{"id":1330,"date":"2008-03-03T01:33:48","date_gmt":"2008-03-03T01:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skullcull.wordpress.com\/?p=107"},"modified":"2008-03-03T01:33:48","modified_gmt":"2008-03-03T01:33:48","slug":"orlando-a-visual-and-textual-treat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/skullcull.com\/?p=1330","title":{"rendered":"Orlando: A Visual And Textual Treat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<a href=\\\"http:\/\/skullcull.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/orlando03.jpg\\\" title=\\\"Orlando\\\"><img src=\\\"http:\/\/skullcull.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/orlando03.jpg\\\" style=\\\"width:339px;height:215px;\\\" alt=\\\"Orlando\\\" height=\\\"215\\\" width=\\\"339\\\" \/><\/a><a href=\\\"http:\/\/skullcull.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/quentincrisp.jpg\\\" title=\\\"Quentin\u00a0Crisp\\\"><img src=\\\"http:\/\/skullcull.files.wordpress.com\/2008\/03\/quentincrisp.jpg\\\" style=\\\"width:280px;height:216px;\\\" alt=\\\"Quentin\u00a0Crisp\\\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I studied both the book and the film as part of a course that was looking at how books were converted into film. I have to admit that I had previously found Virginia Woolf to be quite a difficult writer to get into and I know that I am not alone in this. <i>Orlando <\/i>was a wonderful read though &#8212; the central character is so charismatic and the philosophy behind the novel is so resonant that you can\\&#8217;t help but be pulled into the fantasy. All of the things that Orlando goes through seem so real and natural that you do not question them.<\/p>\n<p>Given the nature of said changes you might have found them to be a stumbling block in a film of the text, were it not handled with such visual flair and sensitivity. Orlando is a chameleon surrounded by chameleons. Sally Potter\\&#8217;s film is stunning &#8212; as ornate as you would want; as overwhelming as you might expect. Tilda Swinton gives the performance of her career. I think that the film, like the book, is the auteur\/ author\\&#8217;s masterpiece. A cohesive and complete vision that the viewer \/ reader can become completely immersed in. A richly imagined beautiful world where no boundaries are as solid as one might believe.<\/p>\n<p><i>As a possibly interesting aside, the presence of Quentin Crisp as Queen Elizabeth The First is a possible reference to the legend of the <a href=\\\"http:\/\/www.bisleyonline.net\/content\/view\/15\/55\/#boy\\\">Bisley Boy<\/a> which might be considered as an interesting model for the idea of Orlando.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br \/>\nNow playing: <a href=\\\"http:\/\/www.foxytunes.com\/artist\/blur\/track\/mellow+song\\\" title=\\\"\\'Blur - Mellow Song\\' - open on FoxyTunes Planet\\\">Blur &#8211; Mellow Song<\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\\\"color:#999999;font-style:italic;font-size:10px;\\\">via <a href=\\\"http:\/\/www.foxytunes.com\/signatunes\/\\\" title=\\\"FoxyTunes - Web of music at your fingertips\\\">FoxyTunes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 I studied both the book and the film as part of a course that was looking at how books were converted into film. 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