Book Shopping, Recent Reads, & New Favorite Films

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[@cindyhuang6827]

I recommend Andrei Tarkovsky’s and Ingmar Bergman’s films. They have amazing cinematography and deal with deep topics like the human soul and mortality. Criterion has DVDs and streaming options (on Criterion Channel) for both :)

[@thebasedgodmax1163]

make sure if you're watching a tarky that you've got a good cup of coffee and you're not tired in the slightest

[@sitting_nut]

love tarkovsky

[@Christine-jg2ch]

Tarkovsky is my favourite director - Stalker is my best film

[@davet2625]

Love Ingmar Bergmann. Hadn't heard of tarkovsky, going to check him out

[@betinaceciliafeld9854]

Wow, that Criterion box set! I love classic movies and I still watch them on DVD and Bluray, so Criterion is like the best you can get in that area. I'd love to hear your reviews on film adaptations of classic books if you decide to film some.

[@gammaanteria]

"I swear if you existed, I'd divorce you." Always remember that brutal line from "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" The movie, with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, is an excellent adaptation of the play, and they deliver terrific performances. Another play along similar emotionally brutal lines is Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night" (the definitive film version to me is the 1962 one starring Katherine Hepburn, Sir Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards, and Dean Stockwell; again, great performances all-around).

[@anthonyskrobul3726]

Since you requested movie recommendations, I heartily recommend Midnight in Paris and Legends of the Fall. I think you will love these. I love watching your vlogs, your passion around reading and other arts is infectious. I get ideas about books I want to read. Thank you for your channel.

[@randolphpinkle4482]

It's fascinating watching someone else's personal intellectual education. Especially when it's similar to my own. I loved Russian literature and classic films, then I moved on to Rohmer as well then Japanese cinema--try Late Spring. It's a beautiful time. I won't tell you what happens afterward though. You'll have to discover that for yourself.

[@sofiaborges3853]

WILLOW BITTING THE BAG 😍😍😍 so cute 😭

[@pixieh.5597]

I would also recommend Kieslowski's movies, my favourites being A short film about love, and the Red movie (Three colours).

[@kaiserrino8774]

I never watched a Rohmer film. He just got on my watch list. As a huge film fan (old and new) I can give you some random recommendations. Stalker, Mirror or anything basically directed by the great Andrei Tarkovsky (Russia) Persona, Seventh Seal (Sweden) 8 1/2, Nights of Cabiria (Italy) Tokyo Story, Seven Samurai, Princess Mononoke (Japan) In the Mood for Love, Chungking Express (Hong Kong) Le Cercle Rouge, Le Trou, Breathless (France) Yi-Yi, A Brighter Summer Day (Taiwan) Oldboy, Memories of Murder (South Korea) M, Wings of Desire (Germany) A Seperation, Close-Up (Iran)

[@gammaanteria]

Yes, would second the above selections by Tarkovsky, Bergman, and Fellini!

[@ba-gg6jo]

My favourite by Tarkovsky is 'Solaris' which I find haunting. Such a shame he died at a relatively young age. A great director up there with Bergman, Kurosawa, Felliniand Coppola.

[@merce8074]

Great video, Carolyn! You need to read all Carlos Ruiz Zafon's books. You are going to love all of them. One of our best contemporary writers, if not The Best. We miss him so much! From Barcelona (Spain) 📚😊🙋‍♀️

[@LL-vn4hl]

I'd recommend Russian Ark if you haven't seen it already. It's a Russian film from 2002 that takes you through 300 years of Russian history (featuring historical figures), set in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg. And it's shot in one single take!

[@josephinegirardin2605]

Can't wait to start our lessons again! Petit à petit, l'oiseau fait son nid.

