Am Watching "The Wings of a Dove"

[erastes]

And I think I know why this film never really worked, and that's because of  Linus's portrayal.  Bonham-Carter is surprisingly good, but I was never convinced by Linus. I was so blown over by the book, it's deep and nasty - more nasty than I found a lot of other James - but Roche just didn't do it for me - despite the stellar cast!

I did about 730 words today. Not really enough but words I'm more happy with than I was in the first chapter. Gah! I'm finding it so hard to return to 3rd person after a couple of years in the first person.  It seems so remote and  stodgy. I could quite happily be seduced into writing nothing else  but 1st person for the rest of my life and then - yanno? Do you believe in fate?  I had a HUGE pile of books to start on yesterday - all gay lit - and I picked out "A Single Man" by Christopher Isherwood and  - BAM - there's the learning curve. Writing in the third person but bloody hell - so well done I could weep. Not all 3rd person has to be "he woke up and..."

Comments

[batboy126.livejournal.com]

I agree with you on Linus Roache in Wings. There was a modernized version made at about the same time that you might like; it's a bit more in touch with the 'nastiness' of the story. It uses the title Under Heaven, the character names are changed, and it's set in contemporary U.S., but it's Wings Of A Dove and maintains the sense of the original story.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I'll have to check that out, thanks!