Yeah! Kellie! I'd love to hear you read the books with your accent!!
Lissa, I'll keep you posted if I get to see the movie. I'd love to see it!
Kathy
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To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxDear Cindy, Nancy, Kelly and Cathy and Keillor Fans,
It's nice that you shared your interest with me. Now that I've committed some of my reactions in writing, I'll check out what the real critics say and may discover my impressions are looney!
Nancy, Since I haven't read anything about the film yet, I'm only guessing, but I think it may be an independent film and may not appeal to mass audiences meaning, make haste if you want to see it now, or bide your time and rent it from Netflix. Being primarily bookish, I don't buy many DVDs, but I'll be buying this one when it is released.
The movie consists of a single program given before the theater is sold to a Texan who is unmoved by the show and just attends to confirm his decision to have the show cancelled and the theater flattened. What we see is the performance and what's going on backstage. I feel as if I've been to see live theater or a concert today.
Nancy, you are going to see PHC in a beautiful setting. Lucky you! And you have his autograph? I'm not an autograph collector, but sometimes, a person is that special to us. I said, Lucky you already, didn't I.
Kellie, I loved your stories as a local and a fan. Be proud of your lilting Minnesota accent. The world is becoming homogenized so fast. We should cherish local accents while we can. In the movie there was a diner across the street from the theater. Do you remember if there was a real diner there?
I missed Ivy Austen, too, and loved the Finnish music.
my brother and his wife made a trip from Columbus, Ohio to see The Prairie Home Companion, live in Minnesota. I confess I was terribly jealous.
About 5 years ago, on one of my most memorable adult birthdays, a friend took me to see Garrison Keillor speak at Akron's largest auditorium. The house was sold out way in advance. Garrison then agreed to let anyone who wanted to attend but couldn't get a ticket to sit in E. J. Thomas Hall, free. Akron University opened it's largest classrooms with TVs which broadcast his talk live, and they, too, overflowed. It was said afterward that the laughter, cheers and applause coming from all directions, from those packed classrooms, echoing those in the auditorium were truly memorable joyful noises.
Downtown, the former Quaker Oats factory and silos have been turned in to a hotel with round rooms. Garrison stayed in one and rambled on and on in his unhurried way about these most unique accommodations. We loved him all the more because something in our small city impressed him.
Kathy, I'd love to hear what you think about the movie either on or off list. I have some downloading and reading to do, too. If only I could convince JAWS to read the Keillor books with a Minnesota Accent. Kellie, are you interested in taping yourself reading the BRF versions for us since you are uniquely qualified?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 10:03 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Garrison Keillor, 5 books in collection and brilliant new movie
Dear Lissi,
Thanks for the review. I also like to hear what people, not only critics, think of the movies that are out before I see them.
Cindy
--- Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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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