[@BasketballEdits-NZ]

The Green Ray and The Aviator's Wife are my favourite Rohmer films. His dialogue and sense of realism and authenticity is so awesome. I love Rohmer and you can see much of his influence in Richard Linklater's filmography; namely, The 'Before' trilogy, which is a must see if you haven't seen it already. As for Tarkovsky, definitely read his book 'Sculpting in Time' which explains his film making process and his appreciation of other films and film makers. Which any writer or director needs - to be an avid reader or a cinephile. Tarkovsky is my favourite director. I like him because of his religious allegories. And I have always personally regarded him as one of the great Russian artists (and I include writers and directors in here). The first 2 are Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, and then I have Tarkovsky. His poetry and understanding of the human condition; along with his unmatched idealism and belief in God and love, always makes me smile because when I watch his films, you can sense that this guy truly believed in God and in love. I do too. Despite being cynical at times. But it is always good to see someone who actually believes it and has all the faith in the world and in humanity. Inspiring. Anyway. Sorry for rant.

[@lettersfromkinraddie]

Love the new tote bags!! Some film recs that I loved and think anyone who is into Russian lit would love is essentially anything by Tarkovsky in particular Mirror and Andrei Rublev!! Criterion also have nice copies of those films!!

[@miavalova134]

Willow is everything 😍

[@amyspassiondiary4986]

I ordered this tote bag 😻 today and I’m so so excited to received it and filled it up with gorgeous books. I must say I spent €37 💶 for the tote bag and shipping fee here in the Netherlands 🇳🇱 but I don’t mind because I know it’s so worth it. 😻 xxx Amy 💚

[@pixieh.5597]

I am a massive Jean-Louis Trintignant fan. He also gives me childhood memories when I am watching his movies, although I never understood a thing (still don't; french movies are not my forte...). He is a fantastic actor, I own sort of 60 dvd's with him. Well, maybe 40...

[@BaileeWalsh]

Carolyn! I just watched your vlog you posted yesterday and you mentioned you've been watching some Rohmer films. I'm so behind on keeping up with youtube videos so I knew I immediately had to find any videos I haven't watched, yet, where you mention movies you've been watching! And it's such a coincidence you mention Rohmer because I just got the Six Moral Tales set in the Criterion flash sale the other day! I'm so excited to dive into them and they seem so good for springtime, which I'm so ready for! Oh, girl!!! I can really go on about film and French films specifically. When I first got into more international cinema I gravitated towards French films because, well, I just love French things to put it plainly but I started taking French in middle school so it was a language I was familiar with and had technically already seen some things in class over the years. The French New Wave is my favorite film movement/era- though, I know it's not for everyone. At one point Pierrot Le Fou (1965) was my favorite film even though I could never remember what it was called, lol! It was something my older brother showed me one time when he was visiting. That's also part of how I got into the French New Wave. When I discovered Criterion in high school I was looking through the films they've released and recognized it! I looked into more Godard films and he was my favorite director at one point but it's so hard for me to narrow down to one nowadays. He's in my top 5 still. My favorite film is a French film from 1960 called Plein Soleil (aka Purple Noon). I usually suggest going into it blindly because that's how I went into it, but as a reader I'll say it's an adaptation and leave the rest up to you, lol. I won't tell you of which book in particular if you'd want to give it a watch and go in blindly, too, but if you do want to know and maybe read the book first you can look it up yourself. Sooo, of course I recommend that film but I'll list some other movies here as recommendations: The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959), The Lovers (1958), Cleo from 5 to 7 (1962), Belle De Jour (1967) which I'm a little unsure putting here because idk your taste exactly but it's one of my favorite films and I love the style of it, I also think you'd enjoy Sylvie et le Fantome (1946), and if you haven't seen Cocteau's La Belle et la Bête (1946) you should! oh my gosh and Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019) if you haven't yet!! I haven't seen the Antoine Doinel movies, ashamedly enough, but those seem like something you'd like. I stuck to just French films and while I could go on listing movie after movie, I'll stop there :D ahh! I love the Books In Films instagram account! oh, do you have a Letterboxd?

[@polina5520]

Oooh Lady Macbeth of Mtsentsk is wild haha Thank you so much for this video! You inspired me to read homo irrealis and watch Eric Rohmer’s films! :)

[@Samjbtz]

Thanks for the lovely vlog--and for introducing me to Eric Rohmer! His films look absolutely dreamy, and I love that they began their lives as stories he wrote! Would love to hear more of your thoughts about the films as you watch them!

