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Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Seventeenth Century Movie

Well, this certainly augers well for our course. A new film is being released this week on a seventeenth century writer -- John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester -- entitled The Libertine. The main thespian is one John Depp, secondaries include a "John Malkovich" and a "Samantha Morton,"and from what I have read of the film's account of Wilmot it seems to treat its subject, from one standpoint at least, in a manner approximating a seventeenth century moralism.

It will be great to have a class film evening for this. Would you each mind leaving a comment to this post listing what evening or evenings and times you might be available next week?

9 Comments:

  • Any evening except Friday good for me.

    Just FYI, Rotten Tomatoes has some rather unenthusiastic reviews for this movie.

    " This might be worth viewing if the film's characters came to life or its abundant philosophical and moral observations went more than pockmarked-skin deep."
    -- Bob Strauss, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS

    By Blogger Steve, at 9:36 PM  

  • anyday works... (preferably not tuesday)....
    the more advance notice the better!sps

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 11:08 PM  

  • I am only available Wed and Thurs evenings...Janet

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10:40 AM  

  • I can come on thursday night..!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 5:39 PM  

  • Any night works for me.

    Can we bring friends?

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:16 PM  

  • I am free after class on monday, after 430 class on tuesday, Thursday after 430 class, and Friday after 5pm. I can't make it on wednesday cause i have class till 1020pm

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 12:07 PM  

  • wed,thurs or friday.... but we all seem to be all over the map!

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 9:13 PM  

  • Friends welcome!

    By Blogger Dr. Stephen Ogden, at 12:28 AM  

  • Whenever the movie comes out I will likely fit it in.

    By Blogger Vita, at 11:37 PM  

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