tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post7487935367207157931..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Light From a Dead Star by John A. A. LoganKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-36091227312448862992016-06-13T21:38:38.160+01:002016-06-13T21:38:38.160+01:00Have only just managed to read this properly, and ...Have only just managed to read this properly, and what a lovely thought provoking piece of writing it is! I didn't know Shaw wrote novels, but remember him very well from films, especially From Russia With Love and Jaws. And he was a powerful presence indeed. I feel that way watching Swayze in Dirty Dancing and Point Break (why would anyone even consider a remake of that one?) - that palpable magic and beauty leaping out at you, undiminished. We're privileged to be able to tap into it. Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-13764249630794876322016-06-13T11:26:14.386+01:002016-06-13T11:26:14.386+01:00Rewatched Jaws again recently and was indeed struc...Rewatched Jaws again recently and was indeed struck by the way it morphs from a (fairly superior) monster movie to a borderline art flick as soon as Shaw/Quint comes to the fore... his long monologues really elevate it into something else. (And one of the great death scenes, too).Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-76409259861254317412016-06-11T23:19:39.018+01:002016-06-11T23:19:39.018+01:00wow John, what powerful writing! I can't reall...wow John, what powerful writing! I can't really recall anything about Shaw and had no idea he wrote novels. I think Steve McQueen has a similar kind of charisma from the way you describe Shaw. Screen presence, something magical certain people have - did it just hang about unsuspected and unused during all the centuries before movies were invented?Lydia Bennethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09328239009863878547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-82665531248109236152016-06-11T17:32:54.395+01:002016-06-11T17:32:54.395+01:00John, an excellent essay, as always. Neither have...John, an excellent essay, as always. Neither have I read his books, though I might. But I especially liked the choreography of the fight scene during his role as the SPECTRE agent; but even more his portrayal of Pizarro in The Royal Hunt of the Sun, although I doubt that the real Pizarro was that humane in his friendship for Atahualpa.<br />You did not mention A Man for All Seasons, but somehow I remember that Henry VIII. Coincidentally, perhaps, I was just reading about dying stars which collapse inwards, becoming black holes, trapping all light in an endless u-turn around themselves.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-13830965278632998142016-06-11T13:08:00.961+01:002016-06-11T13:08:00.961+01:00Never knew he was a writer ... although I have see...Never knew he was a writer ... although I have seen the films and even have several on DVD ... shall now go search out his writing after reading this post. madwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-25457948019261945442016-06-11T09:35:05.320+01:002016-06-11T09:35:05.320+01:00Unlike the two previous comments I do remember Sha...Unlike the two previous comments I do remember Shaw and saw all of the films you mention. He wasn't the most handsome of the film stars of the day but he had charisma, and I was fascinated by him.Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-29291255590822743582016-06-11T09:06:11.803+01:002016-06-11T09:06:11.803+01:00I love the way that you write your blog posts. I f...I love the way that you write your blog posts. I find myself reading the final paragraphs again, and again. Beautiful writing.<br />I had never heard of Robert Shaw, but I have watched Jaws, so maybe he is somewhere deep in the subconscious.<br />The Caretaker seems really interesting. I don't really watch enough of these older films. I'm beginning to think that I'm really missing out on something special.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16416575849169436203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-3338037979366810462016-06-11T06:11:28.517+01:002016-06-11T06:11:28.517+01:00Loved the way you out this John. Excellent post. I...Loved the way you out this John. Excellent post. I have to admit I hadn't ever heard of this fascinating manWendy H. Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022089775887274043noreply@blogger.com