[@thebasedgodmax1163]

if you like eric rohmer i highly recommend the films of francois truffaut if you haven't seen them already! they started out in the new wave era and his films are similar, very funny and cute but also sometimes utterly heartbreaking, especially jules and jim.

[@neverbored]

You inspired me to watch these movies ❤️ Also the bags are so awesome and Willow is just the sweetest doggy 💕

[@gammaanteria]

The Criterion Collection is an excellent place for exploring film. If you like more the literary/verbal style of Rohmer and the French, I think you would like the French New Wave, like Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut, etc. Ones I would suggest there might include: "Contempt," "To Live Her Life [a.k.a. My Life to Live]" by Godard, "Cleo from 5 to 7" by Agnes Varda. Another great French director was Robert Bresson...he was his own thing. His adaptations of "Diary of Country Priest" and "Mouchette" are both very faithful to the original books by Georges Bernanos, though actually the film I'd most recommend by him is "Au Hasard Balthazar" (impossible not to be moved by the very last scene). If you want something more cinematic but also has literary underpinnings, maybe Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" (based on King Lear) or "Throne of Blood" (based on MacBeth)...though if I were to recommend two films by Kurosawa, they would be "Ikiru [To Live]" and "High and Low [Heaven and Earth]," which are both excellent. If you want something that shows the power of the image with minimal dialogue, I'd recommend the silent film "The Passion of Joan of Arc" by Dreyer--unforgettable once you have seen it. These are all to be found in the Criterion Collection.

[@willrich3908]

Nice to see someone mention Bresson - you know your stuff going by that list. His 'Une femme douce' (A Gentle Woman) based on the Dostoyevsky short story is possibly the most literary based? I thought Tokyo Story by Ozu was superb. And Dreyer too, yes unforgettable.

[@creationspast.janebowell1903]

Thank you for this lovely vlog ,as usual.

[@christbianchi]

I love Eric Rohmer! My favorite of his films is My Night at Maud's! If you like Rohmer I'd recommend Certified Copy by Abbas Kiarostami!

[@blackanne]

I loved "who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?" at university, I used to have a quote from it hanging above my bed.

[@margueritemitchell1829]

Hello from British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦👋👍❤️ I finished "A Man Called Ove". Thank you 💕💕💕 so much for recommending it.💕💕💕💕

[@moritzzietlow9615]

I really recommend you "Four Nights Of A Dreamer" by Robert Bresson its based on dostojewskis White Nights

[@hope4565]

I am so excited about the new tote bag you’ve made!!! There is no other combination of four authors you could have picked which would make me want one more!!! I didn’t know about them until they were already out of stock, but I’m really hoping I can get one next time 😁

[@toddbelanger1923]

Love this video..learnt so much ...as always.. Lol...thanks Carolyn...YAHOOOOOOOOOO

[@MartinDSmith]

Yes,I have watched the Moral Tales boxset and enjoyed them,but the French director I gravitated more towards is Jacques Rivette,and if you as an artist did not also,I would be dumbfounded, especially considering his movie La Belle Noiseuse treats exactly of such a subject.

[@RogerKirby13]

As a lifelong Rohmer fan it was great to hear your discovery of his movies. For me he is eminently re-watchable, the movies get better each time I watch them. He has two other series- Tales of the Four Seasons and my favorite the Six Comedies and Proverbs all of which I discussed on my KZbin channel last year. The Green Ray and Boyfriends and Girlfriends are my favorites. Have fun on your journey through his cinema.

