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Post by kernowsqueen on Jul 22, 2012 16:57:31 GMT
I will start looking for the Book Thief right away!
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Post by kissmekate on Jul 22, 2012 17:29:16 GMT
And I think I will have to read it again.
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Post by robela on Jul 23, 2012 22:57:02 GMT
I will start looking for the Book Thief right away! Me too! Sounds very intriguing! Thanks Meg for posting and enthusing about it.  |
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Post by megagem on Jul 24, 2012 19:38:37 GMT
You're welcome, ladies! I'm excited to hear what you think of it! Kate, I've heard that it's actually better to read it than listen to it because of how Max's stories to Liesel are presented. You can actually see them in the book itself: 'The Standover Man', 'The Word Shaker' and a couple of his thoughts via doodles. I had the biggest nerdgasm when I saw how 'The Standover Man' was presented. I thought it would just be pictures of the illustrations he did. Then I turned a couple of pages I noticed some ink that looked like it had gone through the opposite pages (my copy is brand new so I thought maybe the ink hadn't been dried properly when it was published), then I realized that it was the text of 'Mein Kampf' that Max had painted over to use as plain paper so he could use it to write her a story. The typed words of 'Mein Kampf' were seeping through the paint.  Genius. Beyond genius. I've never freaked out so much over presentation. They tell you in the story that he does this, but when you can actually SEE it for yourself... I felt like I was holding the actual thing in my hands for a moment. I know, I need to get out more  but I do love me some presentation, and I think it was a phenomenal idea. Please send me a message when you re-read it, Kate, and all of you that read it. I'd love to know your thoughts on it. To get back on topic (somewhat) though, please, if anyone on the board (lurker or member) has any sort of association with Rufus, be it personal or professional, would someone at least make him aware of the book (if he hasn't already read it, of course)? That was pure luck that I just happened to see an article about film adaptation talks. The role would be more than incredible for him. It's a good guy role (beyond good guy....'saint' more like), and although it would be considered somewhat period-piece (as it takes place in WWII), this is a genuinely decent, brave, normal-yet-not-so-normal beautifully written character in a beautiful story, and I can't help but hope as much as possible that one day he'll be attached to it. This could be so good for him!! |
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Post by kissmekate on Aug 23, 2012 12:56:02 GMT
A Town like Alice by Nevil Shute. (...) The role of Joe Harman would be perfect for Rufus  Now that I've read it: YES, YES, YES! There were so many little scenes when I was actually thinking Mick Carpenter, and I also pictured Maya Stange as Jean. Joe is the same kind of quiet hard-working rugged guy whose rough shell hides a gentle heart  |
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Post by francesca on Sept 2, 2012 16:34:24 GMT
I would really like to see Rufus play my favourite of the Shakespeare Historical plays---- Henry V.
And of the Comedies, .... Benedick (Much Ado About Nothing and please , please Shirley as Beatrice)
and .... the Shakespeare Retold version ( frmly by Damian Lewis )
When he was young, I would love to have seen what he would have made of Romeo.
Lastly there is Sydney Carton from A Tale of Two Cities, my favourite of the Dickens books
Now that would be something for him to get his teeth into.
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Post by kernowsqueen on Sept 2, 2012 22:02:42 GMT
Francesca
Brilliant choices - Especially A Tale of Two Cities - a double role of course!
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Post by megagem on Sept 6, 2012 2:15:50 GMT
If ever a film is made based on the YA book "Wonder" by R.J. Palacio, I would love to see Rufus play the role of Auggie and Via's loving father, Nate Pullman. Nate is such a good, funny, easygoing, gentle, playful sweetheart of a character (and an dog lover to boot!) and as I read the story, I could easily picture Rufus playing the role to perfection.  |
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Post by thecrownprincess on Sept 13, 2012 17:35:18 GMT
I've started reading "Lady Chatterley's Lover" by D.H. Lawrence. There's a character named Michaelis in it, and upon reading about him, I instantly thought Rufus would be outstanding as him in a film version of this character. I think there is one in existence already, with Sean Bean as Clifford (and, having read about him, I find this highly fitting). My only concern is that Michaelis is Irish, and I have no idea if and how well Rufus can pull off an Irish accent. Hmmm.
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Post by francesca on Sept 13, 2012 18:16:14 GMT
I've started reading "Lady Chatterley's Lover" by D.H. Lawrence. There's a character named Michaelis in it, and upon reading about him, I instantly thought Rufus would be outstanding as him in a film version of this character. I think there is one in existence already, with Sean Bean as Clifford (and, having read about him, I find this highly fitting). My only concern is that Michaelis is Irish, and I have no idea if and how well Rufus can pull off an Irish accent. Hmmm. Sean Bean played the part of Mellors ( the gamekeeper) much better casting than that of Clifford who is the impotent husband who was played by James Wliby i don't know about Michaelis but Rufus does a splendid Irish accent  . If you haven't seen it, you must see "A Man of No Importance " with the lovely Albert Finny, a film set in Dublin. He also has done a stage play" Rat in the Skull" . to much acclaim, playing an Irish terrorist. |
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Post by thecrownprincess on Sept 13, 2012 19:34:43 GMT
...What? Really? -Googles-
OOPS. It looks like I got my info slightly mixed up. Sorry about that, and thanks for setting the record straight. (I still think, physically, Sean Bean makes more sense for the role of Clifford. Clifford is described as ruddy-looking and strong, with broad shoulders and blue eyes. That seems a lot like Sean Bean to me. -shrug-)
Thanks for the info about the accent, too. I haven't seen that one yet, but when I do, I'll be able to imagine our boy as Michaelis even better.
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Sept 13, 2012 19:57:12 GMT
CP, Rufus has an Irish accent in She-Creature, too. (Lovely Angus...*sigh*)
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Post by kissmekate on Oct 4, 2012 11:27:57 GMT
When I read "Blackout" and "All Clear" by Connie Willis (more about that on the books thread), I pictured a slightly younger Rufus as Michael Davies, one of three time-travelling historians trapped in WW II England. He's a lovely character with a wry sense of humour and a heart of gold |
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Post by kygal on Oct 5, 2012 10:33:21 GMT
Sounds like someone we know!
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Post by kissmekate on Oct 5, 2012 11:03:16 GMT
Oh yes. With the added benefit of 1940 clothes |
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Genius. Beyond genius. I've never freaked out so much over presentation. They tell you in the story that he does this, but when you can actually SEE it for yourself... 
but I do love me some presentation, and I think it was a phenomenal idea.
