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Post by nell on Feb 21, 2012 22:37:53 GMT
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Post by kitty on Feb 21, 2012 23:08:51 GMT
Very cool! Thanks!  |
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Feb 22, 2012 11:49:21 GMT
Yay, Nell! I was going to PM you about getting to the i-Player PDQ when you got back!
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Post by nell on Feb 24, 2012 20:07:31 GMT
Thanks again GE2. I just watched it on i-player. It appears it's not available for much longer so I only just got home in time. I found it really fascinating. He had an interesting life. I can't say I'd be adorning my walls with his paintings even if I had a few million to spare, but it was really interesting hearing about his work and others perspectives of it and him.
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Post by joyceinva on Feb 25, 2012 13:40:54 GMT
Finally got to see this last night. As many have said, he was a fascinating person. Not sure that he was a comfortable person to be around but he had an amazing talent.
Kind of off the wall but - am I the only person who thought it odd that Sigmund Freud's daughter-in-law named her son after herself? I do wonder what Sigmund made of that?
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Post by rueful on Feb 25, 2012 14:04:27 GMT
I wondered about that too, Joyce. And about her reading his love letters and prying so much into his life that he actually took a job on a ship to escape her. Reminded me a bit of the mother-son relationship in Cold Comfort Farm.
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Post by joyceinva on Feb 25, 2012 14:23:30 GMT
Glad I'm not the only one Rue. Yes, the love letter thing was more than a bit creepy. I also thought it odd when someone said that Lucien liked his mother best after she had her breakdown and became so passive.
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Post by rueful on Feb 25, 2012 14:34:51 GMT
I'd forgotten about that! Yes, Grandpa Freud would have had his work cut out for him with those two.
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Post by francesca on Feb 25, 2012 15:00:03 GMT
I managed to catch this and did enjoy it both for the interesting man and his work and for the molten chocolate caramel tones of Rufus's seductive voice. The thrills haven't stopped running down my spine. I wondered about that too, Joyce. And about her reading his love letters and prying so much into his life that he actually took a job on a ship to escape her. Reminded me a bit of the mother-son relationship in Cold Comfort Farm. I was talking to my mum about this prog . and when she commented about this I reminded her that before I was married I found out she was reading my letters from M(o)B. She very sharply replied that I was only 19 and what was I doing that my mother could not read!!   |
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Post by rueful on Feb 25, 2012 15:45:56 GMT
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Post by francesca on Feb 25, 2012 15:56:09 GMT
One thing is certain Rueful , you never get to be one step ahead of your Mum . I can't wait for my Issy to be older so I can have the upper hand  But with my luck they will have changed the goalposts by then .
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Post by rueful on Feb 25, 2012 16:04:38 GMT
I can't wait for my Issy to be older so I can have the upper hand But with my luck they will have changed the goalposts by then . I can tell you from personal experience with rueful jr, the kids are a lot sharper these days! ;D |
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Post by Petruchio - Good God on Feb 25, 2012 22:34:25 GMT
I have seen it on BBC - awesome... Rufus was great as always...
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Post by adina on Mar 6, 2012 20:44:38 GMT
That was very very interesting! A documentary about intensity, I think. And about scrutiny -  , Freud's eyes were sometimes really creepy. I especially liked the part when his first daughter was talking about the portraits of her mother. And I just loved the last quote: "The promise of happiness is felt in the act of creation but disappears towards the completion of the work.
For it is then that the painter realises that it is only a picture he is painting.
Until then he had almost dared to hope that the picture might spring to life."Rufus's narration was lovely. (It seems he has a special art-documentary-voice, because it reminded me of the style when he was talking about those "political pop" and "cynical realism" things in the China Power. ;D) |
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Post by barbicanbelle on Mar 6, 2012 23:27:53 GMT
Did anyone manage to make a recording of this?
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But with my luck they will have changed the goalposts by then . 