[@RogerKirby13]

Here’s a link to the intro to my Rohmer series in case you are interested. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoGVZY1_iZ6Nmqs

[@youssefyoussef5096]

Today I discovered your channel ...it is very inspiring and I like the way you talk about books. 🙏💗💗💗

[@pfff3409]

Just a tip that might interest you : in France, when we talk about a film director we (very often) only use their last name (especially if they are dead and/or famous) because they are part of the culture we share and everybody is suppose to understand who we are referring to, they are part of our lives. So, if you want to talk about Eric Rohmer and sound french : it is just Rohmer (and it is pronounced : Rohmair) 😎

[@bryonyapril6925]

Kill my darlings is a wonderful film if you haven’t seen it, it made me pick up a lot more Beat Generation literature, as someone who grew up in England we didn’t learn much about American literature so to see a movie about a group that were so passionate about writing in a different way than how they were taught was really interesting to me, and it made me want to learn more about the authors, I now basically have a whole shelf dedicated to Burroughs, Ginsberg and Kerouac. I’d actually love to see them in one of your beautiful illustrations, especially Ginsberg on Howl (or sunflower sutra which is my favourite of his poems)

[@lillieblack9702]

I would definitely recommend the 1998 modern adaptation of Great Expectations, which is one of my favorite movies ever!!! It has Gwyneth Paltrow, Ethan Hawke and Anne Bancroft in it and it's just a gorgeous film, so beautiful and artistic and emotional.

[@elenal7468]

Yes, one of my favourite film, too. The acting, the aesthetic, the interpretation of the story😍!

[@josephcossey1811]

My own personal favourite Eric Rohmer films are "Clair's Knee", "Pauline At The Beach", "Full Moon In Paris" and - best of all - "The Green Ray" which sounds like sci-fi but isn't! When you watch it bear in mind that the dialogue in "The Green Ray" was almost entirely improvised. When you have worked your way through the Rohmer box set I warmly recommend anything and everything by director Francois Truffaut starting with "The 400 Blows" and "Jules Et Jim". Be prepared to lose your heart all over again!

[@joshlarcombe7361]

I will never not recommend Bela Tarr to anyone interested in films, especially Eastern European cinema. His films are just so visually compelling (and the music is unbelievable). His work is so unique (and he isn’t afraid of taking risks) so I love it. Le Havre is a French film with a peculiar sense of humour that I enjoyed!

[@willrich3908]

Great choice - Satantango is amazing, and a novel too!

[@joshlarcombe7361]

@@willrich3908 Werckmeister Harmonies is my favourite by far - but Satantango is amazing. It totally justifies its running time which is hard to do for any film over 3 hours!

[@clairebott1539]

Hi, I know it’s not exactly what you were asking for but, I have a couple of suggestions for films with fabulous stories and stunning cinematography. The Last of the Mohicans and Lawrence of Arabia. So beautiful. Claire Bott xxxxxx

[@glamourofyesterday]

Book to Film recommendation: The Hours. Three timelines; Virginia Woolf writing Mrs. Dalloway, 50's housewife reading Mrs. Dalloway and in the "present day" Clarissa Vaughan being Mrs. Dalloway. Both the book by Micheal Cunningham and the movie are really amazing!

[@ingerreads9727]

Definitely checking out Rohmer! I would like to recommend my favorite movie, La Grande Bellezza, or the Great Beauty in English, directed by Sorrentino. Absolutely beautiful.

[@slavabart7845]

I love French cinema, though I haven't seen any Rohmer yet. One French director I like is Chris Marker. He had a strong interest in Russian subjects, has a film about Siberia, and another about the famous Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky. Tarkovsky's films are amazing visually and I highly recommend them. Literary subject matter plays a role in all of them. My personal favorite is a film called The Mirror, where Tarkovsky makes striking use of his father's reading of his own poetry (Arseny Tarkovsky, wonderful poet), and some lovely images of books appear throughout the film, both of literature and of art (da Vinci in particular). Tarkovsky has an Italian film, called Nostalghia. Tarkovsky's close friend was an Armenian Russian director, Sergei Parajanov, who has a beautiful and unique film, The Color of Pomegranates, about the Armenian poet Sayat Nova, and is full of visual poetry and some wonderful images of books. if you love Rohmer, you might love Woody Allen, who has lots of bookish themes. I recommend Midnight in Paris highly, and obviously his earlier classics. I also highly recommend Jim Jarmusch films, like Ghost Dog, Only Lovers Remain and especially Paterson which is a tender love poem to books and writing. Wim Wander's classic Wings of Desire has beautiful library scene and is overall a very literary film. There is a Japanese film I'm fond called Cafe Lumiere (2003), by Hsiao-hsien Hou, which captures the atmosphere of Tokyo in a lovely way and has bookstores and books in it, including an English-language illustrated fairy tale book. Also, I have to recommend Alexander Sokurov's Russian Ark. It's a unique and very atmospheric visual poetic time-traveling journey through moments of Russian history, entirely filmed in a single take inside the St Petersburg Hermitage museum. Features lots of art, historical figures like Pushkin and Nicholas II, a Russian 19th cnt ball. There is also Yuri Norstein, a Russian animator I can't recommend highly enough. I think you should love his visual style and subject matter, in works like Hedgehog in the Fog, and Tale of Tales. He has been working on a single film based on Gogol's The Overcoat for more than 40 years.

