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[cleolinda]

No recap tonight. There will be a discussion entry. Down with some kind of stomach flu/food poisoning--mild, and I'm soldiering on through it, basically. Still working; cannot answer questions or comments.



I wasn't going to post at all, but I just saw on the news that Ismail Merchant has died. I knew I was a Merchant Ivory fangirl (Vladimir even got me James Ivory's autograph at one of his many film festivals), but I didn't realize I was going to be this upset about it. Howards End was actually my sick-day movie in high school--every time I was home with the flu or something, I'd watch that. It's one of the few movies I think I've ever seen that largely improves on what is already a great book. (Remains of the Day is at least as good, if not even better, perhaps, but it's so damn sad. Which means I only watched it about fifty-three times.) "Only connect" was my senior yearbook quote. My mother thought that was dumb at at the time ("It's so short! What does it even mean?"), but in the years since she's turned to me every now and then and said, "You know, it's like your yearbook quote--if only people could connect! It's so true." So... I mean... I don't know. It's sad, and I feel like I had to share it.

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[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Aw. Go rest, you. *hands over my mommy-made quilt*

[lizzyrose89.livejournal.com]

*sends get-well karma*

[mandy0x.livejournal.com]

Food poisoning sucks hard. I hope you feel better. :)

[jesshelga.livejournal.com]

(Remains of the Day is at least as good, if not even better, perhaps, but it's so damn sad. Which means I only watched it about fifty-three times.)

I hear you on that. That scene in the rain at the very end...that's my all-time favorite stab-me-in-the-gut romantic movie moment.

Get well/be unpoisoned soon!

[lo0o0ony-lauren.livejournal.com]

Hope you get well soon. Don't work too hard. :)

The death of someone you admire can be surprisingly hard, but people often feel guilty about grieving for someone they've never met. You shouldn't, by the way. It's still very sad.

Rock on.

[hail-atlantis.livejournal.com]

Oh! That is so sad.

(I had the flu for a week after Johnny Cash died, and I'm not entirely convinced even now that it wasn't psychosomatic. So I know how you feel.)

[pride4u2.livejournal.com]

*passes you a bag of peppermints* These should help. Feel better! ♥

*sniff*

[kira002.livejournal.com]

That is sad. I'll miss his vision.

And you take care of yourself, missy!

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

Oh, eek. Get well! ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

And the Remains movie is good, but it cannot be better than the book because of one incomprehensible scene where Stevens does the exact opposite of what he does in the book, and then that stupid symbolic pigeon thing at the end. But the book is my default favorite.

[slammerkinbabe.livejournal.com]

Which scene is this? It's awhile since I've seen the movie.

[spectralbovine.livejournal.com]

The scene where Miss Kenton is in her room crying before she leaves. In the book, Stevens just stands by the door and listens, because that is quintessential Stevens: he stands idly by. In the movie, he fucking opens the door and goes in the room. It's such crap.

[slammerkinbabe.livejournal.com]

Right, but then he can't bring himself to be comforting and winds up asking her to polish the silver more carefully or something, right? It was a bit weird, but at least it was truer to his character than having him actually be comforting.

aww.

[kyriadalyn.livejournal.com]

that's so sad. It's always awful when someone with truly beautiful vision passes away. It's like we've lost a piece of the world.

At least, you can always look back and watch every Merchant created.

feel better soon.

[prncssaurora.livejournal.com]

Eeshk! I'm sorry your sick, and I hope you feel better immediately. Sprite or ginger ale (with ice, with the bubbles stirred out), Saltines, and a good 2 hours on the couch watching Lost should put you right. :)

[dietcokebreak.livejournal.com]

"Only connect" was my senior yearbook quote. IKNEW there was a reason I loved you.

I made my friends in college watch A Room with a View at least once a week sophmore and junior year of college. I got the anniversary dvd for Christmas. I am home sick today, and I think that I am going to pop that puppy in the player...

[napalmchipmunk.livejournal.com]

Get well soon!

Remains of the Day is at least as good, if not even better, perhaps, but it's so damn sad. Which means I only watched it about fifty-three times.

Waiting for Guffman: "Here's the Remains of the Day lunchbox. Kids don't like eating at school, but if they have a Remains of the Day lunchbox they're a lot happier. "

[gabsy.livejournal.com]

I hope you'll feel alright soon.

It's sad when someone you admire dies, because it reminds you that memories, things you associate with that celebrity are gone, in some way.

