tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post5060192314943023952..comments2024-03-29T03:57:26.974-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: BrigadoonGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-17863837182495868862012-12-23T22:59:58.334-05:002012-12-23T22:59:58.334-05:00Name-drop. I did this show with Glenn Close, back...Name-drop. I did this show with Glenn Close, back when she was Glennie Wade in college. She was Fiona, of course, and an excellent one.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-8080461276399345972012-12-20T12:28:08.520-05:002012-12-20T12:28:08.520-05:00What struck me most aside from the fairy tale modi...What struck me most aside from the fairy tale modification was something the movie really gets right. When the one young man who wants to leave the village is accidentally killed -- remembering that his leaving would have destroyed everyone else in the village -- his father kneels at the side of his dead son and cries, "Ah, how could you be so selfish? I'm so ashamed for you."<br /><br />Nobody in Hollywood today would have thought of that, but that's exactly how a Scottish Clansman of that era would have thought about it.Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-26136562410097326542012-12-20T09:19:55.050-05:002012-12-20T09:19:55.050-05:00Love that movie.
When I was surfing free Kindle d...Love that movie.<br /><br />When I was surfing free Kindle downloads the other day, I ran across a study of comparative mythology from the late 18th century that I've been enjoying thoroughly. You run into all kinds of familiar thinking in the Indo-European myths and folklore. Right now he's tracing a number of versions of the story of William Tell shooting the apple off of his son's head.Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.com