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tree_and_leafI have been, while ineffectually trying to mend the lining of a pair of trousers (the seat has more or less given up the ghost), watching Don Camillo and Peppone, a charming 1952 film of the short stories about the hot-tempered village priest and the equally temperamental Communist mayor, former comrades in the partisans and current ideological enemies, checked only by the comments of Christ - and the fact that they both, deep down, know that they only want the best for their village.
Anyway: there's a scene fairly early on where a house catches fire. It's actually the site of a Communist arms cache, as both Peppone and Don Camillo know - Peppone because he put it there, and Don Camillo because he stumbled on it and laid the fire. However, they both want to go and look as if they're investigating, so that the village won't think that the Church/ the Party is represented by cowards, and they advance cautiously side by side towards the fire. Then, there is an explosion, and they leap round, take hands and run away. And I found myself thinking, if there was a Don Camillo fandom, there'd so be slash about that.
Later there's a scene where Don Camillo is persuaded to bless the new village centre, and has to stand and give his approval to a very Communist speech by Peppone. He's forced to say a few unwilling words so as not to lose face - and then Peppone seizes his hand, shakes it, and doesn't let go of it for something like two minutes. Also, there's a very odd fight scene - odd, because for some reason we aren't shown any of the actual fighting - where Peppone ends up flat on his back with one foot tied up in the salley of a bell, whereupon he decides to have his baby christened Liberia Camillo rather than Liberia Lenin (poor infant!)
I blame Doctor Who fandom and the whole hand-porn thing.† (Actually, the scene where they're running away from the fire looked rather like a scene from early Doctor Who, specifically Two and Jamie). I'm not going to go and write Don Camillo slash, because (a) I can't see it as more than very, very UST and (b) it would make me feel dirty, and not in a good way (fond memories of childhood reading, and also I'm not into adultery stories and don't like the Thornbirds motif...) - but I rarely see slash, even where other people are adamant about it, so this was a new and confusing experience.
Eta: † A technical term in Who-fandom, at least on LJ, and not as filthy as it sounds. See explanation in comments....
Anyway: there's a scene fairly early on where a house catches fire. It's actually the site of a Communist arms cache, as both Peppone and Don Camillo know - Peppone because he put it there, and Don Camillo because he stumbled on it and laid the fire. However, they both want to go and look as if they're investigating, so that the village won't think that the Church/ the Party is represented by cowards, and they advance cautiously side by side towards the fire. Then, there is an explosion, and they leap round, take hands and run away. And I found myself thinking, if there was a Don Camillo fandom, there'd so be slash about that.
Later there's a scene where Don Camillo is persuaded to bless the new village centre, and has to stand and give his approval to a very Communist speech by Peppone. He's forced to say a few unwilling words so as not to lose face - and then Peppone seizes his hand, shakes it, and doesn't let go of it for something like two minutes. Also, there's a very odd fight scene - odd, because for some reason we aren't shown any of the actual fighting - where Peppone ends up flat on his back with one foot tied up in the salley of a bell, whereupon he decides to have his baby christened Liberia Camillo rather than Liberia Lenin (poor infant!)
I blame Doctor Who fandom and the whole hand-porn thing.† (Actually, the scene where they're running away from the fire looked rather like a scene from early Doctor Who, specifically Two and Jamie). I'm not going to go and write Don Camillo slash, because (a) I can't see it as more than very, very UST and (b) it would make me feel dirty, and not in a good way (fond memories of childhood reading, and also I'm not into adultery stories and don't like the Thornbirds motif...) - but I rarely see slash, even where other people are adamant about it, so this was a new and confusing experience.
Eta: † A technical term in Who-fandom, at least on LJ, and not as filthy as it sounds. See explanation in comments....
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Date: 2008-06-17 02:32 pm (UTC)