Well, according to my vague memories of the Rimbaud & Verlaine film with DiCaprio, it was pretty explicit.
Audrey, proud of her dirty mind too
Audrey, proud of her dirty mind too
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Posts: 4452 (06/19/09 08:28) The Bookworm
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'The only difference between lunacy and genius is timing.'
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Posts: 8979 (06/19/09 09:32) |
Moving swiftly on
 .....I can absolutely see Ralph as Chekhov. They're not dissimilar in build and looks.
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Posts: 1062 (06/19/09 15:54) The North Face |
Yep! And it would also be a variation of the romantic hero theme: He dies! Strange, I've never been very impressed by the personalities of the authors,
whos work I really care for - I mean, imagine being married to Dostoevsky
 - but Chekov is different. I know, I would have fallen in
love with him 
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Posts: 869 (06/19/09 16:46) |
Imagine being married to Byron. |
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Posts: 2284 (06/19/09 17:14) Rasko Leader |
We should campaign for Byron, then. Goes without saying that filming should take place in Greece. Who wants a tour guide?
E.xxx
"You won't like me when I am... hungry!"
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Posts: 850 (06/20/09 03:06) |
We should campaign for Byron, then. Goes without saying that filming should take place in Greece. Who wants a tour guide?
 I need a tour guide, Eva! Nate
& I have to check out how Happy is doing in Greece. Just kidding.  BTW, the
other 2 cats at my mom-in-law's farm just had kittens. Kitten pics soon. Happy II is among them.
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Posts: 2286 (06/20/09 09:37) Rasko Leader |
Kittens!!
hurry up with those photos, Evelyn!
"You won't like me when I am... hungry!"
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Posts: 1563 (06/21/09 17:52) Oscar Nut
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What am I, an axe murderer? Oh I get it, a Rasko joke, right?
I certainly don't object to animal stories. And there's nothing cuter than a kitten. I think you ought to sneak in a new cat, Eva. Once he/she is there, your mom won't have the heart to kick it out. Surprised that no one has mentioned the Brownings-Elizabeth & Robert, the poets. That would be a very romantic story. And Ralph could play an artist, which Bridget & I have wanted for a long time. If he didn't wan to do van Gogh, my favorite, he could do any number of others. Some of them have quite dramatic stories. Jackie |
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Posts: 4454 (06/21/09 18:52) The Bookworm
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Browning is the good idea, Jackie! I remember watching The Barrets of Wimpole Street when I was a teenager with my gran. Always loved it when she made it out
of her dad's house at last to elope with Robert Browning!
'The only difference between lunacy and genius is timing.'
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Posts: 798 (06/22/09 01:03) Am I K in your book? |
Jackie
Yes, I woudl LOVE to see RF playing artist ! and there are many many artist! Van Gogh - though it was done by Kirk Douglas already! and I just saw Met Museum Special Exhibition "FRANCIS BACON"and Bacon painted Van Gogh style painting and he painted after saw film! Bacon's paintings are quite disturbing, least to say, Its powerful, no doubt! My favorite Artist whom I would LOVE RF to play is Edvard Munch! Norwegian artist, I saw most extensive Munch's work throughout his life at Chicago Institute of Art last February and it was So GREAT! and so HAUNTING! I got to know his entire body of work better and its not just SCREAM most famous painting, He was romantic, tortured, disturbed, so aware of Death, Perfect for RF right? To play Lord Byron? Sorry no for me! Its just too cliche for me! to play typical Romantic role! Best. Katherine |
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Posts: 1564 (06/22/09 03:45) Oscar Nut
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But the Kirk Douglas movie(Lust for Life) was awful! He was too melodramatic & not believable as an artist. I saw him on Letterman years ago talking about
it & he said that Vincent "was a weak man", which isn't true at all. Ralph could make the definitive movie about Vincent with less emphasis
on the extreme behavior & more on his artistic struggles. He could show the sensitivity of the man like in the Don McLean song(Starry Night), instead of
making him a wack job.
I like the Eward Munch idea too! Jackie |
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Posts: 1066 (06/22/09 05:53) The North Face |
Not Edward Munch, please! Gloomy Norwegians are even worse than gloomy Danes. The way he looks at women and sexuality is so depressing - there's certainly
not much 'lust for life' in Munch
Robert Altman's "Vincent and Theo" is interesting; have you seen it? Tim Roth plays Vincent, Paul Rhys is Theo, they are both very good. |
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Posts: 1565 (06/22/09 18:02) Oscar Nut
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"Vincent & Theo" was a little better, but still not dealing with Vincent as a lonely, sensitive man. Still too much with the wackiness. And it
almost seemed like Altman wanted to shock the audience with the sexual scenes.
As I said, the definitive movie of van Gogh has not been made. Ralph can fix that. And look good in a beard at the same time. 
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Posts: 2119 (06/22/09 19:42) |
Hi Jackie! Thanks again for coming up with these polls,they are great fun....
But I wanted to mention that Van Gogh was mentally ill. Now I am not saying that a film about him has to play that up but a film about him [have never seen Lust for Life] could not leave it out altogether...and I would think that RF would certainly play to that was well...but do so without going overboard. I do like the idea of RF playing some artist...would also love for him to actually paint...I know he painted those Dolphins in Chumscrubber....and sketched in Onegin...I would love to see more of his work....alas...I don't see that ever happening. |
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Posts: 1566 (06/23/09 00:52) Oscar Nut
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Oh, I know Vincent was mentally ill and it wasn't helped by the quantities of alcohol he drank, but that's always the central focus on van Gogh movies
and exaggerated, instead of showing it was something he tried to overcome, they make it freakish. Makes me angry. Grrr!
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Posts: 184 (06/23/09 07:46) Absolute Empress |
I voted "other," because I want him to play another funny villain, as in In Bruges, though I suppose it could be argued that because the situation he
creates is so incredibly sad, he's really not that funny, after all. So, let's give him another role as a bad guy who is, without doubt, really funny,
like his Wallace and Gromit character, but not just a cartoon.
I actually wouldn't mind seeing him do some more Shakespeare, this time on film, so we could all see it. What roles does he shave his head for? The Harry Potter movies? No more shaved heads, please. Re: hair, if you've got it, flaunt it!  MDo you believe in always, the wind said to the rain I am too busy with my flowers to believe, the rain answered |
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Posts: 802 (06/24/09 00:28) Am I K in your book? |
NO MORE SHAVED HEAD - THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Jackie, yes Lust for life wasn't good film and Maybe Van Gogh deserves better actor to play him but Munch was better looking than Gogh at least for
pictures I saw! and I LOVE Much's early paintings - romantic paintings - Nitht in St. cloud (1893), Kiss by the Window(1892), The Girl by the window(1893),
and passionate paintings of Vampire series, womans' long red hair embrassing man, Yes, Nik Munch was rather depressing, but I found much beauty from his
work, it is depressing yes, yes, RF already done BRAND by other Norwegian, Ibsen's BRAND and he did VERY VERY WELL, Well yes, it can be quite depressing
and GLOOMY!
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