[@gammaanteria]

Yes, Chris Marker is cool (at least, what I've seen). "Sans Soleil" is such an interesting film...and it reminds me so much of the novels of W. G. Sebald (the obsessive themes of memory, the way the narrative jumps around in time and location and these are threaded together...)

[@AdamFishkin]

Wow. The cinema club on Discord that I recently joined has scheduled a discussion of "Fantastic Mr. Fox" for next Sunday, and this is the video that crosses my path just days before. Hope you find the book enjoyable, and hope to know what you'd expect from the story when it's on stage (I ask because there's also a play based on it). Since you've gotten into French cinema, I can suggest you a key five down the same path: "The Passion of Joan of Arc" (which Danish director Carl Dreyer made for a French company in 1928); Jean-Luc Godard's "Pierrot Le Fou" (avoid the rest of Godard's work until you've at least seen that one ... trust me); "Amelie" (the most beautifully bizarre rom-com ever made); "Persepolis" (a 2007 animation that Marjane Satrapi made in France after emigrating from Iran); and "Blue Is the Warmest Colour" (as long as you're not squeamish with X-rated levels of intimacy). Some that I wish I could vouch for but I haven't seen them yet: "The Rules of the Game", "Children of Paradise", "The Wages of Fear", "The 400 Blows", "Eyes Without a Face", "Play Time" (or *anything* by Jacques Tati), "Black Moon", "Camille Claudel", "La Haine", and "Portrait of a Lady on Fire".

[@gammaanteria]

Eric Rohmer, would recommend the "Six Moral Tales." I found them interesting, though ultimately something I more appreciated/respected than felt, the experience went to the head rather than to the heart...I found his films very verbal and dialogue-driven rather than focusing on telling a story visually, which is what the medium of film is best at, in my opinion...though "Claire's Knee" has some beautiful visuals at a vacation home in the French alps, where the story takes place. Agreed that "My Night at Maud's" and "Chloe in the Afternoon" are probably the most compelling ones.

[@davejanssen5851]

GoodMornin’ ! -------- Like the smell Of a fresh and Dewy Spring… Morning, Your In-candescent Erudition is A: Inspiration for This Whole Generation ; ).

[@gammaanteria]

Given your interest in Russian literature, Carolyn, consider that Russia (or, I guess, the Soviet Union back then) put out some excellent films particularly in the 1950s period. "Ballad of a Soldier" by Grigory Chukrai and "The Cranes Are Flying" by Mikhail Kalatazov are two of the finest anti-war movies. "The Forty-First" (also by Chukrai), "Letter Never Sent" (also by Kalatazov), and "Fate of a Man" (by Sergei Bondarchuk--a faithful rendering of the story by Mikhail Sholokov, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature) are also excellent films. I'd also mention (as a peer of Andrei Tarkovsky) the filmmaker Sergei Parajanov (e.g., "Shadows of Our Forgotten Ancestors" and "The Color of Pomegranates"). All of these titles are definitely worth checking out!

[@willrich3908]

wow - nice list. would you consider adding Dovzhenko (Earth) and Kozintsev (King Lear) ?

