Nothing comes to mind, Tracey, but I ahve to admit that I wasn't big on fairy
tales as a kid. Grew up on mysteries. Christie, Simenon, et cetera.
If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody
hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
From: tdli...@multiculturaladvantage.com
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 21:35:10 -0800
Subject: [scifinoir2] Alice and Other Dark/Adult Retellings of Fairy Tales
Watching Alice has me thinking about other fairy tales that
have been retold that I like. Two come to mind. Snow White: A Tale
of Terror and Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story. Do you guys know of
any othera?
Snow White: A Tale of Terror - It stars Sigourney Weaver,Sam
Neill,Monica Keena and Gil Bellows. Based somewhat more authentically on the
Grimm Brothers' story of a young woman who is unliked by her stepmother, the
film includes the talking mirror, a poisoned apple, and some ruffian gold (not
diamond) miners (and they aren't dwarfs or cute). It takes place at the time of
the Crusades, and depicts the attitudes of the wealthy and the peasant classes
toward one another.
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story - It stars Matthew
Modine,Vanessa Redgrave,Mia Sara,Daryl Hannah,Jon Voight,Richard Attenborough
and Honor Blackman. Jack Robinson is a wealthy business man with no time
for anything but work. However, a family curse is looming over him - no man in
the Robinson line ever lives past the age of thirty. With his upcoming birthday
appears the remains of literally giant skeleton and a mysterious woman who
claims to have once known the giant. Jack decides to go with her to another
world where all is revealed to him along with the story of his ancestor, the
original Jack and the Beanstalk. In order to save his own life and the world of
the giants, Jack must right the wrongs of the past and return the magical harp
and goose that lays the golden eggs to their rightful home.
Although it is not dark I also liked
Ever After
Stars Drew Barrymore,Anjelica Huston, and Dougray
Scott. Andy Tennant's film Ever After tells the
real story of Cinderella. In this film version, Cinderella is
Danielle De Barbarac, played to perfection by Drew Barrymore. Our heroine does
have a wicked stepmother and stepsisters, but in no way is she in need of
rescuing. Contrary to other adaptations of Cinderella, Danielle rescues herself
from her horrible family and the prince from gypsies. With help from her fairy
godmother Leonardo da Vinci.
_
Windows 7: Unclutter your desktop. Learn more.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/videos-tours.aspx?h=7secslideid=1media=aero-shake-7secondlistid=1stop=1ocid=PID24727::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WWL_WIN_7secdemo:122009
