GRGR(7) Discussion Opener

[Paul Mackin]

     p.92
     
     1.)  "In silence, hidden from her, the camera follows as she moves 
     deliberately nowhere longlegged about the rooms[...]"
     
     Note the ambiguous point of view of this opening.  (It takes a few 
     paragraphs for the reader to be able to determine who's watching who, 
     for example.) 

The only "ambiguity" I ever noticed is that we are being omnisciently
presented with both a film shoot and Katje and Osbie going about their business.

Guess I never paused long enough after the first sentence to get the feeling
we might be viewing a movie and were all too conscious of the camera work. 

Think an equal case could be made that we are inside Katje's
head--a Katje very aware of how she photographs.  The camera is hidden from her but she may somehow know it's there. There are a few minor problems
with a Katje-pov. One obvious one is that the often discussed "rainiest day in recent memory" wouldn't naturally come to mind in a person so recently in the country.

The "this is only a movie so anything can happen" would be an interesting
techique. Too painful for the reader to sustain however. The fact that a 
movie is being made is important to the plot and can't be subverted for long.

Later in the episode--This is the Hansel and Gretel story so the
only one in danger of being baked is the witch. A really good
example  framing.

Going to have to read this section a lot more carefully than ever before
to keep up with you folks

			P.