Who is massimo in the song of lunch

Sharp, equally observant and intuitive, she accurately diagnoses her lunch partner as one who confuses poetry with therapy. Rickman is at once funny, sad and insufferable, his thick voice and slow drawl a perfect match for such a complex monologue. Home TV Reviews. Nov 12, am PT. By Laura Fries Plus Icon. Running time: 60 MIN. More From Our Brands. Start your review of The Song of Lunch.

Nov 16, Maggie rated it it was amazing. What a visceral poem! Now I can't drink a glass of wine the same way I did before reading this poem. I very much enjoyed the text and imagery. And you? I've no complaints. And Paris is a fabulous city. You really should visit.

He has, but is it the moment to mention that crazed escapade: skulking at dusk in her prim grey square address folded in his raincoat pocket with no real intention of ringing the doorbell yet unable to depart No The Song of Lunch is a deceptively simple single long poem in which nothing much happens, but every nuance, both of the external social world the characters inhabit and their textured Weltinnenraum , is And you?

No The Song of Lunch is a deceptively simple single long poem in which nothing much happens, but every nuance, both of the external social world the characters inhabit and their textured Weltinnenraum , is depicted with merciless accuracy. Feb 01, Jean-Pierre rated it it was amazing. Reid has an enchanting way with words. Here as in "Nonsense", the story does not amount to much: a literary editor and small poet has a lunch date with an ex-lover in an Italian restaurant he used to like.

As the meal proceeds and the bottle of wine empties to be replaced by another and topped by a grappa, the conversation peters out, and all that is left is disenchantment, first with the restaurant, then with the food, and subsequently with the ex and her understanding misunderstanding?

He winds up drunk, flees to the loo and thence to the upper floors of the building, and when he returns the ex and all customers are gone. Only Massimo, the onetime owner of the restaurant, is left, as an ageing not to say decrepit vestige of the past, not unlike the life and love he unsuccessfully attempted to revive. The story is broken up into scenes, each of them a poem of one or two pages, in which Reid carefully observes, and describes what goes on inside and outside his character.

The charm of the book lies in the sheer beauty of the text, the mastery of rhythm, sound, and lexical choice, whether descriptive or metaphorical, which achieves maximum suggestiveness. Apr 05, Paris Karagounis rated it it was amazing. Nov 16, Clara rated it it was amazing. Very well done. Nov 26, Agnieszka rated it it was amazing. This poem, this book is just so good. Especially if you add to this the film adaptation. Absolutely marvelous. There are simply no words to describe how good this is.

To be honest, to me, this poem is basically Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson. Because of the film adaptation the poem itself became their adaptation.

If you haven't seen the film, please do so if you can. Trust me, you won't regret it. Perhaps in the TV version his relevance is easy to miss. Not so in the book, though all the words are the same. Mesmerizing and devastating. Christopher Reid certainly captured the experience.

You should be able to get it through any online retailer, Matt. I would love to read it in script form. Davanna, All the words spoken in the TV adaptation are exactly the same as those in the book. I heard somewhere the author requested that the film-makers add no new words for their version, and they chose not to remove any either. Hope that helps. Thank you so much for explaining that, Alfie. Very unique and cool idea for a film.

It really was a whole life. I enjoyed it completely. How lovely they are and how lovely your write-up of the poem. Now it is clear—I need to buy a copy. Thank you. Brings back so many memories of disastrous dalliances in back street Soho restaurants — putting the everyday experiences of a thousand failed love affairs into poetry.

I will go and order a copy of the book in my local bookshop tomorrow. Perhaps two. Poignant to chance on this wonderful little film now, and then look back for reviews… Thank you.

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You are commenting using your Facebook account. Storyline Edit. An existential parable of a wistful journey to one's heady youth with the excitement and bitterness of that time trapped in the mind. A former romance is re-evaluated by the rose-colored filter of time, but confronted by the present. Time has moved on, but the past has trapped the author. Did you know Edit. Trivia The photo on the dust jacket of the lead female character's husband's book is one of Greg Wise, Dame Emma Thompson's real-life husband.

User reviews 15 Review. Top review. An ironic send-up of poetic idiom? So it was with high expectations that I sat down to watch "Lunch. This writing might have been forgiven only if coming from a seventeen year old, or offered as an ironic send-up of poetic idiom.