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Ellen Started conversation Jan 14, 2009
Kate Winslet won two Golden Globes. One for The Reader, and one for Revolutionary Road. Woo hoo!
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j_z_d Posted Jan 14, 2009
*raises glass of 
to Ms. Winslet* I had heard her performance in The Reader was award-worthy, I'll have to see that.
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Willem Posted Jan 14, 2009
Hi Jellen! Good for Kate! I'll keep my eye out for those two movies.
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Edward the Bonobo - Gone. Posted Jan 15, 2009
I can't see 'The Reader' until I've read the book - which has been sitting on my shelf for a couple of years now. Since I bought two copies, one in English and one in the original, with the intention of fulfilling one of my periodic promises to improve my German...I may not get around to it for some time.
Similarly...I can't see 'Atonement'. I've got a fair way through the book on a number of occasions. It's utterly brilliant! But I've got a strange habit of losing my copy before I finish it.
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Jabberwock Posted Jan 15, 2009
I'm always doing that, ETB! Misplacing the book I'm reading for an hour or day or two...(not due to age, I've done it all my life, especially with really good books).
The Reader is a good, very German post-Holocaust book (yes I found it in the end). I'm a bit worried about because the main character (Kate Winslet I presume) seems to be ambiguous about the whole thing throughout. A definite anti-hero, though not intrinsically a Nazi. They must have changed it for the film.
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Effers;England. Posted Jan 15, 2009
Kate Winslet 
and 
it's about time she won something. Fingers crossed for an oscar.
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Edward the Bonobo - Gone. Posted Jan 15, 2009
indeed! I always prefer her those times she has a bit more weight on, though.
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You can call me TC Posted Jan 28, 2009
I didn't think much of "The Reader" as a book, which I read ages ago. So I shall be interested in the film, as I wouldn't like to miss it, Kate Winslet being worth watching any time.
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Jabberwock Posted Jan 28, 2009
Quite right, Trillian's child. I should have made it plain that I thought it was a good book, not let it look like a dogmatic statement rather than the expression of my opinion, (Post 5).
Jabs
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Ellen Posted Jan 29, 2009
Hi yall. I was disappointed that Leo and Kate were passed over for Oscar nominations for Revolutionary Road.
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Ivan the Terribly Average Posted Jan 29, 2009
Was Revolutionary Road eligible to be nominated this time? It's so recent, it might fall into next year's bucket...
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Edward the Bonobo - Gone. Posted Jan 29, 2009
Can't find my copy of Benhardt Schlink's 'The Reader'/'Der Leser' 
But did find a copy of Updike's 'Rabbit, Run'
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- 5: Jabberwock (Jan 15, 2009)
- 6: Effers;England. (Jan 15, 2009)
- 7: Edward the Bonobo - Gone. (Jan 15, 2009)
- 8: You can call me TC (Jan 28, 2009)
- 9: Jabberwock (Jan 28, 2009)
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