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Sep. 10th, 2011 at 8:49 AM
- T.S. Eliot (from a review of The Complete Sherlock Holmes Short Stories, 1929)
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“This is what keeps readers returning to the Holmes tales: no matter how many times they are read, they remain fresh and engaging, full of vivid characters, ingenious plot twists, flashes of darkness and dread and the hint of the otherworldly, yet always grounded in the reassuring familiarity of the sitting room of 221B Baker Street, where the fire crackles, the gas-lamp burns, the fog swirls past the window, and Holmes and Watson are settled in their chairs, ready for the next client to appear. We all know that however bizarre and terrible their case may be, however puzzling and frightening events may seem, all will be well. It is a reassuring image, one that has endured for more than one hundred and twenty years, and that will undoubtedly endure for at least many more to come. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson: fixed points in a changing age. Long may they live, and long may readers continue to enjoy their wonderful world where it is always 1895.”
Christopher and Barbara Roden - The Complete Sherlock Holmes, Introduction
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As Watson bellows Holmes’s name repeatedly over the falls, we see Holmes clinging to the hillside some distance
away, watching his friend. At one moment it almost seems as though he is about to respond with a cry of ‘Watson’, but then he stops himself.
Brett explained:
‘That was deliberate. It wasn’t in the script but I just wanted to show that Holmes had affections for Watson and for a fleeting second they almost get the better of his practical mind. But they don’t. [Large Brett grin.] It is a moment.’
( from ”Bending the Willow: Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes")~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~(collected from Tumblr)
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BTW, how did you like the Russian version, if you'd gotten the chance to watch it? I remember you were going to, when I posted the link to the site with subtitles ;)
on the list (the long list) is to acquire granada and watch it all and watch all of the russian version.
And Holmes, cool and collected and matter-of-fact: "Yes, I know, have read of it in the morning Times"...:P
P.S. Also interestingly enough, in the Russian version, Holmes has only been gone a month, not 3 years.
Edited 2011-09-10 02:28 pm (UTC)
only a month??? sorry. still digesting that.
my long list is long. and what am i doing right now other than writing you? playing simsocial on facebook.
As to the Russian series, yes, if you watch their FINA and EMPT from the beginning, it makes sense...you'll see, it's a different spin on the story ;)