[@gammaanteria]

@@willrich3908 I have not seen those! :D Though I have heard their names. Are those movies worth checking out (I would assume they are)? And one other obvious neglected mention above is Sergei Eisenstein...

[@willrich3908]

@@gammaanteria definitely yes - Earth was important to Tarkovsky, but never mind that it's superb (although it is silent) - some might find it difficult, going by your recommendations you'll likely down it in one! Well worth watching. Kozintsev also made Hamlet - some say, including (in a way) Peter Brook, it's the best ever made. I prefer Lear, with Jüri Järvet - sensational. Yes Eisenstein, I like Ivan the Terrible, but remember seeing Potemkin and October and being amazed. Russian cinema is much neglected in modern times (imho).

[@jamesduggan7200]

ci bc - I"m going to watch one of those today

[@pf66666]

"Afraid of Virgina Woolf" is great

[@nannybells]

i haven't read the play but the movie with elizabeth taylor & richard burton is stellar!

[@josephcossey1811]

For anyone who loves the films of Eric Rohmer and the (mainly) French new wave directors of the 1950's and '60's I can wholeheartedly recommend Claude Goretta's wonderful "La Dentelliere ("The Lacemaker") from 1977 which stars an early and astonishing performance by Isabelle Huppert.

[@sitting_nut]

have seen every one of eric rohmer movies. "green ray" is my favorite. that ending. most of his movies are of course very minimalist, and some very experimental. there are several good interviews with him in youtube. as an artist you may perhaps want to check out his "the lady and the duke". movie literally looks like moving paintings . if you like eric rohmer and what he is getting at, perhaps you may want to check out robert bresson (another catholic) movies as well. he is imo the best. his best imo, are "a man escaped" and "au hasard balthazar"(its about a donkey). since you like white nights by dostoevsky, you may want to check his adaptation "four nights of a dreamer" . his "a gentle woman" , "pickpocket" are adaptations of "meek one" and "crime and punishments" by dostoevsky, latter a very loose one. most of his movies have dostoevsky all over them even when they are not adaptations. also check polish director krzysztof kieslowski's movie. three color trilogy, double life of veronique, and decalogue.

[@danielanorambuenadiaz9183]

I read the seagull and did a voice recording of a monologue by the female protagonist, it sad but really beautiful ✨

[@willrich3908]

Antonioni - L'Eclisse, Blowup, or ... if you only watch one film, make it Ossessione by Luchino Visconti.

[@hectorrobertocontrerasmiranda]

may suggest "Eight White Nights" as your next Aciman? I don't know what else could combine your current obsessions of Aciman, Rohmer and Russian Lit. also, I don't know if this applies for the USA but at least in Mexico there are a few Rohmer films available on MUBI

[@darese3736]

Hi Carolyn thanks for this nice video. Maybe you can try to find some Eric Rohmer films in New York Public Library. When I was younger I used to watch classics movies in film library where they used to show Erich Rohmer movies many times. Good Luck! ;-)

[@MaryAmongStories]

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[@slavabart7845]

The Color of Pomegranates - The Poet's Childhood kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZvVgp13gKqXhsU love this segment, it's combination of elements: stone, water, and books. The way it places books alongside natural elements. It also integrates books into architecture, one of a spiritual, sacred nature. And the boy is integrated into this edifice, body and soul. This is Parajanov. One of the things Jim Jarmusch does in his films, I think, is link different places. He does this within individual films and across different films. He does this by repeating patterns and suggesting poetic resonances through which different locations acquire a kind of mysteriously interconnected life. I think one of the things you could do, for your movies-literature combination, is explore the theme of how books in films weave together a tapestry of different geographical, architectural and cultural locales. Not books in films as such, but books (and other literary aspects) in films and the different locations in the films - and in the books/literature in the films. So, in Paterson, for example, the location in the film, and in the books in the film, is the American town of Paterson. In this and his other films, Jarmusch suggests links and resonances with Japan, the culture and the place. In Tarkovsky's The Mirror, the books suggest a link to Italian art, which is echoed in the evocations of Russian life, linking Italy and Russia. Like Jarmusch, Tarkovsky was a Japanophile, and like Jarmusch's, Tarkovsky's films are interconnected, a single universe of resonances, linking the different times and places, the Russia of The Mirror or Andrei Rublev and the Italy of Nostalghia, the Sweden and Japan of The Sacrifice, the outer space of Solaris, books a beautiful motif in all of them. If you put these and Rohmer films side by side and indicate this connection, you would have books/literature in films threading together places in Russia, Italy, France, Japan, America and Armenia. Isn't that what one of the Rohmer stills you show suggests, the one about reading several books at once? Obviously, this is just a suggestion, maybe it'll help you come up with other ideas. I personally love such cross-border interconnections - they are a special kind of thrill, and I also think they are a form of communication that's vital for the development and wellbeing of individuals and societies. That's what I appreciate about your channel and your artwork. It could be a theme for your double-sided book mark series, these resonances and interconnections, across sides and across cards, between authors, art forms, life forms, places, cultures... In any case, thanks for all your cross-cultural enthusiasm and imagination so far. :)

