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marblesarelost · 2 years ago

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Oh thank goodness, there's some backstory to this at last.

I just added it to my wishlist, and it made me think of one of my favorite books and movies: 84 Charing Cross Road.

The movie stars Anne Bancroft and Sir Anthony Hopkins and Dame Judi Dench (although Dame Judi isn't in the movie very much).

The book is very good; the movie, though. The movie is heartwrenchingly beautiful, in my opinion. Like Shadowlands, another Sir Anthony Hopkins classic, it's...it's a FILM, not just a MOVIE. And yes, there is a difference, at least to me.

(Holy shit my tags got out of control.)

Another day, another delightful Neil Gaiman story.

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EDIT: Where are my manners. The book in question is Once Upon A Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller

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#sir anthony hopkins #dame judi dench #books #old books #new books #neil gaiman #backstory for the post at last #films #movies #there's a difference #movies are fun and maybe there's some depth but not a whole lot #I mean they can make you feel but it's fleeting #films though #films change you #films stay with you #films make you feel in your gut #at least that's my definition of the difference #84 Charing Cross Road is what taught me about the scarcity in Britain even after the War #they don't teach us Yanks that #did you know that?#we're taught that we came in and saved the day and everything was hunky dory when we left #we aren't really taught about the scarcity from 1939-1941 #we aren't taught about Lend-Lease #you know what taught me about Lend-Lease?#Fucking War and Remembrance by Herman Wouk that's what #And we definitely aren't taught that Lend-Lease ended before Britain was back on her feet #but no #we aren't taught about the way the rationing went on and on and on even after the war

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