Originally posted by DED
Back to the Bond movies, I'm completely confused because I read recently the written versions and they are so different from the movies. Some
movies are build out of several stories and not used parts of the books appear in other movies that follow more or less the story in the book.
Sometimes the only thing in common is the title, but most of all, every spectaculair scene is not in the book.
I'm still wondering after I've seen the movie over and over again why on earth in "For your eyes only" The Greek girl leaves the
diving equipment behind. Later it is a life saver, but the need of leaving your oxygen down there is a complete mystery to me.
For Stanley K. movies I haven't seen one of them when they came out. Maybe I was to young. But I can remember al the discussions on Lolita and
Clockwork. From the last one I can remember all the pictures hangin' around the cinema.
And I'm looking for the Dutch Movie "Blonde Dolly"
Sybille Alida Johanna Niemans, also known as Blonde Dolly, was a Dutch woman murdered by strangulation on 1959-11-02.
Her murderer was never caught. Mrs. Niemans was born in Amsterdam as the daughter of a shoemaker. Her first job was that of a fortune teller, but
after her divorce somewhere in the mid-1950s, she became a lady of company for rich businessmen. It is assumed that she was murdered because of her
knowledge of things in the beau monde of the Hague, but this was never proven and it is unlikely the killer will be caught after nearly fifty years.
And why am I so interested, you may ask.
Well it's quite a nice story, When I was in The Hague redecorating the shower, I also visited the grave of my father.
On the entrance of the graveyard they have something new. In a all wether cabinet there is a computer and a printer. With the help of the computer you
can find graves by typing the name of the person who is buried there. I typed in my fathers name and when it came up, I printed the result The paper
was standard a plan of the yard now printed with the best route to the grave. On the plan there were also numbers corresponding with special views
for a tour around the place. On the back a short explanation.
The grave of "Blonde Dolly" was also mentioned and the short story of her life ended with "Her grave is now in posession of the
city" Wich means that they will clean the place for another one. Therefore I went to the grave now it was still possible, you can say, it was
the first time of my life that I visited a prostitute. Standing before her grave, I read the inscription and found out that she has the same
birthday as my mother and she died november the second. And that day of my visit it was November the second. Spooky isn't it?
[Edited on 13-11-2006 by DED] (changed some errors into new ones)
[Edited on 13-11-2006 by DED] |
It's a great film, sure. Especially if you've just seen that slightly-a-lot-over-the-top remake from 1991.
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