Hemingway & Gellhorn

I've been spoiled by HBO.  Now I can watch The Wire and Boardwalk Empire whenever the couch is calling my name - and don't even get me started on Game of Thrones (I've read the whole series, and I'm about to re-read the first three).  Last night was the perfect end to a long weekend - I utilized my new hole punch to embellish some bridal shower items and I watched the premiere of Hemingway & Gellhorn on HBO.

A Farewell to Arms was one of my favorite books growing up - I've always been a bit of a WWI buff thanks to my Papa - so I wanted to see how this film portrayed one of my favorite childhood writers.  Clive Owen was the Hemingway I'd always imagined, completely rough around the edges with a bitter war-torn cynicism.  Perfect.

The story picks up when he is near the end of his second marriage and he heads to Spain to document and write about the Spanish Civil War in the late 1930s.  His anti-fascist sentiments are shared by a group of activists and writers - one of which is Martha Gellhorn, a war correspondent.

The film follows their inevitable romance and the ideals that bound them together.  I appreciate a love affair based upon adventure and a passionate crusade to show journalist truth.  I find Martha Gellhorn fascinating and I'm anxious to pick up some of her writing - after some brief research it seems she was a war correspondent for every major conflict in the 20th century.  Any woman who was such close friends with Eleanor Roosevelt must have been very spunky, bravo Ms. Gellhorn!

Did I mention her effortless waves and red lipstick....

I'm a sucker for a bullet-riddled drama, hence my affection for The English Patient (far from Elaine's opinion of the film from Seinfeld).  To get a taste of Hemingway & Gellhorn, check out the trailer!

Go get some great red lipstick.

Oh, and a silky blouse.


HUGS!


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