Marion - I thought the sheep and the swordsman were in Far from the Madding Crowd. I did a sort of slantwise suggestion and Martin didn't say yes or no - but I really could do two-and-a-bit Swaledale ewes in Gabriel Oak's "thrree and twenty minutes and a half".

Two lovers on a journey pelagic,
in a tale that is ancient and tragic,
swear eternal devotion
though they don't drink a potion,
for the screenwriters took out the magic.

Ay! We had to start this up again?:eek:


A big pooch and a scruffy young man,
with three friends and a mystery van,
run from monster and ghost
till it looks like they're toast,
but the ghouls are unmasked in the end.

Ann,
you got it right. The popping sheep scene is pretty unforgettable. Julie Christie and
Alan Bates, directed by John Schlesinger.

Martin

Marion,
right about Cries and Whispers, though it is a very powerful movie--I do have to
confess to being a Bergman fan, though I find The Virgin Spring harder to bear
than A Passion (the American title is a mistranslation).

Anyone have a guess about my third flimerick?

Here is one for the true cinephiles; it was shown only at festivals, though it is
now available on youtube:

Buster returned from retirement
to help with Sam's little experiment:
"Just what did I do?
I don't have a clue--
but knowing was not a requirement."

I'm also a Bergman fan, Martin! I can't figure out your third filmerick, though. Is it a Bergman film? (It doesn't sound like one! Give us a hint?)

As for the fourth: It's Film, isn't it?

Pedro.

Pedro,
right! Here is a great link:
http://www.apieceofmonologue.com/201...kett-film.html

The third one is just a bad limerick. The film is great. The director is a master.
Ask yourself what materials are used for statues.

Here is another one from the same director as the third one; the last line certainly
needs work.

So two men walk into this bar,
and one of them looks like a star;
he lights little flames
and mentions some names
and then kills the guy from the car.

Marion,

As a limerick purist, allow me to quibble.

I have to second that, Marion. Who wants to play tennis with a drooping net? I'm not a fan of the bearded ones cop-out last lines. Even his nursey rhyme model 'There was a sick man of Tobago' managed three rhymes