As a lover of words, this is another one of my favorites. Robert Redford created a stunning movie about two brothers in Missoula, Montana, time period: 1910-1930. This is also a movie about fly fishing, but more about a family and their relationships and the constraints of their backgrounds and their inability to help the most troubled member of the family, the younger brother played by Brad Pitt. Robert Redford begins by narrating the story and quoting directly from the book: "In our family, there was no clear line between religion and fly fishing. We lived in the junction of great trout rivers in western Montana and our father was a Presbyterian minister and a fly fisherman who tied his own flies and taught others. He told us about Christ's disciples being fly fisherman and we were left to assume, as my brother and I did, that all first class fisherman on the Sea of Galilee were fly fisherman and that John, the favorite was a dry-fly fisherman."
Read the book if you can, it really is a autobiography. This is perfect summer reading as well, a collection of stories, but "River" is the best, just 104 pages. The author, Norman Maclean, was a professor of English at the University of Chicago, and is the older brother in the story. If you like Hemingway, Maclean's writing is like that, direct, clear yet evocative of time and place.
A River Runs Through It, and other stories. by; Norman Maclean, University of Chcago Press, 1976,
Summer movie recommendations?
i vaguely remember this movie
ReplyDeleteIt's worth renting it, especially if you are a lover of mountains and the whole western idea,plus how well-crafted this movie is--the costumes, the photography itself. And. . .it stays with you even after you have seen it.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great movie, and a book worth borrowing from the library!
ReplyDeleteJust wandering through and love what you're doing here. A new follower...almost to 100!
ReplyDeleteDamyanti: It is a great movie, almost makes you want to go out and try a little fly fishing. Ron, thanks for becoming a follower--100 is the magic number. I know some of the movies I blog about are a little dated but I just wanted to give bloggers an "older point of view." And for those viewers from other countries who just view, I wanted to give them a glimpse of a wonderful part of the US--the West.
ReplyDeleteLove this movie and Brad looks so much like a young Robert Redford. I think it's the pacing, the rhythm of the film that's so perfect. I also like Legends of the Fall if someone wants a Brad Pitt double header.
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, Joannne. I will have to rent the other picture. I liked the "young" Brad Pitt better.
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ReplyDeleteI have finally paid forward your award to me - so thanks :)
PS... I keeeeeep forgetting to add that Dennis Prager is a ROCK STAR and I consider him to be like a second Dad - or a really, really wise uncle :)
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