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Mandy21:
Hey Amanda, yes, I watched it directly after I said I would and wrote down several comments and questions I'd like to discuss with you.  However, I was waiting for the other ladies here to watch it before I put forth any spoilers.  I'll throw my two-cents' in as soon as others do:)

Front-Ranger:
I secured a VHS copy of it and plan to watch it today!

The best laid plans...a strenuous hike plus my rock climbing class interfered, and now I'm off for snowshoeing and ice climbing. But I plan to see it this weekend.

Front-Ranger:
My first impression was...the young Clarissa....I've seen her somewhere before! Yes, it's that woman from Solaris!! Saschca something. This is only the second role I've seen her in. She's awesome!!

Front-Ranger:
I'm very interested to hear what your questions are, Mandy!

Mandy21:
All right, Lee, you're forcing my hand here, so I'll go ahead.  Amanda and others, please respond at will.  To those that haven't seen, please forgive me -- ********SPOILERS AHEAD***********

1.  I absolutely love, love, love the actor Michael Kitchen, who plays the older version of Peter.  To me, he defines Britishness.  Did anyone else see him in "Out of Africa", playing opposite Robert Redford?  I thought he was even more brilliant in that, which was a hard thing to do.

2.  The name "Septimus" -- why would a British man have such a name?  It's a Roman name, which means "seventh" in Latin, generally used to describe the seventh son in a family.  If he came from such a large family, what's happened to all his brothers during his time of struggle?  Why did he have to go mad from the war, with only his wife by his side, trying to no avail to save him from the brink?  How should that particular choice of name be significant to us?  What are we to think?  Did his lovely wife just give him that name as a term of endearment, or was that name actually given to him by his parents?  Where is his family, in the end?  And for those that have seen "The Hours", what correlation are we to take from the Richard / Ed Harris character throwing himself out a window?  If Virginia was so obsessed with that manner of suicide, why didn't she do it herself that way?

3.  Sally -- do we believe that she is Clarissa's first love?  Or do we believe she fell for Peter first?  We see the very sensual but all-too-brief kiss between the two lady friends, and we see her rapturous reaction to Sally's kiss, yet do we ever see reactions of like to Peter's kisses?  In another day and age and place, do we think Clarissa might have been better off if she had embraced her feelings for that woman, and perhaps all women, rather than following the status quo and marrying a good, solid, upstanding man?

4.  Virginia Woolf is such a hard author to read.  She can write for 5 or 6 pages, sort of rambling with miniscule things, and then, out of the blue, she'll come up with one sentence right in the middle of a paragraph, that will literally knock your socks off and almost make you rethink your entire life and every choice you ever made.  I believe she was a genius.  Someday, in a future life, I'd be happy to be just like her.

That's all.  I hope I haven't given too much away for those that haven't read it or seen it yet.  I'd love to hear people's perceptions on my questions and thoughts, and throw in even more.

Amanda, once again, thanks for starting this intriguing thread.    :-* 

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