tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572488195438400090.post5120366332856008394..comments2024-03-27T18:09:09.604-05:00Comments on Round Rock New Neighbors Book Blog: Another Paradise LostUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572488195438400090.post-8020341517289997532014-03-18T17:10:00.337-05:002014-03-18T17:10:00.337-05:00Thanks, Pam. I watched the movie on my computer an...Thanks, Pam. I watched the movie on my computer and it was very dark, literally - I couldn't see it very well. I did think it was Maldonato. I also thought Alberto was gay. Seems like these old movies handled these things in a much more subtle manner than movies today. They made it so that some folks would miss the implications, but if you noticed them, you enjoyed the movie more and got rewarded for your perspicacity. I don't know how many members will read these comments. Often seems that we could spend more than one meeting on many of our books!ClaudiaHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15158080766620724873noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4572488195438400090.post-58462303913250674272014-03-14T12:34:57.926-05:002014-03-14T12:34:57.926-05:00OK, so it's been a few weeks since Garden of F...OK, so it's been a few weeks since Garden of Finzi Continis discussion... I never cleared the waitlist for the book so instead, watched the movie THREE times. I was convinced of what happened in the movie, then talked with those who read the book and found out they did not get the same thing from the book - so I chose not to attend and force my "movie only" opinion on anyone. But here it is now.<br /><br />I agree with Patty that Micol was not EVER interested in Giorgio romantically, but actually was not interested in any man, expect her brother Alberto. The movie made a big deal in several scenes not only of them touching each other affectionately (too affectionately for their ages?) but also of brother Alberto wearing a big fluffy white robe - in several scenes. Then a scene where Alberto can't sleep, gets up and puts on his big fluffy white robe (again), looks out the window and sees Micol running across the lawn and the next scene is Giorgio seeing topless Micol sitting in bed next to a naked, sleeping man. Showing no emotion of any sort, she locks eyes with Giorgio and without losing her stare, reaches out and picks up a white fluffy object and throws it over the BLONDE man's private parts - THE ROBE. No doubt in my mind the screenplay intended for it to be an incestuous scene. Several others in our Club who saw the movie AND read the book say it was not her brother, but Maldonato, because Giorgio had seen Maldonato's bicycle at the wall. I don't disagree that was Maldonato's bicycle. However I suspected all along there was "something" between Micol and her brother.<br /><br />Ultimately I googled the book (not the movie)and several writings mentioned "hint of incest between Micol and Alberto" (telegraph.co.uk. Another reference from imdb about the movie "Does cool, elusive, self-possessed Micol have an incestuous relationship (whether in thought or in deed) with her beloved, terminally ill brother Alberto? Is he homosexual? Is it by chance that Micol is reading Jean Cocteau ("he is chic") who deals with both gayness and incest?" Similar posting from google.books. ...At the very least I believe Micol was asexual. ...And thanks Joyce for the comment that Giorgio should "take a hint"; he seemed pathetic.<br /><br />Thank you Dennis - for nominating something that caused me this much thought. ...PamPam Fuchshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02670841261119924278noreply@blogger.com