NP - The Witch (movie)

[David Morris]

Hawthorne made films?

The Ebert review very astutely calls this a feminist film. I suppose in
this regard Hawthorne was a feminist too, but w/o film.

Silly Rabbit!
David Morris

On Saturday, December 17, 2016, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com> wrote:

> Evil sounds deep. A trope in the Father's voice that doesn't work.
> Other than that, I liked it. Nothing very Shakespearean as far as I
> can tell and, though only vague references to diaries and tales are
> given by Eggers, the film is a total rip-off of Hawthorne.
>
> On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 5:58 PM, Paul Mackin <mackin.paul at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > No more than any other English teacher would--Hi David.
> >
> > p
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 5:35 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>
> >> OK.  Is it no different than our English?  You quibble.  Do you have a
> >> point?
> >>
> >> David Morris
> >>
> >> On Saturday, December 17, 2016, ish mailian <ishmailian at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Shakespeare's language is Modern English, not Old or Middle English.
> >>>
> >>> On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 7:53 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>> > http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-witch-2016
> >>> >
> >>> > I'm only at the first third, but everything so far is layered in deep
> >>> > resonances.  The language is faithfully old English, but that's not
> the
> >>> > only
> >>> > reason it reminds me of Shakespeare.  The drama is smart and real.
> >>> > Cinematography is superb, as is the soundtrack.  In that regard this
> >>> > feels
> >>> > like Kubrick, but without the symmetry and clean edges.
> >>> >
> >>> > David Morris
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