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Group: alt.society.liberalism · Group Profile
Author: 4741 Dead
Date: Sep 19, 2008 02:09

On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:48:55 +0100, "Bill Bonde { ''Well, boys, I
reckon this is it, nuclear combat toe to toe with the Roosskies'')"
yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>
>
>4741 Dead wrote:
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>> On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:59:45 +0100, "Bill Bonde { ''Well, boys, I
>> reckon this is it, nuclear combat toe to toe with the Roosskies'')"
>> yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>>4741 Dead wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Happy Days
>>>> Some thoughts on the ongoing economic collapse
>>>>
>>>> ©
>>>>
>>>Are those Happy Days to you? Or are you referencing the play, which
>>>could be about our current economic crisis:
>>
>> Actually, I'm referencing the song, which came to symbolize the Great
>> Depression.
>>
>You mean "Happy Days Are Here Again"?

Yup.
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>
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>> I'll have to read the Beckett version. I always like his work, even
>> if I don't always understand it.
>>
>There's a DVD set of supposedly all his plays. Some are like 30
>seconds long. Apparently there are 19. Your library may have it. I
>found them interesting:

I'll look for it. Thanks for the tip.
>
>http://www.filmwest.com/Catalogue/itemdetail/2088/
>#begin quote
>Beckett now available on DVD for the first time ever!
>
>This acclaimed film project includes all 19 plays of Samuel
>Beckett, considered the most significant Irish playwright of the
>20th century.
>
>Many of these outstandingly filmed productions have received
>critical acclaim at prestigious international film festivals around
>the world including New York, Toronto and Venice.
>Beckett on Film has brought together some of the most noted
>directors and actors of our day including:Distinguished directors
>Atom Egoyan, Damien Hirst, Neil Jordan, Conor McPherson, Damien
>O’Donnell, David Marnet, Anthony Minghella, Karl Reisz and Patricia
>Rozema;With exceptional performances by Michael Gambon, the late
>Sir John Gielgud, John Hurt, Jeremy Irons, Julianne Moore, Harold
>Pinter, Alan Rickman and Kirstin Scott-Thomas.
>
>Beckett DVD No. 1
>
> * Waiting for Godot 120:00 minutes
> * Not I 14:00 minutes
> * Rough for Theatre I 20:00 minutes
> * Ohio Impromptu 12:00 minutes
> * Documentary, a 52 minute Documentary on the making of the
>Beckett on Film Project
>
>
>Beckett DVD No. 2
>
> * Krapp’s Last Tape 58:00 minutes
> * What Where 12:00 minutes
> * Footfalls 28:00 minutes
> * Come and Go 8:00 minutes
> * Act Without Words I 16:00 minutes
>
>
>Beckett DVD No.3
>
> * Happy Days 79:00 minutes
> * Catastrophe 7:00 minutes
> * Rough for Theatre II 30:00 minutes
> * Breath :45 seconds
> * That Time 20:00 minutes
>
>
>Beckett DVD No. 4
>
> * Endgame 84:00 minutes
> * Act Without Words II 11:00 minutes
> * A Piece of Monologue 20:00 minutes
> * Play 16:00 minutes
> * Rockaby 14:00 minutes
>
># View a printer friendly version of this page...Awards:Recognized
>as one of the top-ten DVDs of the year by the New York Times and
>Entertainment Weekly
># Library Audience: Performing Arts
># Literature
># Film Arts
># School Audience: Grades 10 to Post-Secondary
># Subjects: English Literature & Drama Formats Available: DVD
>
>#end quote
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