Pleasant afternoon

[yakalskovich]

We are watching 'The Last Station', a movie about Tolstoy.

I bought it for the Russianness and Helen Mirren, but it contains surprise!James McAvoy as well, and he's very cute, speechlessly fanboying Tolstoy as his new private secretary...

Watching that, I am once more reminded how non-unique Rasputin was for his time and place. WTF got everybody so upset about him?

Comments

[yakalskovich]

McAvoy is Valentin Bulgakov, that's why I asked.

And yes, Tolstoy's wife was his secretary and hand-wrote 'War and Peace' several times; she tells that to Bulgakov in the movie, too. But that was long before the movie was set.

I can only warmly recommend the movie!

[idylchild.livejournal.com]

Ah, of course, that just immediately made Bulgakov the most important character in the movie. :)

Are you ready for GoT tonight?

And when shall we start our book club?

[yakalskovich]

GoT tomorrow, for me -- I'll get it at some stage tomorrow and watch tomorrow night.

I'll propose the book club right after that on my flist and make the comm, and maybe start it on July 1st, to give everybody the chance to finish whatever they're reading now?

[idylchild.livejournal.com]

Sounds good!

Also, why not post here

http://game-thrones.livejournal.com/profile

There are several who have not yet read the books.

[yakalskovich]

Joined there! Thanks for the suggestion.-