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[David_Dovey]

Is Kurt Vonnegut's stuff old enough to be considered "classic", as such? Because to me every single bit of hyperbole about the guy is absolutely deserved.

[scarred]

yeah, honestly S5 is good but i like breakfast of champions and bluebeard a lot more

and to tell the truth i like his short story collection welcome to the monkey house better than any of his novels.

[David_Dovey]

I've only read God Bless You, Mr Rosewater and Cat's Cradle (and Palm Sunday) but holy god-damn

[Spluff]

Shakespeare does not make for classic reading, particularly in high school. It should be seen on stage, as is its proper and superior place.

come now, we all know that the superior place to see shakespeare is in a kurosawa adaptation

[LeeC]

Shakespeare does not make for classic reading, particularly in high school. It should be seen on stage, as is its proper and superior place.

come now, we all know that the superior place to see shakespeare is in a kurosawa adaptation

truth, throne of blood was excellent!

[Buttfranklin]

[LeeC]

I seriously want that on DVD! but its hard to find and expensive when you do find it...unless you get it used...but then its covered in Kawaii spooge (j/k)

[Wasteroo]

yesss finally a thread where I get to talk about one of my favorite books and one of my favorite movies

[Spluff]

I was thinking more of



but that works too

[Wasteroo]

yeah I guess Ran was pretty good too

[Vuk]

currently trying to make it through War and Peace. Book is so long, but I feel like it will be worth it.

Next you should give Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman a go, if you can face up to another Russian epic. It's sort of a 20th-century World War II version of War and Peace.

That sounds fucking awesome, actually. I really want to read an Andrei Platonov novel, ever since I read short stories of his in one of my classes last year, so if anyone can lead me in the right direction, it'd be much appreciated.

[LeeC]

Ugetsu directed by Kenji Mizoguchi is a really good movie and a classic and is based off of japanese folk tales from back in the warring states period, had to watch it for a class and it was surprisingly good. kind of like pulp fiction except with peasants in japan in the late 1400s early 1500s.

[rynne]

oh god, I'm trying to read Gravity's Rainbow right now and it is extremely slow going. It's so hard to follow, sometimes I have to read whole pages again just to remember what character is being dealt with.

I almost never give up on a book, but I'm seroiusly considering it with this one.

Mason & Dixon is the only long Pynchon novel I've gotten through on the first try.  I think that's 'cause 1) you mostly only have to keep track of the two titular characters and 2) it's fucking hilarious.  It has Ben Franklin acting like a rock star (complete with groupies), George Washington offering the boys a joint, Popeye the Sailor residing in a wilderness tavern, frequent and excessive visits to coffee houses, etc., etc., etc. 

OH FUCK YES.