Just After Sunset
Last night I listened to a Doctor Who radio play called "Dead London", in which the Doctor (Paul McGann) and Lucie (Sheridan Smith) finally make it to London, however it appears that several time zones are colliding in the city and the Doctor soon realises that an evil alien force is at work. Later on I listened to the fourth part of the Agatha Christie adaptation of Murder at the Vicarage. My Mum telephoned today and in the course of the conversation she told me that my brother had given out my telephone number to one of his girlfriend's relatives. I know who it was that he gave my number to, but I do wish that he had let me know.
I read a few stories from the Just After Sunset collection by Stephen King. In one of the stories "N." a psychiatrist's notes tell the story of a patient who believes that he has discovered a powerful evil force in a stone circle standing in an abandoned field. Another of the stories, "The Cat From Hell", told the story of a hitman who is hired by a dying millionaire to kill a cat, but he soon discovers that it is no ordinary cat. That was a story that King originally wrote in the 1970s and had been filmed in 1990 as part of Tales From the Dark Side: The Movie. A third story "The New York Times at Special Discount Rates" told of a bereaved woman who receives a telephone call from her dead husband. Some of the stories are really great and are Stephen King at his best. Although I always keep trying to guess which ones will eventually become films.
It was another very slow day at work and quiet. I left after six hours though, so it was a nice short day. Back home I switched on the 1947 movie Black Narcissus, from the legendary film-making team of Michael Powell and Emric Pressburger. The story involves a group of nuns (lead by Deborah Kerr) setting up a hospital and school in the Hymalayan mountains, only for emotional tensions to run riot. The movie is brilliantly made, creating quite a surreal atmosphere at times. It even manages to be quite shocking at times, more to do with what is hidden and hinted at rather than what you actually see on screen.
I read a few stories from the Just After Sunset collection by Stephen King. In one of the stories "N." a psychiatrist's notes tell the story of a patient who believes that he has discovered a powerful evil force in a stone circle standing in an abandoned field. Another of the stories, "The Cat From Hell", told the story of a hitman who is hired by a dying millionaire to kill a cat, but he soon discovers that it is no ordinary cat. That was a story that King originally wrote in the 1970s and had been filmed in 1990 as part of Tales From the Dark Side: The Movie. A third story "The New York Times at Special Discount Rates" told of a bereaved woman who receives a telephone call from her dead husband. Some of the stories are really great and are Stephen King at his best. Although I always keep trying to guess which ones will eventually become films.
It was another very slow day at work and quiet. I left after six hours though, so it was a nice short day. Back home I switched on the 1947 movie Black Narcissus, from the legendary film-making team of Michael Powell and Emric Pressburger. The story involves a group of nuns (lead by Deborah Kerr) setting up a hospital and school in the Hymalayan mountains, only for emotional tensions to run riot. The movie is brilliantly made, creating quite a surreal atmosphere at times. It even manages to be quite shocking at times, more to do with what is hidden and hinted at rather than what you actually see on screen.
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