tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post2061252693087273692..comments2024-03-10T00:00:31.355+00:00Comments on BRIAN SIBLEY : his blog: BID TIME RETURNBrian Sibleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-54544778358761297552013-06-28T11:57:00.871+01:002013-06-28T11:57:00.871+01:00SharonM and Phil - Yes, very true. A great talent ...<b>SharonM</b> and <b>Phil</b> - Yes, very true. A great talent whose work lives on in other media... <br /><br />I have a signed limited edition of the novel, Phil, re-titled as <i>Somewhere in Time</i> containing a series of stills from a take of Matheson's cameo scene in the film in which he and Reeve crack up and burst out laughing. A fun memory of two great characters...Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-10913680727992222762013-06-28T11:32:43.707+01:002013-06-28T11:32:43.707+01:00It's amazing that one writer could have produc...It's amazing that one writer could have produced so much work of such quality and influence. He seems to have been very lucky with the people he collaborated with - not always the greatest film-makers, but usually people who managed to get what he was doing (or at least, not screw it up).<br /><br />I always appreciated that he seldom went in for technical explanations of what was going on in his stories. Like Jack Finney, if he wanted someone to go back in time, he simply made them BELIEVE they were going back in time... and then the reader (or viewer) would believe it, too.<br /><br />Did you notice that Richard Matheson also appears in SOMEWHERE IN TIME? There's a scene where Christopher Reeve comes out of a bathroom after shaving, with cuts all over his face. The man who passes him mutters, "Astonishing!"<br /><br />Astonished Man = Richard Matheson.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216810702125906530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-74331173375294942132013-06-27T23:26:19.760+01:002013-06-27T23:26:19.760+01:00What a gifted writer he was. RIPWhat a gifted writer he was. RIPSharonMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369769107190148944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-17271722386311338312013-06-26T22:12:38.242+01:002013-06-26T22:12:38.242+01:00Suzanne - Yes and the blending of Rachmaninov with...<b>Suzanne</b> - Yes and the blending of Rachmaninov with Barry's original score is superb.<br /><br /><b>josna</b> - Glad you found SIT and enjoyed it. It is curious: when the film opened it was something of a failure, but it has survived to gain cult status (rather as Frank Capra's <i>It's A Wonderful Life</i> did with an earlier generation).<br /><br />There is also a <a href="http://somewhereintime.tv/insite.htm" rel="nofollow">Fan Club</a>!Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-34351543330993590072013-06-26T21:04:37.628+01:002013-06-26T21:04:37.628+01:00Brian, somehow your blog spoke to me this morning ...Brian, somehow your blog spoke to me this morning and I dropped everything, found Somewhere in Time on Netflix, and started watching it. I've just finished, and am shattered. What a moving film. Rest In Peace, Richard Matheson. I will look for some of his other writing. Thank you. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-84061329676756428672013-06-26T06:58:33.254+01:002013-06-26T06:58:33.254+01:00Thank you Brian! I love that film - and Rachmanino...Thank you Brian! I love that film - and Rachmaninov's piano concerto is my all-time favourite classical piece.Suzannenoreply@blogger.com