The Silver Screen Oasis

They have a thread going there that is quite interesting, to me at least. It involves things you do, know, or encourage you because of classic movies. For instance:

You know the history, science, literature and geography questions on Jeopardy not from knowledge you learned in school, but from movies.

You broke up with a girl because you had to explain the difference between Dick Powell and William Powell.

Mine is: Oh, ducky. I heard it in a movie as a child and I've been saying it all my life - I don't remember the movie, but that is my standard reply.

Any from you?

Anne

Anne,

I don't know if this really has to do with your topic, but I've always liked the phrase "forever and a day" and heard it the other day in HBO's production of As You Like It. This may be a dumb question, but does anyone know if the play is where this phrase originated?

My guess would be the play is the origin of the phrase. It's amazing how many expressions and phrases from Shakespeare are still used today.

Now, if I was good I'd give you some examples, but the ol' brain isn't coming up with any...

Sandy K

"Forever and a day" is actually a legal phrase from English common law - it's meant to cover all bases, making any agreement valid even longer than forever.

One still-used phrase from "As You Like It" is "layed on with a trowel," in the sense of excessive verbiage. I watched the HBO movie, but there was so much text cut out -- I didn't hear that phrase used (spoken, I think, by either Rosalind or Celia early in the play). Did anyone catch it?

I couldn't understand a lot of what was spoken, especially by Ms. Howard, whose classical diction needs work.

Ah, thank you Judith for that info!

I watched about 10 minutes of this version of As You Like It the other day, but I didn't care for the Asian setting. I didn't come in at the beginning, so I didn't understand why the forest of Arden seemed to be in China.

Sandy K

I watched a movie the other day that changed my life.