The Name of the Rose
It was kind of a literary themed evening yesterday. I saw an episode of a game show called The Book Quiz, which was good. Then I watched a documentary called Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press, in which presenter Stephen Fry investigated the life and work of Johannes Gutenberg who developed the Gutenberg Press which was completed in 1439 and was the first printing press to use moveable type, and which Fry described as "the most important development in human history since the discovery of fire". He also tried to recreate one of the Gutenberg Press' along with authentic paper to print a page of the influential Gutenberg Bible.
Following that I watched a 1986 film called The Name of the Rose, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, and based on the novel by Umberto Eco. The film is set in Italy in 1327, and stars Sean Connery as Franciscan monk William of Baskerville who, with his young apprentice Adso (Christian Slater), arrives at a wealthy Benedictine abbey for an important church conference. However, when they arrive they soon discover that the monks of the abbey are being brutally murdered. William turns detective to solve the mystery and stop the killings, as he gathers evidence and deciphers ancient symbols, he discovers a hidden library in the abbey, which contains a secret someone is willing to kill to protect. It's a very good film, full of secret passages and hidden codes in ancient cryptic books. Great fun.
It was a very quiet day at work today. Apparently Joe had lunch with Alan yesterday and, apparently Alan now accepts the fact that I did not send those e-mails to Michele's boyfriend's brother and, apparently, I can expect an apology from Alan sometime.
After work I went up to the cinema to meet my mum. The film we saw there was One Missed Call, directed by Eric Valette, and based on a 2004 Japanese film. A series of people, all of whom are connected with each other, die in bizarre "accidents" after receiving a strange call on their mobile phones apparently from themselves in the future and showing the exact time and date of their deaths, and each of them is found with a small red piece of candy in their mouths. A college student (Shannyn Sossamon), a friend of the victims, is terrified that she will be next and enlists the help of a police detective (Edward Burns), whose sister was one of the victims to investigate the mystery. Although it was entertaining enough, it was very predictable and contained little that either surprised or in any way scared me. My mum just thought it was silly.
I went to my parents' house afterwards for dinner. That was nice.
Following that I watched a 1986 film called The Name of the Rose, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, and based on the novel by Umberto Eco. The film is set in Italy in 1327, and stars Sean Connery as Franciscan monk William of Baskerville who, with his young apprentice Adso (Christian Slater), arrives at a wealthy Benedictine abbey for an important church conference. However, when they arrive they soon discover that the monks of the abbey are being brutally murdered. William turns detective to solve the mystery and stop the killings, as he gathers evidence and deciphers ancient symbols, he discovers a hidden library in the abbey, which contains a secret someone is willing to kill to protect. It's a very good film, full of secret passages and hidden codes in ancient cryptic books. Great fun.
It was a very quiet day at work today. Apparently Joe had lunch with Alan yesterday and, apparently Alan now accepts the fact that I did not send those e-mails to Michele's boyfriend's brother and, apparently, I can expect an apology from Alan sometime.
After work I went up to the cinema to meet my mum. The film we saw there was One Missed Call, directed by Eric Valette, and based on a 2004 Japanese film. A series of people, all of whom are connected with each other, die in bizarre "accidents" after receiving a strange call on their mobile phones apparently from themselves in the future and showing the exact time and date of their deaths, and each of them is found with a small red piece of candy in their mouths. A college student (Shannyn Sossamon), a friend of the victims, is terrified that she will be next and enlists the help of a police detective (Edward Burns), whose sister was one of the victims to investigate the mystery. Although it was entertaining enough, it was very predictable and contained little that either surprised or in any way scared me. My mum just thought it was silly.
I went to my parents' house afterwards for dinner. That was nice.
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