Sinister: Kafka, such an amusing fellow
PJMiller wrote:
Enough of this foolishness. ;-). I'd just like to say, don't be put off The Trial by all that nonsense about it being a metaphor for life. Not a jot of it. It is in fact top comedy
duke of harringay <tangent@lineone.net> 6 May 1998 18:56 >>> top notch. The Trial is indeed a grand read. Take a copy wherever you go and chuckles on buses and trains the world over will be yours forever...
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Hey! Did you people see the movie? Did I miss the laughable parts??? It's eerie, depressive, dark, scary.... Sure, there's irony all over, but not the sort that makes you laugh... I liked it, but it wasn't the sort of thing to lift my spirits... It seems to me the book (which I didn't read) leaves a very different impression compared to the movie. Did anyone read the movie AND see the book (well, the other way round)? So, which is it? a) Orson Welles really turned everything around in the movie; b) I didn't get any of it - the joke is too subtle; c) You people are laughing at that weird paranoia stuff; d) All of the above. ... Is there a comic book version of The Trial? Just wondering... :-) Pedro ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------
On Thu, 7 May 1998, Pedro Rodrigues wrote:
Hey! Did you people see the movie? Did I miss the laughable parts??? It's eerie, depressive, dark, scary.... Sure, there's irony all over, but not the sort that makes you laugh... I liked it, but it wasn't the sort of thing to lift my spirits...
It seems to me the book (which I didn't read) leaves a very different impression compared to the movie. Did anyone read the movie AND see the book (well, the other way round)?
i have indeed read the book and seen the film and to tell you the truth, i found the film absolutely hilarious, particularly the end which was a tad different to kafka's original version (let's just say josef k & dynamite didn't mix too well). but what i really wanted to know was: that music, you'll know what i mean if you've seen the film... what is it? it's a really famous piece, but i've forgotten who it's by, what it is etc, and it's been bugging me since i saw the film. any clues? another picnic memory: after our impromptu rendition of mayfly, just before popping down to the pub, this chappy came up to a group of us and said 'you're belle and sebastian yeah, could you sign this for me', and produced a copy of 'if your felling sinister..' on vinyl. sorry, i just found that rather funny... had to disappoint him - shame really, but i'd have felt too guilty signing it, even though it'd probably have made him happier. ah well, down the pub rob x ------------------------------------------------------------------------- + / \ St Theresa's calling her | O | The church up on the hill _______| _ | Is looking lovely / / /\ | __| \/. But it doesn't interest /_/\_//_/||##| ;\|/' The only thing she wants to know __|_||_|||_||##|_____|_ Is how and why and when and where to go If you're feeling sinister... Belle and Sebastian ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- . This message was brought to you by the Sinister mailing list. . To send to the list please mail "sinister@majordomo.net". . For subscribing, unsubscribing and other list information please see . http://www.majordomo.net/sinister . For questions about how the list works mail owner-sinister@majordomo.net . Nee, nee mun pish, chan pai dee kwa -----------------------------------------------------------------------
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