CSL: Biography - Page 2

hectorberlioz · 10-11-2006, 05:18 PM

I'm guessing it will be...Vols I and II are like $35 over here, probably $40 with tax.

BTW, Anthony Burgess' comments sometimes appear on CSL's books, as well as some Chesterton. Am I getting a skewed vision of the man who wrote A Clockwork Orange, thanks to Stanley Kubrick?

I read somewhere that he wanted to be a composer

, kinda cool.

inked · 01-08-2007, 05:37 PM

If you were blessed by a copy of the extended video of NARNIA:LWW as I was for Christmas, and, if you were blessed with time to actually view some of it last evening as I was, you would find a disc (#3) containing a biographical sketch of CSL with Pauline Baynes illustrations that was delightfully and accurately done. If you haven't seen it, give it a try and post your opinion here.

I thought it well done but did regard the omission of Douglas Gresham's brother a missing piece. He may have declined to participate. His name was David and he embraced Judaism, despite his mother Joy's embrasure of Christianity and the Lewis influence.

Anyway, I thought the pertinent highpoints were well made. The use of the Baynes illustrations in a colorful, stop-action cartooning technique (think South Park - style animation *not language*) really drew my attention and increased my appreciation for her work. And I was concerned it might be inadequately appreciative of her!

All in all, if you have the crescents, it is worth the cost of the extended version (Deluxe with bookends, thank my family very much!). I'll let you know how the further reviews go when I get a chance to see more!

hectorberlioz · 01-16-2007, 12:38 PM

I saw that that extended version came out, I hope it's full of useful stuff

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From what you say, it tip-top bio? Maybe one of these days when I'm not poor...

hectorberlioz · 10-30-2007, 10:26 PM

Leafing through a large volume of CS Lewis' letters, you can see that he wrote a few to famous people, incl. Arthur C Clarke. I thought this was interesting. I can't remember what the letter said exactly, but it was of medium length, and apparently he was arguing some point.

tolkienfan · 11-01-2007, 10:41 AM

I read Surprised by Joy to learn about C.S. Lewis, but then I read Jack's Life and I was amazed at how much he left out when he wrote SbJ. Jack's Life was written by his step-son, I don't remember which one, I think it was Douglas.

10-11-2006, 05:18 PM	#21
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	I'm guessing it will be...Vols I and II are like $35 over here, probably $40 with tax. BTW, Anthony Burgess' comments sometimes appear on CSL's books, as well as some Chesterton. Am I getting a skewed vision of the man who wrote A Clockwork Orange, thanks to Stanley Kubrick? I read somewhere that he wanted to be a composer , kinda cool. __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

01-08-2007, 05:37 PM	#22
inked Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: sikeston, MO, usa, earth, sol Posts: 3,114	If you were blessed by a copy of the extended video of NARNIA:LWW as I was for Christmas, and, if you were blessed with time to actually view some of it last evening as I was, you would find a disc (#3) containing a biographical sketch of CSL with Pauline Baynes illustrations that was delightfully and accurately done. If you haven't seen it, give it a try and post your opinion here. I thought it well done but did regard the omission of Douglas Gresham's brother a missing piece. He may have declined to participate. His name was David and he embraced Judaism, despite his mother Joy's embrasure of Christianity and the Lewis influence. Anyway, I thought the pertinent highpoints were well made. The use of the Baynes illustrations in a colorful, stop-action cartooning technique (think South Park - style animation not language) really drew my attention and increased my appreciation for her work. And I was concerned it might be inadequately appreciative of her! All in all, if you have the crescents, it is worth the cost of the extended version (Deluxe with bookends, thank my family very much!). I'll let you know how the further reviews go when I get a chance to see more! __________________ Inked "Aslan is not a tame lion." CSL/LWW "The new school [acts] as if it required...courage to say a blasphemy. There is only one thing that requires real courage to say, and that is a truism." GK Chesterton "And there is always the danger of allowing people to suppose that our modern times are so wholly unlike any other times that the fundamental facts about man's nature have wholly changed with changing circumstances." Dorothy L. Sayers, 1 Sept. 1941 Last edited by inked : 01-08-2007 at 05:39 PM.

01-16-2007, 12:38 PM	#23
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	I saw that that extended version came out, I hope it's full of useful stuff. From what you say, it tip-top bio? Maybe one of these days when I'm not poor... __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

10-30-2007, 10:26 PM	#24
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	CS Lewis and famous people Leafing through a large volume of CS Lewis' letters, you can see that he wrote a few to famous people, incl. Arthur C Clarke. I thought this was interesting. I can't remember what the letter said exactly, but it was of medium length, and apparently he was arguing some point. __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

11-01-2007, 10:41 AM	#25
tolkienfan Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Internet Posts: 803	I read Surprised by Joy to learn about C.S. Lewis, but then I read Jack's Life and I was amazed at how much he left out when he wrote SbJ. Jack's Life was written by his step-son, I don't remember which one, I think it was Douglas. __________________ Don't be hasty! Thanks so much to Last Child of Ungoliant, Twista, and BeardofPants for my avatar!

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