Monday, July 04, 2005
I scream, you scream, we all scream for . . .
Source http://www.neon-signs.comFor those of you that actually need an excuse to eat ice cream I thought you would like to be reminded that July is National Ice Cream Month
If you would like to find out what flavor ice cream you are then take this quiz. I did and here are my results:
| You Are Rocky Road Ice Cream |
 You're also a trendsetter who takes risks with new things. You know about the latest and greatest - and may have invented it. You are most compatible with vanilla ice cream. |
Pass the sprinkles please.
She not only acts, she writes too
Interesting comments from On the Beach actors can be read on a website about Nevil Shute. I found what Ava Gardner had to say about the movie very moving:
Though I'd read the book, Stanley's script made me weep. You couldn't say it was marvelous - that was the wrong word. It was compelling, tragic, moving, chilling . . . I don't know what expression you can use about the end of the world. Stanley liked to call it "the biggest story of our time," and who could disagree? It was a fictional scenario, but my God, everyone in the cast and crew knew it could happen. And that added a dimension of reality to the unreal world of film making that none of us had experienced before. (Quoted from "Ava, My Story" by Ava Gardner)
Knowing "it could happen" is what makes a story such as On the Beach so powerful. By the end of the film there is nothing left to say and it leaves one in silent mourning because of the "what if" factor.
