tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269756698225175666.post5718467311370113556..comments2024-02-16T01:40:15.774-08:00Comments on Laszlo's on Lex: Vere Hodgson (four): At the Pictures 2Gordon Pashahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18177101489742741815noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269756698225175666.post-16227733201261924142011-03-09T05:09:17.960-08:002011-03-09T05:09:17.960-08:00Matthew: Vere was a decent, honest woman who wrot...Matthew: Vere was a decent, honest woman who wrote well. And she was not averse to change when her long held philosophical beliefs were challenged by the reality of events. You, being closer to the source of her diary and sharing her national history, are much closer than I am. Alas, I have never been to Plymouth, and envy you your passion for Florence. (I visited Italy only once -- for a week, so many years ago that there might have been a Centurion in some back byway. And you and I agree that Michael would be pleased with her comments on “Blimp.” Emeric loved it. Best. Gerald.Gordon Pashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177101489742741815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269756698225175666.post-46087656834562969742011-03-08T10:58:15.647-08:002011-03-08T10:58:15.647-08:00Another fascinating set of recollections, full of ...Another fascinating set of recollections, full of personal resonances for me: an interesting reference to Lawrence (my Gordon, as it were), Plymouth (my home town: because of its proximity to the naval dock yard it was virtually flattened) and Florence (where my soul resides).<br />I love the paragraph in which she faces up to the dangerous futility of pacifism, and on the film front a very astute reading of Colonel Blimp, especially for the time. Powell would have been pleased with that, I think.Matthew Coniamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00302989527514886503noreply@blogger.com