Light of the World & Salt of the Earth

After flying through We Have Always Lived in the Castle (oh my god, Shirley Jackson is so good), I’m back to an old favorite: Elizabeth Hardwick. This isn’t usually thought of as her best attempt at fiction, but few writers have the kind of inimitable prose style she does, so eager to see if I like it…

In order to create the Greatest Swordfight in Modern Times, Cary Elwes and Mandy Patinkin trained for months with Peter Diamond and Bob Anderson, who between them had been in the Olympics; worked on Bond, Lord of the Rings, Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and Star Wars films; and coached Errol Flynn and Burt Lancaster. Every spare moment on set was spent practicing. Eventually, when they showed Rob Reiner the swordfight for the movie, he was underwhelmed and requested that it be at least three minutes long rather than the current one minute. They added steps to the set, watched more swashbuckling movies for inspiration, re-choreographed the scene, and ended up with a three minute and 10 second fight which took the better part of a week to film from all angles.

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https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-context-and-meaning-of-Numbers-31-17-18

https://www.quora.com/What-does-1-Peter-2-18-mean

https://www.gotquestions.org/dashing-babies-against-rocks.html