>Although I had seen this film previously, had no expectations of writing
>during my re-viewing of it, and had not conceived of a title which could
>generate a text, I felt compelled to write down four lines during what
>seemed liked an initial experience of a very striking theatrical
>performance. These lines hang together and hold up for me after numerous
>rereadings. The first take was the final take; there were no revisions.
I very much like these film-sprung poems, Barry - particularly as a textual
response to a film that isn't reading the film, or providing exegesis - in
the current Sight and Sound magazine, Godard is interviewed and he says how
a film can't/shouldn't be read, because it isn't a book - and these lines
are something else!
BTW, I'm a big fan of Rohmer's contemporary films, but I can't seem to get
on with his historical ones - although I liked Triple Agent more than The
Lady and the Duke more than Marquise - but this poem has given me the itch
to re-view The Marquise of O, with its invisible conception...
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