Colin wrote:
> Colin replies-I too have read sevral fay weldon novels.(Praxis, Puffball,
> Lives and Loves of a She devil which was made into an awful film).
You're right, the film with Meryl Streep and Rosanne was absolutely awful,
but the English TV series with Patricia Hodge, Julie T. Wallace and Dennis
Waterman was wonderful. Every time I re-read the book, I see their faces as
the characters and realise how perfectly everyone was cast.
As to my own reading, I haven't read anything new lately. I've just
finished Cornwell's Scarpetta series (all of them) for the umpteenth time,
and am re-reading Bridget Jones' Diary and The Edge Of Reason (the
follow-up) before going to see the movie. I did wonder about the casting
etc. - I never usually like seeing movies of my favourite books because they
always seem to get it completely wrong. But I saw the making of the movie
on TV the other day, and saw that Helen Fielding wrote the screenplay
herself, and her best friend is Sharon Maguire (who the character "Shazzer"
is based on) and she is the director. And everyone I know that's seen it is
raving about how good it was. It will be the first movie I've actually gone
to since Titanic, since it always seems easier (and cheaper) to wait for the
video!
Hell
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