Comments | r3dqu33n: Film: Atonement.

r3dqu33n

Film: Atonement.

Jan 01, 2008 22:41

rance, vestalvixen, and I went to see "Atonement" at the Albany Twin tonight. I hadn't been to the movies in a while. rance and I have seen many movies lately, but mostly rentals on our television screen ( Read more... )

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erinin3d January 2 2008, 17:35:02 UTC

Gah! That dress is gorgeous and one that you could wear easily! You and Keira Knightley must have so much in common!

xox

r3dqu33n January 5 2008, 18:07:25 UTC

You and Keira Knightley must have so much in common!

Lol. We both wear dresses?

hulacalhoun January 4 2008, 07:35:54 UTC

I loved ATONEMENT too! That dress is to DIE for! The ArcLight Cinemas in Sherman Oaks had the dress on display recently as part of an exhibit in the lobby and I stood and gazed at it for a long time!

That emerald green is spectacular.

I am also looking forward to these period piece films:

MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY (I LOVE Amy Adams!)
http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/misspettigrewlivesforaday/

LEATHERHEADS (1920s screwball football comedy with George Clooney!)
http://www.joblo.com/leatherheads-trailer

r3dqu33n January 5 2008, 18:08:19 UTC

Those films look fun!

I'm sorry I wasn't able to talk the last couple of nights. I will call you this weekend. Is tonight or Sunday better?

blueyedbaroness January 6 2008, 17:11:22 UTC

I just saw the film last night with emila_04 and we both pretty much agree with your opinion.
I also had the same reaction, where I was on the verge of tears, but they didn't actually fall, but I'm not usually a crier at movies (except for Sayonara, which gets me every time). One of my criteria when asking myself "was it a good movie?" is whether I ever got so sucked in that I forgot I was in a theater and was holding my breath or on the edge of my seat, and this one did that several times.
I think I'll recommend this film to a friend of mine who's also a writer; we just had a conversation about how much real-life we can put in a piece of fiction and still call it fiction. I could really relate to Briony-at-the-end (wheras I wanted to strangle Briony-at-the-beginning).

r3dqu33n January 7 2008, 21:37:03 UTC

There is a lot of memoir out there masquerading as fiction! How well it works depends on the writer's life and talent.

I once ran sound for a San Francisco writers' tour featuring Michelle Tea. She readily admits her fiction is memoir with some details changed or exaggerated for the purpose of story.

She saves herself from a James Frey situation by doing that, but she faces other consequences. She remarked how some people have refused to date her because they feared becoming material for her work.

That's the peril of being involved with a writer. At some point, a writer sells someone out.

writers on writing fiction blueyedbaroness January 11 2008, 00:48:54 UTC

I looked in my email and found this conversation that Chip and I had a year or so ago on the topic "How much real life can we put in a work and still get away with calling it fiction ( ... )