tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post8314586423708125004..comments2024-03-22T19:13:05.266-04:00Comments on The Dusty Bookcase: Four Days in Darkest QuebecBrian Busbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-4285882738433329632011-08-19T16:57:33.081-04:002011-08-19T16:57:33.081-04:00An awful story. I must admit that I only caught up...An awful story. I must admit that I only caught up with it earlier this year when her murderer was cast for a play at - coincidentally - Montreal's Théâtre du nouveau monde. Never happened, I'm pleased to say.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-25864731768473166802011-08-19T09:20:13.748-04:002011-08-19T09:20:13.748-04:00Isn't it funny how life imitates art? In the f...Isn't it funny how life imitates art? In the film, Jean-Louis Trintignant plays a father who loses his daughter to violent sociopaths. If you know anything about the tragic story of the real-life Trintignant's daughter, Marie, you cannot fail to notice the eerie parallel between art and reality.Michael Washburnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-78176390252738469742011-08-18T17:12:51.276-04:002011-08-18T17:12:51.276-04:00According to all that I've read, the film revo...According to all that I've read, the film revolves around the boy's <i>memories</i> of the past. That alone suggest a very radical change.<br /><br />I began reading <i>The Shrewsdale Exit</i> last month, then got sidetracked by work. I'm hoping to return to it in September. I see that a few clips are posted on YouTube, including <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj_ftSolJ1A" rel="nofollow">this beginning to the English language dubbed version</a>. Not so great a departure - at least not in the opening scene - though in the pages I read, the father doesn't appear to be such an impatient hot head. Well, that and the fact that the novel doesn't take place in Europe.Brian Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04120341319506205062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6747768554703669866.post-20079516841591727692011-08-18T12:23:48.883-04:002011-08-18T12:23:48.883-04:00I would have to agree with you. If you'd shown...I would have to agree with you. If you'd shown me the clip and asked me to guess what book the film was based on, never in a million years would I have guessed Four Days. <br /><br />By the way, I gather that The Shrewsdale Exit was made into a French film, L'agression.Michael Washburnnoreply@blogger.com