Hi girls!

[francesca]

Hi Adina ,
Welcome
from your post you say you love "Ode to a beautiful Nude" .If you love Roof's readings, have you heard "Nick Silver cannot sleep" yet?
You'll find it on our sister board roofsewell.com . audio section
This is the most breathtaking piece of work .
Try it on your I-pod , with Roofie whispering in your ear !!!!
Frannie

[rueful]

Hi, Adina. Welcome and thanks for letting us know about the repeat of Dr Syn. I'm enjoying listening to it again as I work (or as I forget to work, as the case may be).

Frannie's right, Nick Silver Can't Sleep is a great one to listen to at night!

I also have bought his narration of the book Joseph Andrews (by www.silksoundbooks.com/). That is 13 hours of Rufus whispering in your ear! It is also a very funny book and he's brilliant at creating different characters (like in Dr Syn).

I hope you enjoy yourself here!

[judypatooty]

I'm glad to know I'm not the only person who has heard Joseph Andrews ... actually "More About The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews and his Friend Mr Abraham Adams"

I probably never would have chosen to read a novel published in 1742 just because authors of that time usually wrote such unintelligibly long sentences. I was VERY impressed by Roof's ability to not only make those sentences intelligible, but do it with such amazing character voices.

It's quite an entertaining story.

[rueful]

I remembered reading exerpts of something else by Fielding (Shamela) in college and liking the humor. But before I bought the Rufus version, I looked up the book on google and I knew I'd love it when I saw the silly chapter titles. Here are a few of my favorites:

"Being very full of adventures which succeeded each other at the inn"
"A very short chapter, in which Parson Adams went a great way"
"A scene of roasting, very nicely adapted to the present taste and times"
"Where the good natured reader will see something which will give him no great pleasure"

[francesca]

A very vague connection>>>>

Rufus reads Joseph Andrews
which was written by Henry Fielding
Who wrote "Tom Jones "
which was made into a wonderful film starring
a very young Albert Finney
who was in " A man of No Importance " and Amazing Grace"
with Rufus .

If you haven't seen "Tom Jones", see the Alby one and NOT the more recent remake.

[adina]

Vague connections are my good friends. ;D They help me to think I'm in moving and not only standing in the middle of chaos.
Rufus' appearence in the Late Late Show led me to watch more Craig Ferguson and even to read his book. (I like his humour. ;D)
And of course I went to watch Shirley Henderson immediately when she was in a TV film. It turned out to be an irritating film, so now I hate Miss Marple but still adore Shirley Henderson's talent.
And sometimes there are happy coincidences, like IASL. Many moons ago I liked very much Hal Hartley's films (eg Trust), and one of his favourite actors was Martin Donovan. It was great to see him playing with Rufus.

Thanks for the advices, Nick's whispering is already in my library but Fielding isn't. So I'm still in moving. ;D ;D ;D

[tipou]

Sept 23, 2010 12:46:01 GMT adina said:

- I've seen TOTS and it's one of the PERFECT films (and it's full of good sentences. I like using quotes ;D)
- I've known Arcadia (I love it and it brought back Tom Stoppard into my life.)(and more quotes)
- I've seen Illuminata (one of my favourite Rufus films)(and my walls have a new coloure because of this beautiful film ;D)
- I started to read books in the original language (now I'm reading the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy--even more quotes ;D)
- I discovered the terrific invention of the Rooftop: Cap-it (and I like laughing)
etc. ;D

hello adina!
illuminata! what a wonderful movie indeed.
and about the hitchhiker's guide, do not forget there are follow up books, equally if not more hilarious than the first!

in your on-going rufusian evolution, you might consider watching the "ali baba" portion of "arabian nights", a osmetimes overlooked work where rufus does a great bit of tongue-in-cheek humour, while interpreting a charming and lovable ali. the rest of the series is not bad either.

It's good to be a Rufus fan. ;D ;D

[adina]

Hi Tipou! Yes, I have a soft spot for Illuminata.
I've read an article about Brandon Cole where he said that the story of Imperfect Love (it's his play which was the starting-point when John Turturro and Cole wrote the script of Illuminata) was inspired by the relationships between the famous Italian actress, Eleonora Duse and the writer Gabriele D'Annunzio and her French rival, Sarah Bernhardt.
(There is a little more here about Duse: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleonora_Duse )
I think this is a good example how real life can miss the happy end:
The film has a beautiful finale (what, I think, everybody loves here ;D), but in the real life D'Annunzio wrote the play for Sarah Bernhardt in Paris (do you remember Rufus' fantastic Bastard-scene when he utters so significantly "for HER" ;D) so Eleonora Duse abandoned him.

This is a quite interesting conversation about Illuminata with John Turturro and Christopher Walken. www.charlierose.com/view/interview/4149
(I like how Walken said that he wanted to play something different.)

((In the Hitchhiker's Guide the name of one of the bizarre device is the same as my family name. ;D And yes, I have the big version of the book.))