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Originally Posted by momghoti
I like re-reading certain authors..Barbara Michaels/Elizabeth Peters; Terry Pratchett; Agatha Christie; Dorothy Sayers.
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There's usually a few Discworld books in the "smallest room", so I've re-read large parts of quite a few of those. I have read an Agatha Christie omnibus a long time ago...long enough that I recall enjoying it, but don't recall the content of my pleasure. Dorothy Sayers has come up a couple of times on these forums and, frankly, I only know her name to hear it, but would not be able to put any writings to it. Obviously I need to rectify that. Care to offer a suggestion where to start?
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As far as movies...I rarely sit down and watch a movie again just to watch it (with the exception of Amelie--wonderful movie, and you need to watch it in French with the English subtitles, not dubbed. The narration is too well meshed with the movie to mess with)...
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Amelie, as I've mentioned before. Another that I think should be avoided in dubbed form (actually, probably most movies) is
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. Mind you, I sometimes think in that movie that it must be watched once for the dialogue, once for the action, and then again for the the scene composition (and then, repeat). Some of those composed scenes are so absolutely perfectly but simply laid out, almost like small paintings or a string of photos. As an enthusiastic but amateur photographer, I am somewhat overstimulated by such things.
Cheers,
Marc