Jerry Posted October 31, 2009 Report Share Posted October 31, 2009 I suspect he authored more films than any other writer. Last week we had a Maugham festival on cable TV -- I enjoyed seeing Bette Davis in THE LETTER for the first time. Followed by QUARTET - filmed short stories. I'm posting this because I just looked up his bio and it says his first published novel was Liza of Lambeth. Isn't Lambeth in your neck of the woods? Anyone read it? Two of my favorite films are RAIN and the Alec Guiness story about a man who is diagnosed as terminal, spends his life savings on a luxury vacation resort, and then learns the diagnosis was an error. Ive seen at least 3 film versions, but Guiness was the first and best. I doubt that Maugham wrote the words to the ditty in the RAIN film: ...and inside her shack, Sadie would entertain, played her victrola, sipped Coca-Cola, while she enjoyed...the RAIN! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 So what's your most thought provoking play/film? I remember waching a play by Jean Paul Sarte (?), where a nyphomaniac was in a waiting room to heaven/hell with two blokes - who were gay! I think he was trying to say that hell - is other people? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerry Posted November 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 At Calif.State University at Los Angeles in the 60s I took a class in Communication of Ideas (English Dept). The prof. was a North African arab, Edward Aboud and he changed the syllabus to suit his Jean Paul Sartre, Andre Gide, and Albert Camus EXISTENTIALISM agenda. I was stuck listening to French philosphers. I've seen a couple hundred french films and they are all the same -- bleak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted November 11, 2009 Report Share Posted November 11, 2009 Extensive thought tends to be that Jezz - BLEAK! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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