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To: abuelita who wrote (17845)	10/27/2002 1:49:57 AM
From: elpolvo	Respond to of 104155

re: the shipping news amazingly, i read it... all of it. i don't usually read fiction novels but the author's writing style was awesome. many short sentence fragments. perfect for short attention span guys like me. through that curt style she conveyed how the cold, gray, rocky landscape defined the people who lived there. they were walking, talking, cold, gray rocks. i loved the writing. she won a pulitzer prize for that book. well deserved. but it was dark. not uplifting or inspiring. i didn't like the story so i didn't think i'd like the movie. i was wrong. the screen writers, director, editors and actors used the same sort of excellent techniques. it was severely well done. i was captured and drawn in to a cold, dark story of life. i still didn't like the story. but i liked the movie as much as i liked the book. it was like seeing an excellent photograph of an ugly subject. like this: danford.net neither the book nor the movie passed judgement on the story they presented - i guess i'd say that they both presented a masterfully produced snapshot without a caption. i admire that kind of respect for the reader and the moviegoer. god knows i sure could stand to learn that lesson. <g> i guess that's the difference in good art and an old fart. speaking of old farts and snapshots... when's murrey getting back? <g> -oldfart86