ABOUT AN AUTHOR VIA A FILM.
Sometimes cinema encourages us to read a book.
Danish author Karen Blixen aka Isak Dinesen..
Quote… will they know a song of me, will they remember the colour of a dress I had on …
OUT OF AFRICA.
I have never forgotten when actor Meryl Streep concluded the African film adventure with those words.
FILMS FROM HER BOOKS. Out of Africa and Babettes Feast.
I SAW THE FILMS FIRST.
Cinema or tv provide the opportunity for a revisit. We recently watched on SBS world the wonderful story of a French chef Babette who cooked a special French dinner in a quiet Danish country village. She cooked partly for herself, but mainly expressing gratitude to the Danish people in the modest community where she had found refuge in difficult times. She later won a lottery worth 10,000 French francs and used it all to pay for the ingredients for the magnificent French style feast she proudly cooked for them, and herself. A quite delectable expressive film. Memorable.
Influenced by the film, I ONCE cooked for my family small quails presented in a bread loaf, with heads popping out. My teenage daughters were horrified. One vowed never to talk to me again, one promptly left the table.
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