Beltane Solstice Moon
Finished the HBO version of Mildred Pierce with Kate Winslet. We saw the original movie a month or two ago and wanted to see this one, too. What a shocker. The HBO version has an almost entirely different last third. The original, I imagine, took elements from the book and created a fine movie, one I liked a lot. But, the HBO version, which I imagine is closer to the book, created a fine work, too. Very, very different. That’s one of the things I love about art, it can take the same subject matter and wring so many different perspectives from it.
James Cain, author of the novel, Mildred Pierce, also wrote Double Indemnity and the 
Postman Only Rings Twice.