summer reading [1/?]

[gornishka]

In lieu of whatever it was I actually meant to post about, going to do a little dance about last week finally getting out of the mini-no comprende palabras reading slump I was in and getting my reading hat back on.

iSometime in the past few months I caught part of a general history of whaling documentary on PBS, which (hello, elision of

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[greatcalvero]

Moby Dick, with annotations? Be still, my heart!

FACT: If all preachers had pulpits shaped like the bows of a ship, I'd have enjoyed church way more as a child.

There's a silent film version of Moby Dick where Ahab wins at the end, and goes home to his wife (!) Caught it late one night on TCM, and honestly thought I was hallucinating.

Have you seen the John Huston version?

[gornishka]

It *is* a really nice edition, and I don't think they're too expensive on Amazon.

Shouting sailing terms at the parishioners to get them to move was great.

I haven't seen any movie versions at all, but some of the intros cover them, including the happy ending one. Sounds hilariously special.