I’ve been promising myself I wouldn’t take on another reading challenge this year. I’m behind in terms of updating all of my challenge posts, so I thought I’d be disciplined about things and not jump into any more challenges.
Hah! Me, disciplined? Not for long. I was visiting Margot over at Joyfully Retired today, and saw that she had signed up for the Words Behind the Pictures challenge being held at Michael’s A Few Minutes with Michael.
I held myself back a little by not immediately rushing over to Michael’s blog; I was good – I think it took me at least 45 seconds before I clicked over. And there I read again the description of the challenge:
The first Saturday of every month, from September, 2009, through to August, 2010, an electronic copy of one screenplay will be made available through this blog.
The goal is to read the screenplay and then watch the movie before the end of that month and comment on what you’ve experienced.
The more screenplays you get through, the stronger you are as a reading challenger, but you only need to do one month to consider yourself to have completed this challenge.
It took a few more minutes before I decided, yes, I think I might do this. And then I glanced at the sidebar where Michael has a poll, where challenge participants could vote on the first screenplay in the challenge. I saw Dead Poets’ Society and Good Will Hunting and I was hooked.
I love reading screenplays. One of my absolute favorites is Eat, Drink, Man, Woman, which was directed by Ang Lee. I read the screenplay quite a while ago, and only recently did I get my hands on the DVD. I watched the movie, captivated, and have since been looking through my book stashes to try and find my copy of the screenplay again.
Another favorite of mine is Fanny and Alexander, by Ingmar Bergman; I have read and reread this one so many times. I also have The Complete Fawlty Towers, which contains the scripts to all 12 episodes of Fawlty Towers – this book is another favorite of mine.
So that’s why I couldn’t resist this one. Anyone want to join me?
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You are too funny! Have fun with the challenge!
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I’m glad you’re doing it so we can enjoy it through your reports!
.-= rhapsodyinbooks´s last blog ..Weekly Geeks 2009-32: Why Haven’t I Read This Yet? =-.
Hi Belle, so glad that you are going to be doing the challenge, too. A few more days and we’ll know what the screenplay for September will be.
.-= Michael´s last blog ..Friday Finds – August 28, 2009 =-.