[flower4444.livejournal.com]

awww.

[leucocrystal]

Well, I know you can't answer this comment, but good luck on your work anyway, and feel better soon! I know what a motivation-killer feeling crummy can be.

Hugs and such! ♥

[arayuldaiel.livejournal.com]

Aww. *pours you tea* Get better soon, and hopefully Lost will make you feel better!

[arkaina.livejournal.com]

*gives you a ginormous hug*

I hope you start feeling better soon ;o;

[sapphsmum.livejournal.com]

Get well soon, those stomach bugs are no fun! Larry came home with it last night. He says he's feeling better today. So I hope it will go away just as fast for you to.

I think we know people who write with their souls and those that are actors/actresses who use their inner experiences to create a character we can relate to, better than we realise. They open their feelings to us in a way others in our life are usually afraid, or unable to do. We then feel common bonds with them and they die we feel are lost a tie to someone who does understand what we feel.

I felt like I had been hit by a cement truck when Natalie Wood died. She was my "rainy day movie actress."

Hope by this time tomorrow or sooner you are feeling better!
Hugs, Christina

[la-sonnambula.livejournal.com]

I was sad to see the news. I must remember to brace myself whenever I visit imdb.com. There I was, wandering all la-dee-da to imdb to check out what in the world the movie D-War is about, my eyes slid over to their sidebar box of doom, then nooooooo! Not Ismail Merchant! I didn't even know he was sick.

[supersyncspaz7.livejournal.com]

I'd totally send you something to make you feel better, but I'd probably send some kind of food thing and it would make it worse. Here's to hoping you feel better, Cleo.

[scornedsaint.livejournal.com]

I must say, I love your icon.

[iamthemoon.livejournal.com]

I hope you feel better. It would be great if people could only connect.

Hey, I had this dream about the Roman Emperor Caligula a little while back, and I dreamt it in movie form, and I totally think it would be a movie you'd do one of your M15Ms. And, it's highly amusing, so I'll post it, maybe it'll give you a laugh. :)
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Today I woke up after having a weird dream about Caligula, teh Roman Emperor of Perverseness. Okay, it was like a movie. It started out with Senator Jason Isaacs bitching about this dude who's always late and stuff and then in walks in Caligula Joaquin Pheonix!!! He sits down in his chair thing and smiles out at the Senators of all the hot movie stars.

Senator David Thewlis and Senator Viggo Mortenson look at each other.

Senator Jason Isaacs: "Who do you think you are to delay the Senate?"

Caligula Joaquin Pheonix with total Gladiator charm: "Caligula."

Then BAM! Caligula Joaquin Pheonix comes into his room and Senator Alan Alda (I KNOW WTF, RIGHT???) is on his bed reading a book. He points to a page and Caligula Joaquin Pheonix goes CRAZY about the book having been burnt and he tries to get it away from Senator Alan Alda, and injures Senator Alan Alda's back in the process. He falls to the floor and Caligula Joaquin Pheonix kicks him and beats him. The maids in the background run away, as one does.

Then Caligula Joaquin Pheonix is on the street. He grabs a torch, pushes it at a guard, says, "Thanks for your service as a matchstick," and lights the guard on fire, and continues lighting peasants on fire.

I wake up and go 0.o. Does anyone know if there's a Caligula movie like that...at all? Or am I just on too many meds???

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

There's an infamous porno version of Caligula, but I haven't seen it, so I don't know if it matches your particulars.

[iamthemoon.livejournal.com]

So I heard. I doubt that Jason Isaacs, Joaquin Pheonix, Alan Alda, David Thewlis, and Viggo Mortenson are in that one, though. :)

[particle-person.livejournal.com]

Might be funny if they were...

[iamthemoon.livejournal.com]

Alan's on bottom cuz he's old.

[edda.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I read that and was immediately disconsolate. It's a damn shame.

And I hope you feel better. *hug*

New Charlie and the Chocolate Factory trailer

[trailer-spot.livejournal.com]

In case you're in need of a small diversion: The first full trailer for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is released. Links, as usual, over at my journal.

[kvschwartz.livejournal.com]

Sorry you're sick.

That's so sad about Merchant.

[ladyortyger.livejournal.com]

Hope you feel better soon.
I'm doing some housecleaning as well as renaming my journal. So, you are being removed from /Friends.. but if you'd like to come visit and see what I'm up to, I'll be at ladyortyger as soon as the rename goes through.