[@paivishaw1163]

I am currently reading Leskov’s The enchanted wanderer which is in Lady Macbeth collection. I am not that fond of it though as I find it so cruel and violent. Let’s see what I think once I’ve finished it. Interesting to hear what you think of his writing.

[@carbonc6065]

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[@MilenaReads]

Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf was a strange but interesting reading experience for me. Unfortunately, Virginia Woolf herself has little to do with it 😅 I love the system your library has!

[@josephcossey1811]

Albee, Rilke, Dahl...hard to think of 3 more differing authors (variety certainly IS the spice of life!) No spoilers but "Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?" has next to nothing to do with Virginia Woolf!

[@peterconetta399]

There is a movie version of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolff" made many years ago starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. It is finely made and acted but is depressing story overall. Thanks.

[@zinaberger8211]

I do the same thing with books I just donate give it to other people and give me the reason to buy more books

[@condatis6175]

On Body and Soul. (2017) ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY OF HUMAN CONNECTION

[@gulgul9258]

The Green Ray (1986) this is the movie for you, I think.

[@gulgul9258]

And, as far as I know, Eric Rohmer loved nature more than anything else. Just like you.

[@CarolynMarieReads]

I’ll have to look into it! Thank you for the recommendation!

[@hankalorinczova]

*Dear Carolyn.* Today I have discovered your channel. I really hope that the following sentence will be considered as a compliment, because I believe it really is - you look (according to my personal opinion) as female version of William Shakespeare. According to some paintings of him, I believe and I imagine he has very similar face and head contures. I really believe it´s a compliment, I wouldn´t like to be misunderstood. But according to his genius, I believe you will be very flattered and happy. By the way (even though I believe that you know it) William Shakespeare was born 23rd April 1564, therefore his star sign was Taurus. And that leads to my other question: What is your star sign? It would be interesting to discover if two people who looked or look similar (even from different historical eras - from renaissance and from this era) would be similar star signs. *Thank you. :-)*

[@nedmerrill5705]

Sorry to be blunt, but Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe isn't about Virginia Wolfe. I urge you to watch the movie; it's great.

[@zubaerchaudhari8267]

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[@offcivilized]

My best wishes to you Carolyn. But I can't donate my books. And I can't understand, because it's true hurts. If less people could live today with books, it's because the world today is realistic bad. And I'm connect emotionaly with this grammars. We also read language philosophy's and maybe don't talk about it... After to see so many french films, we maybe like more of Agnes Varda's works. You are so intelligent, maybe I can write better this comment.

[@offcivilized]

@@GypsyRoSesx But I had already donate books like Joyce and Hemmingway. But today things are difficult. We can read Charles S. Pierce if you like semiotics.

[@yiannikanellopoulos7658]

Although Rohmer's one of the great French directors, ironically his best film is German kzbin.info/www/bejne/injLZKaiqZWdsNE

[@gents6379]

Have you checked the video app Kanopy? It’s the video version of Libby, providing movies for free, funded by your local library. There are a couple more Rohmer films there.