A film about Alatriste? Sensational! but what about more Indian bookstores storing Alatriste first? Crossword never heard of the series, Oxford Book Stores stared me down coldly and Landmark made it clear that he was not invented there. bonobashi
>________________________________ > From: Divya Sampath <[email protected]> >To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, 9 January 2013 9:59 PM >Subject: Re: [silk] Why don't women write or reply more on Silk? > > >> From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >>Even got made into a 2006 movie starring Viggo Mortensen, which actually had >>him speaking in spanish that was closer to 17th century spanish - he >>apparently grew up in Argentina, where of course the spanish followed an >>evolutionary path sort of like quebecois french, diverging around the 16th >>and 17th century from regular (Castilian?) spanish. >> > > >There's a movie about Alatriste?! How did I miss this! Thanks, Suresh! > >Speaking of movies, and continuing the grand silk-list tradition of thread >drift, I want to add a movie recommendation for "Rurouni Kenshin", which is a >live action adaptation of a favourite manga by Nobuhiro Watsuki, about a >wandering swordsman - the eponymous 'Rurouni' of the title- set in the >Bakumatsu/Meiji period. I watched the movie twice last weekend (DVD from >YesAsia.com) and enjoyed every minute. As of now, only the Japanese >DVD/Blu-Ray has been released, so no subtitles yet, but I'm sure the >international version will be out in a couple of months. One doesn't need to >have read the manga to follow or enjoy the story, but it's also a great >adaptation for fans. > >cheers >Divya > > > >
