Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Last night i watched Captain Corelli's Mandolin on a DVD from one of my charity shop visits. I thought it would be a film i would not like. I was wrong and thoroughly enjoyed it. Usually i am not a person who watches films abased around a war, but as this was a love story, a romance, it made for a tense backdrop. Nicholas Cage was brilliant in it and for John Hurt looking so Greek. He actually grew a mustache for the role.

I have not read the book that the film is based on, and i doubt i will get to read the book now that i have seen the film. I prefer o read the book first, then if it has been made into a film, watch the film afterwards.

Gothic Season

Forget the last post, as i was feeling a bit morbid at the time and hence overwhelmed by feelings of powerlessness. Then i decided to snap out of it, and thought to myself, that it is just another problem to overcome, among many.

I did find a couple of books that cheered me up no end, both from the Kent ambulance charity shop in Sittingbourne, one on philosophy, and the other a collection of Gothic novels. The latter seems to be most appropriate for this Gothic season and Halloween.




The three Gothic novels are  Horace Walpole "The Castle of Otranto", William Beckford "Vathek" and Mary Shelly with "Frankenstein".

The BBC are doing a Gothic series right now with programmes such as The Art Of Gothic and The Family That Built Gothic Britain.Some links here -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04mgxxx

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04m3ljr

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-29473568



The season starts tonight on BBC $ from 9 pm.

I am off to watch University Challenge.