I’ve just come across your inst account and newsletter. Thank you for your essay on Annie Ernaux. It resonated with me and made me quite sad. I lost my mum 16 years ago in March but can still remember the last nine days of her life. It only took that amount of time from diagnosis to death. Sitting by her bedside talking to her morphine induced ramblings about booking flights to the UK, washing her body and turning her, holding her hand for hours while Neil Diamond played on repeat… I’ve lost my dad now as well so we are the next generation of ‘oldies’ although I certainly don’t feel it! Death comes to us all. I would not give up those last days with her for anything. It was agonising and visceral but necessary and loving.
I have always thought of the 'rain scene' in the 2005 version of P&P as a way of adding some sexiness to the film. Also as a new take on the scene most female viewers love in the 1995 version, that is, the scene when Lizzie comes across Mr Darcy coming back wet from the lake. Knowing the director's and your own explanation/analysis certainly makes me think of it through a new perspective.
I’ve just come across your inst account and newsletter. Thank you for your essay on Annie Ernaux. It resonated with me and made me quite sad. I lost my mum 16 years ago in March but can still remember the last nine days of her life. It only took that amount of time from diagnosis to death. Sitting by her bedside talking to her morphine induced ramblings about booking flights to the UK, washing her body and turning her, holding her hand for hours while Neil Diamond played on repeat… I’ve lost my dad now as well so we are the next generation of ‘oldies’ although I certainly don’t feel it! Death comes to us all. I would not give up those last days with her for anything. It was agonising and visceral but necessary and loving.
I have always thought of the 'rain scene' in the 2005 version of P&P as a way of adding some sexiness to the film. Also as a new take on the scene most female viewers love in the 1995 version, that is, the scene when Lizzie comes across Mr Darcy coming back wet from the lake. Knowing the director's and your own explanation/analysis certainly makes me think of it through a new perspective.