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LETTER OF THE MONTH THE POWER OF FILM
Thank you, Reader’s Digest for the article “Steven Spielberg: How I Caught My Mother’s Affair On Camera” by Jonathan Dean. I grew up in America during the 1950s and 1960s and Spielberg’s films have always resonated with me.
As a child I loved dinosaurs and reading about fossils so when Jurassic Park came out, I was first in the queue at the cinema. When they got out of the car and walked across to those dinosaurs it was like I was walking with them, as old as I was I could still feel the magic of dinosaurs as I had when I was a child.
Some of Spielberg’s movies I have only been able to view once—Schindler’s List, Amistad— stories that needed to be told, and by a master, but emotional viewing. I loved Close Encounters of the Third Kind and ET as I think if there is alien life out there it will be friendly. Jaws still has the power to frighten me, even though I have seen it many times.
Thank you, Mr Spielberg, for all your wonderful films and for taking us along for the ride. And I too never rated The Shining.
MELANIE BURGESS, Aberystwyth
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Furry Best Friend
Rona Maynard’s “My Starter Dog” was a beautiful story. Adopting a dog in Rona’s sixties was never part of her plan but enter Casey, their rescue dog, and her whole life was transformed for the better.
Her story struck a chord with me. I adopted Lulu, a labradoodle who had only been in the shelter for one month but came with a very sad story. When I heard it I just knew I had to have her.
Six years later she is still bringing joy to my life. There are so many reasons why she is my best friend. She entertains me with her antics, she’s there to greet me with an exuberant wag of the tail every day (no matter how many times you leave and come back), she offers endless photo opportunities, she lowers my stress levels (her loyalty knows no bounds), she has taught me to love unconditionally, she understands when no-one else does.
It’s so sad that there are so many unwanted dogs in the world. My son works for an animal welfare group and they are inundated with strays, unwanted dogs and dogs that have attacked. Some they find homes for, but he dreads every Monday morning when many of the animals that cannot be rehomed are put to sleep.
He’d take them all home if he could and often does take one or two, advertising them on his Instagram pag
