Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
Pondering friendship. Real friends, fake friends, books about friendship, movies w/ friends, stories about cliques who hang obsessively, loving and hating each other with the obsessiveness of total obsessives! Friends who drink bellinis w/ brunch. Port after dinner. Friends who share secrets. Friends who tell lies! Books: The Secret History, A Fortunate Age, The Likeness, The Basic Eight. Movies: Metropolitan, St. Elmo’s Fire, The Last Days of Disco, The Big Chill. Will watch/read anything that combines friends w/ mansions.
Today, two vids. Can’t choose just one:
The Secret History! One of my favorites. I’ll have to look up the rest of these. Another book that comes to mind: Cat’s Eye by Margaret Atwood. The shifting balance of power between two friends. Fascinating.
:)Alisa
Cat’s Eye! Added to my queue. Also, Al, did you know Margaret Atwood is a goodreads author? And that she has a BLOG?! Why does this thrill me?
“Will watch/read anything that combines friends w/ mansions.” AWESOME
Also, why hasn’t The Secret History been made into a movie??? Or has it?
It hasn’t! Why not, meg?! i think at some point gwyneth paltrow was trying to get it made…? but i don’t know whatever happened w/ that.