The Comedy Of Errors.

This topic was suggested by Maria the gaelikaa for the weekly Friday Loose Bloggers Consortium where currently six of us write on the same topic every Friday. This is part of a series of Shakespeare titles that Maria had come up with.  I hope that you enjoy my contribution to that effort.  The five other bloggers who write regularly are, in alphabetical order,  AshokgaelikaaMaxi, and Shackman and The Old Fossil. Do drop in on their blogs and see what their take is on this week’s topic. Since some of them may post late, or not at all this week, do give some allowance for that too!

My whole life has been a comedy of errors which has enabled me to come to this stage when I can look forward to an epitaph that will say “He laughed his way to his death.” I have written enough about those errors and comedies in my earlier blog posts and I would not like to bore my readers with them again. Instead, I propose sharing with my readers a Hindi film with English subtitles that is based on Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors. I can assure you that the little over two hours that you will spend will be worth your while. The picture was filmed in 1982 when innocence and gentle character portrayal was still in vogue and so you will find it rather amateurish compared to modern slick productions, but endearing for precisely that quality. You can find more details about the film here.

Enjoy yourselves.

On Golden Pond.

On-Golden-Pond

The last time that my friend Ramesh and I had gone to see a movie, during the post movie coffee session, we were reminiscing about the golden oldies and Ramesh casually asked me if I had seen On Golden Pond.  I had not as those days I was too busy with my career and hardly ever went to see a movie.  I don’t think that this film was even screened in Delhi where we were in the early eighties. Even had it been, I would not have been able to go anyway.

Ramesh insisted that it was a remarkable movie for which both the main leads, Henry Fonda and Katharine Hepburn had won awards and that I should get a DVD and watch it. I took up the challenge and was able to procure a bargain two in one deal with this film and Come September.

To cut a long story short, earlier this afternoon, Ramesh and I saw it on a home theater system and I was simply blown away.  Hepburn and Fonda were simply magnificent and the other four characters who appear in the film including Jane Fonda are in more or less cameo roles leaving the bulk of the acting to be handled by these two veterans. The story, the locale, acting, photography and the subtle background music score everything blended beautifully into a very enjoyable experience and I am glad that I was able to see Henry Fonda’s last movie in the bargain.

If there was one flaw in the film, that was Jane Fonda’s role which could have been performed much better. That one shortcoming makes me give just a [rating=5] rating for a very seeable movie.

I had seen Come September in the sixties of the last century and am still very fond of the theme music and Bobby Darin’s Multiplication.  Gosh, I feel my age!  I  will be seeing it again soon at home and I shall write about it too.

Punctuality.

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.
~ Evelyn Waugh

Punctuality
After waiting more than an hour and a half for her date, Melissa decided she had been stood up. She changed from her best dinner dress into her pyjamas and slippers, fixed herself a snack and resigned herself to an evening of TV.

No sooner had she flopped down in front of the TV,  her doorbell rang. There stood her date.

He took one look at her and gasped, “I’m two hours late … and you’re still not ready?”

Books Again.

Nick had this up on his facebook wall and it gives me great pleasure to share it with my readers while thanking him for the inspiration.

Partly read books 2

Open Book Lyrics by Mikey McCleary feat. Mauli Dave: It is TV Ad song from TV Dinners album by Mikey McCleary sung by Mauli Dave. Open Book is composed, written and directed by Mikey McCleary.

Singer: Mauli Dave
Music: Mikey McCleary
Song Writer: Mikey McCleary
Video Features: Mikey McCleary, Diksha Basu
© 2014 Sony Music

Open Book Lyrics
I guess my life’s open book
Anyone can take a look
No secrets here to hide this is just me

Holidays, they come and go
Feelings change, people grow
And all I know is I like being free
Da da da.. I’ll be fine
This is me now
But I could change, anytime

I guess my life’s open book
Everything I gave and took
Is written on my face for all to see

Even when I’m grey and old
Promise me you’ll always know
That I carry you around somewhere in me
Da da da.. I’ll be fine
This is me now
But I could change, anytime

But oh, how people come and go
Life is just a show
We may all get up as we go
There is no script just let it flow

And oh how nothing seems to last
Days go superfast
Well atleast we had a blast
We really had a blast

Da da da.. I’ll be fine
I’ll see you again
Another place, another time
When how people come and go
Life is just a show
We may all get up as we go
There is no script just let it flow

And oh how nothing seems to last
Days go superfast
Well atleast we had a blast
Didn’t we have a blast