Mirror of Erised

[flying_ford_anglia]

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From: flying_ford_anglia
Subject: Mirror of Erised
Date: 8/23/00 11:42 pm  (ET)

Hmmmm. I can't seem to get of the topic of the WB film at the moment.

The scenes with the Mirror of Erised are so important to '..Philosopher's
Stone' that I can't imagine anyone in their right mind would cut or
alter them.

In the US audio version Jim Dale does a wonderful job of Harry's first
scene with the mirror. Particularly this bit:

****
Harry was so close to the mirror now that his nose was nearly touching
that of his reflection.

'Mum?' he whispered. 'Dad?'
****

In the film, perhaps they will show the mirror in its full glory at the
start of the scene, but then view it side on, so that we can't see what
Harry is seeing. We don't need to see his family in the mirror to get
the gist of it. I see Harry, in profile, staring into the mirror and
speaking the line above, maybe reaching out, hesitantly, to touch the
glass as he says it.

One of the scenes I most want to see is the singing of the Hogwarts school
song. I laugh when I think of it. They'll probably cut it, or ruin it,
just to annoy me.

Talking of music, John Williams doing the score? Big yawn! I wanted
someone more quirky - Philip Glass, perhaps. Oh well.

Neil