tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post8970844265243614248..comments2024-03-26T17:48:56.627+00:00Comments on 'Do You Write Under Your Own Name?': Bleak House - BBC (2005) Martin Edwardshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-64901370025850852742021-01-15T12:33:11.538+00:002021-01-15T12:33:11.538+00:00I enjoyed this one too and have it on DVD. I reall...I enjoyed this one too and have it on DVD. I really liked the episodic style of the series. It felt in keeping with the way it would have been initially serialised.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05616800837907092489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-76393839070202701232021-01-15T11:42:34.650+00:002021-01-15T11:42:34.650+00:00Marty, it is heresy. And yet...again, once I overc...Marty, it is heresy. And yet...again, once I overcame my surprise, I was greatly impressed.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-36040474024383341242021-01-15T11:41:59.988+00:002021-01-15T11:41:59.988+00:00Jonathan, I felt that the mystery element was well...Jonathan, I felt that the mystery element was well done. Adapting a book of this complexity must have been very difficult, but Davies rose to the challenge magnificently.Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-87596638210620249192021-01-15T11:41:05.675+00:002021-01-15T11:41:05.675+00:00Jonathan O, I agree that the book's portrayal ...Jonathan O, I agree that the book's portrayal of Tulkinghorn is much more nuanced. In fact, I was startled at first by the darkness of Dance's performance. But I was won over by its excellence. I like that quote!Martin Edwardshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16082485795280777670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-12658489395948710712021-01-15T01:30:18.952+00:002021-01-15T01:30:18.952+00:00No fog??? That's almost heresy, at least in t...No fog??? That's almost heresy, at least in the Chancery scenes. Dickens put it there for a reason! There was a 1980's version too with Diana Rigg as Lady Dedlock. Martyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17570040930983242270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-25525741702678458492021-01-14T11:47:39.214+00:002021-01-14T11:47:39.214+00:00I’m a Dickens fan too, and I received the DVD set ...I’m a Dickens fan too, and I received the DVD set for Bleak House as a Christmas more than a decade ago - but haven’t got round to watching it. 😅 Good to hear that it’s a very strong adaptation. <br /><br />Interestingly, Bleak House is regarded as an early forerunner of the British crime novel - at least a forerunner of the late Victorian sensation novel that contributed to the rise of the British crime novel. How did you find the portrayal of the murder mystery in this adaptation? Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389512470283015279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291823984059320518.post-15344048313002013922021-01-14T10:26:10.289+00:002021-01-14T10:26:10.289+00:00I also very much enjoyed this adaptation - but my ...I also very much enjoyed this adaptation - but my one main issue about it is that Tulkinghorn is made too much of an obvious villain, whereas in the book he is more nuanced. Esther's coyness is obviously toned down a lot - although we also lose some of her funnier moments, such as her descriptions of the Jellyby household.<br /><br />I remember a parody of it which included the following memorable exchange:<br /><br />Sir Leicester: What are you looking at, my love?<br />Lady Dedlock: Only the middle distance.Jonathan Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653613829349599589noreply@blogger.com