#26
Posted: 6/10/09 at 10:12pm
DanStudney: How awesome to hear a reply from the man behind the magic (mushrooms?) himself! I gotta say that I've turned on (heh) A LOT of my friends to your amazing brownie-scented DVD over the years and "Mary Lane" is probably the most fun and catchiest musical theatre song since "You Can't Stop The Beat"! I can't wait to hear what HEATHERS is like and the cast sounds amazing! I must say that in reference to your partner Kevin Murphy, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES no longer bears his name on the credits (has he left the show?) and I must say it has taken one of the biggest creative/dramatic/thematic nosedives of ANY tv show in recent memory, it's absolutely horrendous and has been almost all season. Jumped the shark, I must say... and I thought the time-travel conceit was a brilliant concept, but the execution has not been what it could have been. Anyway... Good luck with the new shows and please keep us updated and share any tidbits of new stuff if you feel so inclined!
BlueforBroadway: Do yourself a HUGE favor and get the 2 DVD set of the miniseries, they are availible for about $5 you can also get them cheaply online, the main reason being you get deleted scenes which when combined with the 6+ hour film is essentially ALL of the novel dramatized PLUS a commentary by king himself and steven weber (in the same room) which runs the entire 6 hours and provides real insight into the creation of the novel (and new film) and a charming rapport between the two.
Kubrick's film is Kubrick's film... a rumination on the themes of the novel, perhaps, but mostly his own creation that ultimately proves to be an altogether different, but equally effective, ghost story.
I love Kubrick's audacious film as a filmmaker, but as a literary fan I really appreciate an almost exact realization of the novel on film for posterity (written by the author himself) because it's a great story and the miniseries provides me with that if I want to jump into that world.
And Rebecca De Morney, a SEVERELY underrated actress, was FIERCE in this as she was on the brilliant but canceled JOHN FROM CINCINATTI on HBO. Has she ever done stage work? She had some BRILLIANTLY bitchy and bitter monologues on JFC.
Dollypop, GREAT article!
A Good Nightmare Comes So Rarely,
P genre
P.S. I have read every King book (and most of the criticism) and ROSE MADDER, in my opinion, is his most memorable novel... much in the same way I prefer THE WINTER'S TALE to anything else in Shakespeare, to compare two author's whom I've read completely. Private, daring and magical are three words I'd ascribe to both works.
BlueforBroadway: Do yourself a HUGE favor and get the 2 DVD set of the miniseries, they are availible for about $5 you can also get them cheaply online, the main reason being you get deleted scenes which when combined with the 6+ hour film is essentially ALL of the novel dramatized PLUS a commentary by king himself and steven weber (in the same room) which runs the entire 6 hours and provides real insight into the creation of the novel (and new film) and a charming rapport between the two.
Kubrick's film is Kubrick's film... a rumination on the themes of the novel, perhaps, but mostly his own creation that ultimately proves to be an altogether different, but equally effective, ghost story.
I love Kubrick's audacious film as a filmmaker, but as a literary fan I really appreciate an almost exact realization of the novel on film for posterity (written by the author himself) because it's a great story and the miniseries provides me with that if I want to jump into that world.
And Rebecca De Morney, a SEVERELY underrated actress, was FIERCE in this as she was on the brilliant but canceled JOHN FROM CINCINATTI on HBO. Has she ever done stage work? She had some BRILLIANTLY bitchy and bitter monologues on JFC.
Dollypop, GREAT article!
A Good Nightmare Comes So Rarely,
P genre
P.S. I have read every King book (and most of the criticism) and ROSE MADDER, in my opinion, is his most memorable novel... much in the same way I prefer THE WINTER'S TALE to anything else in Shakespeare, to compare two author's whom I've read completely. Private, daring and magical are three words I'd ascribe to both works.
Updated On: 6/10/09 at 10:12 PM
Loved his style of acting. 
