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Babette's Feast
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bookshelves: life-affirming-cosy, short-stories, thinking-people-s-books, absolute-favourites
Jun 21, 2014
bookshelves: life-affirming-cosy, short-stories, thinking-people-s-books, absolute-favourites
Read 2 times. Last read December 10, 2017.
The film of this story is one of my very favourites. It's the film I watch when I'm tired out, sad, or just want a mental vacation. First saw it on Dec. 31, 1991, and don't know how many times I've seen it since then.
I knew Karen Blixen wrote short stories, but having read Out of Africa and been seriously unimpressed (what kind of person describes shooting a lion as "an act of love"?)I was wary of reading any more of her output. For this, however, I made an exception.
The film literally brings the story to life....the director and scriptwriter left it to tell its own story. This in itself is an amazing miracle. Anyone who loves the film will love the story, and vice versa.
I knew Karen Blixen wrote short stories, but having read Out of Africa and been seriously unimpressed (what kind of person describes shooting a lion as "an act of love"?)I was wary of reading any more of her output. For this, however, I made an exception.
The film literally brings the story to life....the director and scriptwriter left it to tell its own story. This in itself is an amazing miracle. Anyone who loves the film will love the story, and vice versa.
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Dec 11, 2017 06:09AM
I didn't know about this one, so I'm anxious to read it. Despite Blixen's sense of entitlement, diminishment of servants, and cruelty towards animals, she was a beautifully lyrical writer. Thanks for your review!
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C-shaw wrote: "I didn't know about this one, so I'm anxious to read it. Despite Blixen's sense of entitlement, diminishment of servants, and cruelty towards animals, she was a beautifully lyrical writer. Thanks f..."Shame that the US never really bothers to dub foreign films. There are several Nordic jewels, and "Babette's Feast" is one. I guess in that sense I'm lucky to live in Spain--they dub just about everything.
