[bksvol-discuss] Re: Garrison Keillor, 5 books in collection and brilliant new movie
- From: "Katie Star" <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:30:52 -0700
HI Lissi,
Thanks for the review! I do want to see the movie:-) I have heard it is
good:-)
Katie Hill
Miracles happen not in opposition to Nature, but in opposition to
what we know of Nature.
-St. Augustine
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Garrison Keillor, 5 books in collection and
brilliant new movie
Dear Friends who Enjoy Garrison Keillor,
If I'm the only Garrison Keillor fan on the Bookshare Lists, then please
delete now, but there is encouraging evidence that some of you may be
interested in my news.
First off, there are 5 books by this mellow voiced, very shy, champion of
Midwestern culture and folk, gospel, Celtic, jazz and blues music in the
Bookshare collection. They are, in case you don't already have enough to
read,
Happy To Be Here
Lake Wobegon Days
Leaving Home
Love Me
and
Me: Jimmy (Big Boy) Valente
This afternoon I saw the new movie, "A Prairie Home Companion." Don't miss
it! Yes, some of it is visual, but the dialogue is so engrossing and the
music so heartfelt with hilarious and tender lyrics, you won't feel you are
missing anything by not seeing the screen.
I expected it to be nostalgic, warm and fuzzy. I expected it to celebrate
Keillor's enormous success in bringing grass roots humor and music to a
portion of the American population, including myself, who were hungry for
the companionship and talent Keillor orchestrated so brilliantly. I expected
that, reailistically, the dear man was beyond his creative prime.
The movie delivered dashes of what I expected on the first and second
counts, but I was completely wrong on the third. It was no rehash of
Keller's career and personal highlights. It was an ingenious interpretation
of the truth, "To Every thing there is a season." Keillor went beyond
collecting and cleverly presenting anecdotes on the colorful characters he
has known. All of his jokes, tall tales, and music making and appreciation
have taught him wisdom far greater than the sum of its inspirations.
The appeal of The Prairie Home Companion is fading as American culture has
made sweeping, fundamental, lightning fast changes. Baby Boomers are
beginning to believe in their mortality and Keillor accepts the passing of
his brain child. He has written a grand metaphor for death and change,
understanding he can't be the one to write the metaphor for rebirth. He
prepares us for his demise and the demise of the Prairie Home he made for
us, with humor, grace and a personal detachment no one, no matter how much
they love him, have been able to fathom.
My friend, who'd heard his name and never heard his radio show or read his
books, laughed and laughed during the movie, and liked the characters. The
acting and music was wonderful. I laughed, too, but I also cried. Keillor
touched my soul in unexpected ways. The Prairie Home Companion, the radio
show many scheduled their weekends so as never to miss, is a cultural
phenomenon of decades.This movie, is a theatrical creation which will touch
and inform humanity for centuries.
Garrison, I feel wrenchingly wistful, but so very proud of you.
Always with love,
Lissi
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