Comments on: Natsuo Kirino and Kate Jacobs’s Friday Night Knitting Club

By: Claire

Claire — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:33:39 +0000

@PJ I think this movie seems to have been postponed indefinitely?

By: PJ

PJ — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:38:08 +0000

Does anyone know when “The Knitting Circle” movie will be coming out? I cannot seem to find any information.

Thanks!

By: orata

orata — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:06:28 +0000

I didn’t even realize Laurie Colwin wrote fiction! I only knew her from her (fabulous) food writing.

By: Claire

Claire — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 20:23:45 +0000

@Jenny: But something I don’t get is why consumption patients always have so many suitors when consumption is contagious–I mean, all that romantic coughing. How do the suitors not get sick? This is something that has never been clearly explained to me.

By: jenny

jenny — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 15:09:08 +0000

“Though characters with consumption always seem to have a lot of male suitors.”

There’s a lot of very interesting literary crit on this phenomenon, actually–the fetishization of the “tuberculine” personality and physical characteristics—highly sensitive personality, pale skin, flushed cheeks, breathiness (um, caused by inability to breathe). Fascinating. Seems harder to sexualize cancer (er, cancer/diabetes) in a similar way, but the whole “so much life to live” thing might make a kind of awesome comparison. Female bodies and sickness, why do authors/filmmakers love this combo so much?

PS–not a romcom in the strictest sense, but i really want to see “I Love You, Man.” You’re the only person who might possibly go with me, I think. Prepare to be harassed!

By: Grace

Grace — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:25:26 +0000

Oh wow…. don’t know how I missed the “Stella does TRICKS” right after Trainspotting. Geesh, that looks depressing.

By: michele

michele — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:13:41 +0000

okay i haven’t read any of these books or seen any of these movies but i just loved your post! it made me smile in the middle of a not very smiling work day – so thank you. lovely intelligent writing on your part!

By: Grace

Grace — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:57:40 +0000

You’ve pretty much convinced me that I was wise in my decision to ignore the gimmick altogether.

I dig Murakami… sometimes. My friend who loaned me Kafka on the Shore didn’t warn me about the violent kitty slayings (jerk).

So… that Lola Turns Tricks sounds intriguing! You don’t mean Diane from Trainspotting? Kelly McDonald is her name. Hmmm…I just wiki’d her and she wasn’t in any Lola movie. Oh well.

By: Violetsrose

Violetsrose — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 12:44:45 +0000

I didn’t major in English – i took art – but I do work in publishing and do love those idealised versions of living on the upper west side!

Julia Roberts didn’t die of Cancer in Steel Magnolias – she died due to having Diabetes

By: Alli

Alli — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 08:15:53 +0000

Maybe it’s just late but that was an AWESOME book review. I know I have read books like this (English Major here). Anyways, thanks for the chuckle to cap off my evening!