Re: eyes wide shut
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Thu, 22 Jul 1999 20:28:11 +1000
Scottie - You'll be delighted to know that I just returned from Far
North Queensland (sounds like Far North Mongolia, and for the time it takes
to get there it may as well be) where I went to a writer's convention at
James Cook University, which has kangaroos and dingoes running across the
playing
fields. I'm NOT KIDDING (I had to add that because all the international
people who I told this laughed and said `Oh yeah, we already *heard* that
one') Taking a bus up 5,000 kms of coastline makes you realise that like
the Aero chocolate bar, it's the bubbles of nothing that make Australia
really something (do you have Aero bars over there???) You'll travel for 16
hours and hit a place that looks exactly like the place you left 16 hours
ago (: I don't know how the world could get through all the acres of sugar
cane that I saw. I could chat about the various foibles of Townsville for
ages (every bar there is like the one in `Priscilla, Queen of the Desert')
but I fear that I should (gasp) stick to the topic. Holden Caulfield will
be horrified.
I warn you now it has given me a serious travelling bug (as has my
boyfriend tearfully calling from Limerick, Ireland and inviting me onto the
next plane for a pint of Guinness...) I might just end up on your doorstep
one day, asking for some nice hot Vegemite toast and a bit of banter.
It's good to be back, everyone!!!
Camille
verona_beach@geocities.com
P.S. by the way...
> i don't think that parts of the movie were edited out....
> i heard kubrick left the movie as it was.. but added images in to cover
up
> some parts of scenes that would make the movie have the nc-17 rating..
> so the movie stayed the same length..
>
> ~marisa
Yeah - and guess what? In Australia they're showing the Non Censored
version! Only place in the world besides New Zealand apparently. If any
Kubrick fans wish to come over to my place and check out the movie I'd be
happy to have you. Turn left at the first kangaroo. Being strictly a
lowbrow myself, the last movie I saw was the South Park movie. I laughed so
hard it became physically painful. Before that I saw `10 Things I Hate
About You' (Aussie aussie aussie, oy oy oy! As us Aussies are fond of
saying when our favourite stars do well). I would like you all to know that
the Shrew in said movie is ME AT AGE 17. In each and every little detail,
it was totally uncanny. Although my brother says that I am much meaner in
real life.