@ Adam, Do you think that prince charels has led a...@ Adam, Do you think that prince charels has led a happy life ? The young prince sees through all the hypocrisy of all the Royal poop and will follow his instincts.anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02931330128135957439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-40843755589597881932010-11-17T18:48:58.567-08:002010-11-17T18:48:58.567-08:00Ana, I would have put it this way:
"Bliss it...Ana, I would have put it this way:<br /><br /><i>"Bliss it must have been in that dawn to be alive, but to be young <b>and privileged</b> would have been very heaven."</i><br /><br />:-)Canary Islanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12559374655320416333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-28273451394853184362010-11-17T18:26:08.804-08:002010-11-17T18:26:08.804-08:00haven't read the book but the movie was my all...haven't read the book but the movie was my all time favorite. I watched many times and remember every detail of it. Spectacular! Ana which you like better, movie or book? Your review is good for both:-)Yun Yihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06311104014692132715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-91179498255429537272010-11-17T17:36:28.845-08:002010-11-17T17:36:28.845-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-3097167886282768272010-11-17T17:36:04.590-08:002010-11-17T17:36:04.590-08:00I know the twenty-first century is a step too far ...I know the twenty-first century is a step too far but someday you might just be able to enter the twentieth.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-75564658733568931732010-11-17T17:08:00.935-08:002010-11-17T17:08:00.935-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-42531670460805318962010-11-17T17:05:25.867-08:002010-11-17T17:05:25.867-08:00What comment did I make about Kate Middleton? She...What comment did I make about Kate Middleton? She is as far removed from the Happy Valley set as is possible to imagine.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-50072639585373460562010-11-17T16:21:38.486-08:002010-11-17T16:21:38.486-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.com