tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29000133.post3897179948931073797..comments2024-03-28T07:18:03.921+00:00Comments on Clapham Omnibus: AtonementHedgiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00637550146809680298noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29000133.post-55186792306847335362008-03-03T11:24:00.000+00:002008-03-03T11:24:00.000+00:00Alas, even when fully flooded the scene would have...Alas, even when fully flooded the scene would have been less 'poetic' thah the movie - the pipe that burst was the sewage pipe . . .Hedgiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00637550146809680298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29000133.post-11444954972984219242008-03-01T17:02:00.000+00:002008-03-01T17:02:00.000+00:00You say its not a 'beautiful' - meaning that the t...You say its not a 'beautiful' - meaning that the tube tunnel didn't fill up with water, that music didn't play while drowned bodies floated around 'poetically'??<BR/><BR/>65 people died in that blast alone. I think it was good that another 'danger' of the war was used in the book and film; it shows McEwan's done his homework and not just done the usual portrayal of the war.<BR/><BR/>Incidentally, the tube tunnel would have been drained before the photograph you have posted was taken...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com