tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post520365942140204186..comments2024-03-28T22:50:02.315+11:00Comments on ART and ARCHITECTURE, mainly: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - a wonderful filmHelshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-2794232897232699822018-04-28T18:21:17.795+10:002018-04-28T18:21:17.795+10:00I have seen some in Barcelona and London where nar...I have seen some in Barcelona and London where narrow footpaths were not an obstacle (except to pedestrians!)bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-85009981026966189512018-04-27T23:54:29.285+10:002018-04-27T23:54:29.285+10:00bazza
I wonder if outdoor cafes and restaurants d...bazza<br /><br />I wonder if outdoor cafes and restaurants depend for their popularity on great weather (eg Istanbul), wide footpaths/boulevards (post-Haussmann Paris) or perhaps stunning water views (Sydney).Helshttp://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com.aunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-86670622987921694532018-04-27T20:42:56.876+10:002018-04-27T20:42:56.876+10:00There is a strong pavement cafe society in Budapes...There is a strong pavement cafe society in Budapest (and in Sydney!)bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-49330915712211708532018-04-27T09:53:42.021+10:002018-04-27T09:53:42.021+10:00bazza
I loved the film because it is set in an er...bazza<br /><br />I loved the film because it is set in an era I am fascinated in, with actors (especially Lily James, Matthew Goode and Katherine Parkinson) who were terrific. But if you have not read the book yet, read it before seeing the film and not after. <br /><br />Welcome back from Budapest. This week in class we will be tackling the growth of cafe society in places like Vienna, Prague and Budapest :)Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-18095197435982428762018-04-27T01:15:13.914+10:002018-04-27T01:15:13.914+10:00This is being very much talked about here at the m...This is being very much talked about here at the moment. I am really looking forward to seeing it and trying to avoid building my hopes up too much!<br />PS: We just returned home from four days in Budapest where the 1898 New York Cafe looks very much like the Cafe Imperial in your previous post (and there is a fabulous synagogue in Budapest too!)<br /><b><a href="http://todiscoverice.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> CLICK HERE for Bazza’s heuristic Blog ‘To Discover Ice’</a></b>bazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794010156639774028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-12424936434285183382018-04-26T20:22:19.450+10:002018-04-26T20:22:19.450+10:00Joseph
True.. it seems that a lot of the filming...Joseph <br /><br />True.. it seems that a lot of the filming was done in Sandmouth near Bude. Low tide in Sandymouth is indeed beautiful, but perhaps more importantly, modern Guernsey was too over-built for a 1946 story.<br /><br />Naturally I loved the outdoor footage!Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-2625165225528474422018-04-26T18:35:54.406+10:002018-04-26T18:35:54.406+10:00Hels why was the film mostly filmed in Devon? The ...Hels why was the film mostly filmed in Devon? The Channel Islands are lovely to look at.Josephnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-83571077470069161562018-04-25T18:49:20.351+10:002018-04-25T18:49:20.351+10:00Andrew
you are not alone. Churchill decided that ...Andrew<br /><br />you are not alone. Churchill decided that the islands could NOT be defended militarily. So once the volunteers were allowed to sail in British ships off the islands _before_ the invasion, the British island citizens would never be protected again.<br /><br />Thus there were/are two huge gaps in wartime information. Firstly the British army didn't know what was happening to its citizens on the islands. The Bailiffs took over the civil, but not the military, functions of the Lieutenant-Governors but that didn't help the islanders.<br /><br />Secondly the German concentration camp, and the Germans' prisoner of war records, were utterly destroyed on the days they left the Channel Islands. There is NO way that Russian or Polish prisoner bodies could ever be identified or repatriated.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-51497988563288579012018-04-25T17:04:40.224+10:002018-04-25T17:04:40.224+10:00As usual, I knew nothing about the Guernsey and Je...As usual, I knew nothing about the Guernsey and Jersey being occupied. Many in the world were victims after being abandoned by Britain, including former Asian colonies. I try to take an open view of people's actions in times of war. Survival is a very strong instinct, perhaps stronger the moral values. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-11230810848153469672018-04-25T10:31:09.501+10:002018-04-25T10:31:09.501+10:00Hilary
I accidentally discovered the book, ages a...Hilary<br /><br />I accidentally discovered the book, ages after I toured Jersey and Guernsey. What did you think of Shaffer's epistolary style of novel i.e written as a series of letters?Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-69506475636647776562018-04-25T10:25:18.420+10:002018-04-25T10:25:18.420+10:00Student
do you remember how little the students, ...Student<br /><br />do you remember how little the students, all intelligent and well read members of the British Commonwealth, knew about the Channel Islands during WW2? <br /><br />Mary Ann Shaffer was an American citizen, so she may not have even known that the Germans invaded and occupied the islands for most of WW2.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-67600078220993636312018-04-25T10:19:18.606+10:002018-04-25T10:19:18.606+10:00Parnassus
of course you are correct... nothing se...Parnassus<br /><br />of course you are correct... nothing sells like romance and, better still, sex. I wouldn't have even mentioned it but the heroine of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society film has three important tasks:<br />1. to write about the islanders' literary experiences during and since the war<br />2. to track what happened to Amelia's daughter Elizabeth and to bring some closure to for the family and<br />3. to restore normal life for herself after her parents' bombing deaths and help others resolve their anger/bitterness after the German occupation ended.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-46501037492278764052018-04-25T01:33:45.445+10:002018-04-25T01:33:45.445+10:00Hi Hels - I've never been to the Channel Islan...Hi Hels - I've never been to the Channel Islands ... something I must redress when I get home. But loved this book and the film - certainly explained a little of the ghastly and fun happenings that occurred at that time - cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-54633876612182597482018-04-24T22:04:52.635+10:002018-04-24T22:04:52.635+10:00Helen, we had a long hard look at the Channel Isla...Helen, we had a long hard look at the Channel Islands in class. But Shaffer's obits said she did not know about Guernsey till she accidentally spent time there in 1980 or whenever. How strange.Student of Historynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067098918914268503.post-22247120355042672982018-04-24T21:28:55.169+10:002018-04-24T21:28:55.169+10:00Hello Hels, American and other mainstream films a...Hello Hels, American and other mainstream films almost always shoehorn in a romance, no matter how foreign to the plot or the original source. The romance then takes center stage, and thus another great book or story is ruined in the movie version. This of course excepts books which are about romances, but even then the Hollywood version will enhance the romance at the expense of any other plot or historical elements.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.com