tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post115169580082477338..comments2023-08-10T16:06:35.452+01:00Comments on Scholar's Blog: Marianne Dreams - Catherine StorrMichelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-33798531868242593132011-03-02T02:16:21.374+00:002011-03-02T02:16:21.374+00:00I love the movie Paperhouse. Sadly I did not know ...I love the movie Paperhouse. Sadly I did not know it was based off a book, I just happen to watch the movie on tv many years ago and then again recently. I now REALLY want to read the book. Hopefully I will be able to find it.Amy Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04366032891260100811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-1151992065241076312006-07-04T06:47:00.000+01:002006-07-04T06:47:00.000+01:00I've no idea if the movie is still available, but ...I've no idea if the movie is still available, but I'm not sure I want to watch it either !!Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-1151979474348670762006-07-04T03:17:00.000+01:002006-07-04T03:17:00.000+01:00I actually love the movie "Paperhouse" and found i...I actually love the movie "Paperhouse" and found it quite underrated. It's quite creepy and nicely acted. There were some changes from the book, but I think it all works very nicely. Love the book, too, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-1151819100108442982006-07-02T06:45:00.000+01:002006-07-02T06:45:00.000+01:00Indeed I did, thanks to Wikipedia. I did a search ...Indeed I did, thanks to Wikipedia. I did a search to see if the book was still in print and found a reference to a 1972 British children's TV series <I>Escape Into Night</I> (which was apparently quite faithful to the novel), and to a movie <I>Paperhouse</I> (which apparently was less so). Did you know the author adapted it herself as an opera libretto in 1999 ? Apparently, the first performance of the opera <I>Marianne Dreams</I>, with music by the British composer Andrew Lowe Watson, took place in 2004.<BR/><BR/>I confess I found the book pretty scary as a child, but not quite so scary as an adult (rather like my experience with Alan Garner's <I>The Owl Service</I> in fact.Michelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15888298679182871669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162585.post-1151800153867433022006-07-02T01:29:00.000+01:002006-07-02T01:29:00.000+01:00I found that book seriously disturbing. Very, ver...I found that book seriously disturbing. Very, very creepy in a way that gets under your skin. It's funny, because <I>Thursday</I> by the same author is one of my all-time favourite books, and although has some of the same "is it fantasy is it psychology" element is not creepy at all, it's lovely. Did you know there's a movie of it (Marianne Dreams, that is)? Helpfully, I can't remember the title off hand - if I think of it in the middle of the night I'll pop back... The movie captured the creepiness quite well, iirc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com