Ovation TV had a series on last week called "Tall, Dark and Classic". They had "Lost in Austen", "Dr. Zhivago", "The French Lieutenant's Woman", "Like Water For Chocolate" and "Volmont". I haven't watched all of those yet. I think I forgot to record "Like Water For Chocolate".
"Lost in Austen" was fabulous. You have to be intimate with "Pride and Prejudice" to appreciate it, though.
"Dr. Zhivago" made me weep at the ending. And I don't cry easily. This isn't the Omar Sharif and Julie Christie version. This is a newer version with Keira Knightly and Hans Matheson. I still like the old version. I dream of Moscow sometimes.
On PBS Masterpiece Theater, "Wuthering Heights". Good lord, Harriet! Again a newer version, with actors I don't know. But I like the Cathy. I like how they show her transition from wild thing to lady. The older version made her seem so shallow and she's not. She's just a woman caught in her time with the restrictions imposed on her.
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