20 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 22 Oct \ parent \ on: Book review | ‘Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921’ by Anthony Beevor BooksAndArticles
My father and I watched Bridge Over River Kwai many times before he passed. A family tradition. I just rewatched Lawrence Of Arabia about six months ago. I have not seen the 1946 Great Expectations, but of course loved the book.
It’s a very faithful retelling with an Alex Guinness cameo (again) and the wonderful John Mills as Pip. (He must have made Scott of the Antarctic around the same time i’m guessing)
Typical Carlos-Siggy conversation and strayed far, far away from the original topic.
PS anniversary of Keroauc’s death in 1969 yesterday. So many years ago…