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Holmes to the rescue!
Jul. 13th, 2011 07:18 pm
So, Holmes - the game is a foot?
Yes Watson - and the i.pad is a bar of soap! Quickly!
So, Holmes - the game is a foot?
Yes Watson - and the i.pad is a bar of soap! Quickly!
Weird sh!t Sherlock…
Oct. 7th, 2010 11:49 am… or The Adventure of the Chattering Teeth.
An interesting day, if I do say so myself.
There I am doing the wytchy rounds of sundry drab public offices, all for some housing related reasons too dull to describe, but wait – things pick up of a sudden when a complete stranger in the seat next to me falls into conversation and we get to talking, talking about Sherlock Holmes.
Why? I have no idea, (at the risk of sounding like Tony from the second season of Skins) I don’t remember. But, mostly due to the intelligent stranger, it was a really fascinating chat about the nature of Holmes and Watson as people, their different attributes and characters, and why they so clearly needed each other.
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Re-reading the Lovecraft biography, Against the World, Against Life – by Michel Houellebecq and I was struck again by the Holmes reference. Houellebecq talks of the pressure put on Doyle to resurrect the Great Detective* after Holmes had become established as a popular myth, he talks primarily in regards to the UK which is a little unfortunate – for Holmes's mythic appeal caught on in the USA and Russia with equal force.
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Jan. 24th, 2009 03:28 pm
The following notes are concerned with the opening sequence of LenFilm's 1979 Prince Florizel adaptation - and also in closing with some remarks on The Hound of the Baskervilles character of Sir Henry.
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The Len-Film and Livanov Holmes Pt 2
Sep. 8th, 2008 06:51 pmSherlock Holmes piece - for Alek
Sep. 1st, 2008 04:39 pmA dialogue in progress.
Добро пожаловать всем посетителям.
Я надеюсь, что вы сочтете этот разговор интересным.
Искусство не имеет границ!
The Hound of the Baskervilles -
a Russian adaptation as seen from the West.
Agracadabra!
Aug. 18th, 2008 09:58 amThe Agra Treasure - Len-Film 1982
Part One: Adapatation - Character - Setting and Narrative.
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