I watched a couple of days ago the new Dorian Gray movie - starring Ben Barnes and Colin Firth. Even though I expected it to be better than it was (big disappointment on that), I was so happy to see that they included a scene (around minute 7) in which you can see a glass with Absinthe, an Absinthe spoon with a sugar cube and a carafe of water:
It only lasts some seconds, and there are no more scenes with Absinthe on them, but it was wonderful that they depicted the French ritual in the correct way.In case you are curious, I know some more films with Absinthe scenes on them; probably you have seen them too:
- Dracula by Bram Stoker (Francis Ford Coppola) - they prepare it with the French ritual too - one of my favorites and the best depicted Absinthe scene that I have seen.
- Moulin Rouge - they drink it as a shot, if I recall correctly.
- From Hell - Johnny Depp prepares it using the Bohemian (Czech) ritual, which by the way, was invented circa 1990, nearly a century later than when the movie takes place. Mistakes of Hollywood...
You can check the Blog in the Alandia website for more Absinthe movie clips.
2 comments:
Una pena que la pelicula fuera menos de lo que esperabas :(
Muy buena imagen la que has encontrado del vaso. Tiene mucho encanto.
Besos Clara
Hola Clara,
Un poco, porque el libro es uno de mis favoritos.
En realidad, no encontre la foto; puse el DVD en el ordenador y la capture yo misma :)
Un beso.
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