http://llamabutchers.mu.nu/archives/083964.php I see where Ismail Merchant, half of the Merchant/Ivory film-making duo, has died. As faithful readers know, I tend to be extremely cranky about film adaptations of literature, at least of books that I know and love. But Room With... en-us http://www.filmthreat.com/Reviews.asp?Id=7976 Film Threat, CA - France. Souls have drifted for decades in the movies, but even a good portion of those have had life injected into them.