tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post218841511358528434..comments2023-05-05T16:24:44.997+02:00Comments on Here and There and Everywhere: Page vs Screen: North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell and the BBCCrazyCrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-40163939549453407002017-04-22T06:39:33.917+02:002017-04-22T06:39:33.917+02:00And Mr. Hale is his own son!! Tim Pigott-Smith is ...And Mr. Hale is his own son!! Tim Pigott-Smith is Frederick in this older version.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12322457740098556391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-4132281623762906412017-04-22T06:36:32.051+02:002017-04-22T06:36:32.051+02:00I loved your comments. Loved the novel and the ser...I loved your comments. Loved the novel and the series. I've just watched it in December 2016... Why didn't did it earlier?! I recommend it effusively every one I can, ´cause I think is a beautiful love story and a perfect picture of Industrial Revolution society. And in the series... Mr. Bell finished his days in my country... <3 (Maybe Margaret & John visited him? ;) )<br />Ah! And I can't say how many times I watched the last scene, either... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12322457740098556391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-70586538841114420722015-09-19T13:31:25.463+02:002015-09-19T13:31:25.463+02:00Patrick Stewart as Thornton?! I can't even ima...Patrick Stewart as Thornton?! I can't even imagine that!!! CrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-51329397837908812902015-09-18T22:04:15.604+02:002015-09-18T22:04:15.604+02:00There is an older BBC version from 1975. Patrick S...There is an older BBC version from 1975. Patrick Stewart as Thornton. It is staid as TV used to be. Margaret seems older. They omit major part of plot regarding Leonards. The end is the same as the book but I never believe in their love and he is not appealing and seems angry rather than passionate. Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15017841295256604617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-69226203358313031002013-02-09T13:30:50.856+01:002013-02-09T13:30:50.856+01:003 movies in one day?!?!?! I love going to the movi...3 movies in one day?!?!?! I love going to the movies but I don't think I could do that, my head would feel all mushy afterwards!<br /><br />Yes, Gutenberg Project was a delightful discovery for me! So many books no longer under copyright (so books older than 90 years I think), available for free for Kindle or other e-readers and legal!!! It's mostly in English, but I've found some Dumas and Jules Verne in French so extra happy! Not much in Spanish yet, some German... it's a volunteer thing so I expect it to grow! :o)CrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-84372203488866822082013-02-07T04:39:49.374+01:002013-02-07T04:39:49.374+01:00I read your last post on the movies you saw. I ha...I read your last post on the movies you saw. I have not seen any of these. I don’t like violence much. We don’t go to the movies often, so when we go we see 2 or 3 movies back to back. Last time we saw The Life of Pi, Argo and Sky Fall the same day. I liked them all but preferred Argo. I am not interested in seeing Les Miserables because it is based on the musical more than on the book, so there are no dialogues and I have also read that it was made especially emotional as the public likes a good tear jerker.<br /><br />That North and South sounds very interesting. I did not know you could read it on the Gutenberg Project – I’ll make a note of that.<br />Vagabondehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774109692564954568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-87024166433483516362013-01-31T21:13:42.168+01:002013-01-31T21:13:42.168+01:00And yes Juliette, you really should! ;o)And yes Juliette, you really should! ;o)CrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-16589666501439979422013-01-31T21:13:21.520+01:002013-01-31T21:13:21.520+01:00Based on the Wikipedia page for the novel it seems...Based on the Wikipedia page for the novel it seems as if Dickens wrote Hard Times around the same time Gaskell wrote this one, because the article mentions her being worried about whether or not he was going to cover a strike or not... <br />Dickens was her editor in the periodical... so I think they would probably go very well together! But then I haven't read Hard Times so I don't know... and yet another book to add to my list! :pCrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-91225059479801280242013-01-31T21:11:14.748+01:002013-01-31T21:11:14.748+01:00I think you would definitely enjoy it DJan! Be sur...I think you would definitely enjoy it DJan! Be sure to come back and tell me all about it when you're done! ;o)CrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-25834149790783314882013-01-31T21:10:40.686+01:002013-01-31T21:10:40.686+01:00ChrisB, you're SO right, that scene is goosebu...ChrisB, you're SO right, that scene is goosebump-inducing! I kept hoping she's turn back! The story is wonderful, but I'm not sure it would have turned out as well with another actor. Armitage was brilliant in all the non-verbal communication so indispensible to making his character relatable!<br /><br />lol! I had the opposite problem with Brendan Coyle! I had trouble seeing him as a father-figure!!! (also because he's younger than in Downton!) :pCrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-24284503042959026252013-01-31T21:08:26.148+01:002013-01-31T21:08:26.148+01:00Thanks! You're right about them making the mos...Thanks! You're right about them making the most of the visual art... those scenes in the cotton mill with the cotton fluff floating around have their own beauty to them...<br /><br />I'll definitely have to check out her other books... with the Kindle I've been discovering quite a few interesting books from th 19th and early 20th century. I'm glad you guys pointed me in Gaskell's direction! ;o)CrazyCrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17512240982215608638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-8658690235732992982013-01-31T16:43:55.284+01:002013-01-31T16:43:55.284+01:00I've never read or seen it, but I really shoul...I've never read or seen it, but I really should, it would go very well with Hard Times for one of my OU courses!Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00203399623895589924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-23008352099316067962013-01-31T11:50:59.655+01:002013-01-31T11:50:59.655+01:00I am going to read the book first and then see the...I am going to read the book first and then see the series. I confess I skipped over the parts that gave away the ending, but I think I will love it! :-)DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-85075074688293925182013-01-31T09:25:48.657+01:002013-01-31T09:25:48.657+01:00This is one of my favorite BBC adaptations ever! ...This is one of my favorite BBC adaptations ever! I don't know how many times I have watched it, but it is certainly, like you, many, <i>many</i>! I have watched that final scene over and over again, but my favorite scene is slightly earlier. Margaret has gone to say goodbye and given Thornton her father's Plato. As her carriage pulls away from the mill, snow falling, we hear him say "Look back; look back at me." Armitage does an amazing job of conveying Thornton's heartbreak when she does not. It gets me every time and I melt into a puddle of sentiment.<br /><br />In one of my reviews of <i>Downton</i>, I talk about how hard it was for me to see Brendan Coyle as a romantic figure because of the father figures he plays in many of the other things I have seen him in. This is the perfect example.<br /><br />Great review, Cris! I may have to re-watch it again.ChrisBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10843864158239536750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4725445476483285712.post-65712486592582387342013-01-31T07:32:31.634+01:002013-01-31T07:32:31.634+01:00I love your commentary, Cristina. You have done a...I love your commentary, Cristina. You have done an excellent job of comparing the mini-series and the book. Each is excellent in its own way. I think the adaptation captures the spirit of the book, but plays up the advantage of the visual art. <br />Mrs. Gaskell has become better known in recent years due to the adaptations of N&S, Wives and Daughters, and Cranford. She is an interesting writer, with much to say about social conditions of her time and the relations between men and women. She has the social conscience of Charles Dickens, and a bit of the romance of Jane Austen. dunnettreaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14045656661884578542noreply@blogger.com