Re: Texas Chainsaw Massacre & Flannery O'Connor

Hi Matt, 

Interesting point about common themes, I've always been struck by
the similarities between Faulkner's short story "A Rose for Emily"
and the film of "Psycho". Particularly the climax and denouement.

I read the Bloch novel on which Psycho is based, but remember almost 
nothing about it. It was many years ago though.

Cheers,

Julie


[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Cardin) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Nicely done.  I mean, *really* nicely done.  I always get a little
> rush (or sometimes a big one) whenever I experience a kind of epiphany
> that reveals a common theme threaded through a series of books,
> movies, ideas, etc., that I have ingested over time.  This newest
> column of yours provided just this sort of rush.  Many thanks.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Matt Cardin
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rick Kleffel) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > I just saw The Texas Chainsaw Massacre for the first time last week. 
> > I was struck by how well it was done and by the similarities between
> > it and Flannery O'Connor's famous story 'A Good Man is Hard to Find'. 
> > My newsgroup message turned rapidly into a column for my website, to
> > wit:
> > 
> > http://trashotron.com/agony/columns/2003/11-25-03.htm
> > 
> > It's a sort of Thanksgiving column...if you eat humans.  I'd be
> > curious to hear what others have to say about it. [And the new format,
> > expanded news.]  Well, now I'm off on a family journey of my own, two
> > kids and the dog in a van -- but we won't be picking up any
> > hitchhikers.
> > 
> > We also have two, count 'em two reviews of the new John Connolly
> > novel, UK only Bad Men.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Rick Kleffel
> > Editor, The Agony Column Book Reviews and Commentary
> > http://trashotron.com/agony