tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post6276931029970178119..comments2023-11-05T22:12:49.545+11:00Comments on World. Oyster. Stage.: Movie review - DisgraceMelbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-52215849926059302022009-07-12T12:56:30.820+10:002009-07-12T12:56:30.820+10:00That's interesting Meva. I'm re-reading th...That's interesting Meva. I'm re-reading the book, and it's a nice thing to do after seeing the movie. Sure it's not a pleasant story and he's not really a pleasant character, but Coetzee has done it well. The flaws of the professor are entirely human, and common. That information you provide, yes he does sound like a difficult person to know. My dad can be incredibly quiet, but if people try to talk to him, he does talk. It can be hard work though sometimes. Having said that, he laughs easily, so that kind of makes up for it.<br /><br />The movie made me see or suspect the themes. I'm trying to trace them in the book; the idea that the man and the country reflect each other. He doesn't shy away from his issues, nor make any apologies. In fact, he resists this most vigorously. Likewise the character of Petrus seems accepting of the things that happen; he never apologises or tries to explain what happens to Lucy. It is what it is. There's a kind of fateful attitude shown by both these men.<br /><br />I wonder what the femininists made of it. I wonder if Germaine has read it, and what she thought of it.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-48025599499321041532009-07-11T22:55:52.319+10:002009-07-11T22:55:52.319+10:00I thought Disgrace was a terrific book! I think it...I thought Disgrace was a terrific book! I think it will be difficult to translate into film, though.<br /><br />I admire Coetzee, although I think he would be a diffiult man to know. I've read articles about him, and apparenlty one of his colleagues worked with him for 10 years and saw him laugh only once. I've also read that he can attend a dinner party and not utter a single word. (Wikipedia can't be wrong, can it?)<br /><br />Given that, I really do admire his writing and his stand against animal cruelty.mevahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18006090511428184077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-381692321469586702009-06-25T13:34:07.915+10:002009-06-25T13:34:07.915+10:00And I wondered too about the autobiographical elem...And I wondered too about the autobiographical element. But it's an easy assumption to make, and something I think all readers do. Easy to jump to conclusions. Most writers I think make composites of characters, borrowing bits from life, some stuff from imagination. I'm not sure.Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-26394097831277250232009-06-25T13:32:39.611+10:002009-06-25T13:32:39.611+10:00It's funny, the person who told me Saturday wa...It's funny, the person who told me Saturday was not that good was my mum. This morning I was talking to her about Disgrace, and she said she hated the book and didn't want to see the movie. <br /><br />So, just goes to show, we all have different taste. I'll give Saturday a go. She's got a copy...Melbahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02257719342445833725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13506151.post-31475900005286972562009-06-24T17:34:10.967+10:002009-06-24T17:34:10.967+10:00Its a challenging story and a confronting film.
C...Its a challenging story and a confronting film.<br /><br />Coetzee is a bit like A S Byatt, lots rave about them, but not alot actually read them.<br /><br />Was this story slightly autobiographical for him or am I imaging this bit?<br /><br />I read Saturday and thought it wasnt so bad.Pepsihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12385549631744126072noreply@blogger.com