The Iliad, Starring Brad Pitt

I mentioned in a blog entry some months ago that I had re-read The Iliad after a 25-year hiatus and found it mighty bloody, and also with plenty of application to certain current events in the Middle East and Washington, D.C. A reader commented on the translation I had used (Robert Fagles'), stating a preference for E.V. Rieu's prose translation. I can't argue with that--not only because the reader takes a much more professional approach to the text than I, but also because I'm a sucker for the line, which I enjoy more than any other kind of writing in American English.

Little did I know at the time that Hollywood was in the last stages of editing the Epic Film Starring Brad Pitt (and a Cast Whose Names Are Destined to Go Unremembered). Damn, I missed it. Now, I have to wait for the DVD.

Recently, I overheard two women discussing film. The film's Helen, in their opinion, didn't have the face to launch a thousand ships, but the men sure did! Can't you see it? A Queer Eye for the Warrior Guy production!