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The world has lost two incredibly talented people recently:  Arthur C. Clarke, visionary and author; and Anthony Minghella, Film Director. 

 

Most people know Minghella from the English Patient, the Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain.  But my favorite of his was "Truly, Madly, Deeply" about grief and mourning.  It is terribly romantic and stars Alan Rickman.

 

And lots of people these days think "2001- A Space Odyssey" is very boring, but for me (I guess I had inhaled), it was ground-breakingly new and innovative, plus open-ended.  I loved everything about it including of course the music in the beginning and the shots that are now standard in science fiction.  But Arthur Clarke was also known for being unerringly visonary about things like moon landings and satellite communications, decades before they were even thought about and brought to fruition. 

 
   

 


 
 
shadeofgray on
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You're right... talented people. I think I saw Truly Madly Deeply, but ... I forget. I'll have to get it.
ubu13 on
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It was very sweet and very romantic.  I love Alan Rickman too.  I wasn't so crazy about the major storyin The English Patient; on the other hand, the sub-story was another sweet one.
shadeofgray on
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You're right.  Two more good guys gone.  Is that Arthur Clarke in a skirt?
ubu13 on
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Yes, he's in a skirt.  He wore skirts quite often.  Actually, that's a Hawaiian wrap type thing, I believe.  From what I have read, he wore them frequently. 
shadeofgray on
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My son-in-law liked skirts when he was a kid. His parents lived in a commune (tho I don't know what that has to do with it except that they weren't narrow minded ).
ubu13 on
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There are a few men around here who wear kilts and skirts and boy, even in this so-called tolerant bastion of liberalism, they get looks and comments.  Hey, why not?  We can wear pants these days.  However, I remember when I went to college in Iowa in 62 and was not allowed to wear pants in all that horrible weather in winters.
shadeofgray on
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We could wear pants to the dining room if it was 15 degrees or less. Wearing pants in my classes was out of the question because I was in the college of Commerce. Most of the men wore dress shirts and dress pants. Education and liberal arts women wore the pants.
ubu13 on
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My first year at college, I went to a religious school in southern Iowa.  We were not allowed to wear pants to any classes or the lunchroom or anything - no matter the weather.  God, it was cold.  I think we were allowed to wear pants when not doing anything for school - can't even remember if we could wear them to the library.  I only lasted one year there.  Couldn't stand it. 

 

Then I transferred to Temple University in Philadelphia - a very radical leftie college at the time.


 
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