----- Original Message -----
From: "Dolphie Bush" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Mark or Travis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 8:39 PM
Subject: Re: The Sound Of Music NJC
> Mark, thanks for that message. I read Colin's earlier and did not think
> that much about it but yours took me away. I grew up in Muleshoe, Texas
in
> the 60's. Saw that movie at the local theater with my big sister Marnita.
> The theater was packed. Smells of popcorn and youth have all come back.
> The vista, the screen with all that beautiful scenery on it and then
Julie,
> twirling and whirling around upon the top of the mountain. My sweet
sister
> has died and gone away but you brought her back to me for just a moment.
> Thanks!!
> I was too little at the time to notice C. Plummer too much but in later
> years I wished I was Julie plenty of times. Here's hoping you have a
great
> night. Mack
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark or Travis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "colin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "joni" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 8:22 PM
> Subject: Re: The Sound Of Music NJC
>
>
> > > I have just watched this film again. I have seen it so many times.
> > This
> > > time on DVD-my own! It still makes me cry. I haven't before really
> > > undertsood why it moves me so. Thinking about it tho today, I think
> > it
> > > represents the innocence of childhood for me-until the grownups come
> > > along and destroy it for ever.(aprt from that i really enjoy the
> > music
> > > and songs!)
> >
> > I have this on DVD as well and I have to say I enjoyed it immensely
> > when I watched it. I saw this movie about 7 times when it was first
> > released. My home town had an old music hall type theatre that had
> > been converted to a movie theatre. It had a big, wide screen and some
> > of my most treasured memories are seeing movies at the Grand. I also
> > performed on its stage when the high school moved their summer musical
> > productions to the Grand. That was a long time ago. sigh.
> >
> > But back to The Sound of Music. Edward and I bought it on video years
> > ago and I never watched it much. It really seems to lose a lot in the
> > pan & scan format. For some reason it seemed a lot cornier and I
> > wondered if I'd outgrown it. But watching the widescreen format on
> > the DVD, all the splendor of that widescreen photography came back to
> > me & I could remember how wonderful seeing this movie in the theatre
> > really was. Salzburg, the Alps, the Von Trapp villa, the church where
> > the wedding was filmed - all breathtaking. And Julie Andrews was so
> > wonderful with her fresh, young face and that beautifully crystal
> > clear soprano voice singing that great Rogers & Hammerstein score. I
> > sometimes pine for what the film of 'My Fair Lady' could have been if
> > only.... (Oh well. It was pretty wonderful anyway. It's hard to say
> > anything bad about Audrey Hepburn). And I have to admit, Christopher
> > Plummer was pretty easy on the eyes in those days!
> >
> > Someday I hope to see a restored, pristine print of 'The Sound of
> > Music' in an actual movie theatre again. I'll probably cry like a
> > baby if it ever happens. I did when I watched the DVD. I think that
> > a lot of what made this movie so popular was the fact that it had a
> > bittersweet ending. If the ending had been a purely happy one, I
> > don't think it would have had the impact that it did. A family of
> > charming, good-looking, talented people has to leave their homeland
> > forever, but they escape from the Nazis. How can you lose with that
> > one?
> >
> > One more thing & then I'll shut up about 'The Sound of Music'. I was
> > looking at a People magazine '50 most eligible bachelors' or some such
> > slop edition while waiting for Travis at his dentist's office
> > recently. One of the bachelors was a grandson of Baron & Maria Von
> > Trapp! He was pretty easy on the eyes, too!
> >
> > Mark E
