Chris wrote:
> You might also want to read Pauline Kael's review
of
> the Didion-scripted "Play It As It Lays" movie.
The
> review is vicious, vicious, and *entirely*
unfair
> ... but it does help to put the material's
attitudes
> into perspective.
************** Thanks for the recommendation, Chris. I tried
to locate the review online but no luck. I did get to read a
review of Clockwork Orange, and a couple others that wouldn't
be on-topic here.
I'd never heard of her before, so it was worthwhile seeing
what a major influence she was. What does
"auteur" mean? Citzen Kane came up in reference to that
term.
Started THE PARADISE EATER but put it down after too many
pages of discussion of a venereal disease. Bill Denton
mentioning that it was a thriller didn't help, either. I have
problems with thrillers. I'm still stuck halfway through
Cleary's PETER'S PENCE.
Picked up the Pancake stories instead. Jeez, no wonder he
killed himself. I just finished the first story and it's
depressing. Comparisons to Hemingway are not far off. The
protagonist in Pancake's first story "Tribolites" reminded me
of Hemingway's Nick Adams stories. There's that same sad
sense of loss, but with confusion about what exactly was
lost. Very fine work. Thanks for putting me onto them.
miker
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