tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070802261765025433.post8105255980523898474..comments2023-08-08T07:38:46.413-07:00Comments on Curmudgeon: An Unlikely Army Chaplain: A feast for the eyescptdrfrtimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15764051597905443163noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1070802261765025433.post-5743872763259162632010-02-19T23:34:41.752-08:002010-02-19T23:34:41.752-08:00Tim,
I love both the book and the movie. And I do...Tim,<br />I love both the book and the movie. And I don't often say that. Usually, if I love a book, I mightily resist any persuasion to see the film adaptation (Harry Potter, for one...er, many more than one examples). I don't want film makers tampering with my visual imagination of what the author has created on paper.<br /><br />Babette's Feast was a different story (no pun intended) altogether. The movie enriched the book. Somehow those austere ludefisk, (ok that's probably Norway)), potato and not-much-else-eating people were transformed by Babette's feast. <br /><br />The scene where the townsfolk show up for dinner, making an extra effort to look as unhappy and austere as possible sticks in my mind.<br /><br />And the other scene that stays with me is that of Babette in the primitive kitchen, smiling enigmatically and happily at what she has prepared for her adopted compatriots--and at their enjoyment. Now that's Eucharistic!! What a great flick.<br /><br />But I guess that's one of the *old* ones that folks in your neck of the woods haven't seen. Too bad. No curving bullets, but in its own way, it's incredibly sensual, dare I say even sexy.<br /><br />There's so much more to the story and the flick than you and I have shared, but it's a rare beauty and a true classic. BTW, I thought it was set in the years following the French Revolution. Not? Correct my ignorance. What a perfect film for Mardi Gras, as we sidle up to Lent. Or actually, any time in Lent. Thanks for reminding me of this gem. I'll now do an archeological expedition into my bookshelves so that I can unearth and re-read BF. Thanks for the memory!Mary Coadyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11334484838624372471noreply@blogger.com