I really like the way this one traverses the various discourses, Barry.
Sharp.
Doug
On 10-Aug-05, at 3:37 PM, Barry Alpert wrote:
> SIRK: TARNISHED A[ngels]
>
> [via Faulkner’s PYLON]
>
> Something ‘s the matter with my typewriter;
> I left it behind
> reading
> kicks one way or the other.
>
> Time for tomorrow’s race
> asking
> Roger to squirm—-
> ninety proof fiction,
> in the last hour my vision ‘s become blurred.
> Should move on,
> heaven knows when I’ll be able to talk to anyone.
> Engine ‘ll do the talking for you /
> don’t make any promises.
>
> A muddy bottom down there.
>
>
> Barry Alpert / Silver Spring, MD US / 8-10-05 (5:39 PM)
>
>
> I didn’t drive to the American Film Institute last night determined to
> write during my first viewing of Douglas Sirk’s 1958 black & white
> cinemascope feature (screenplay adapted by William Faulkner & George
> Zuckerman). In fact, I got a late start and expected to arrive 5-10
> minutes into the screening. When I found that the coming attractions
> were
> still rolling, I decided to celebrate by treating myself to a writing
> possibility. The title/procedure was concocted on the spot, and when
> the
> film concluded I felt confident I could develop my rough draft into a
> snapshot representative of the film as a whole. I should mention
> that “Roger” references Roger Schumann, WWI ace fighter pilot whom we
> observe within the Depression-era setting of the film racing planes
> around
> pylon-marked courses on a gypsy circuit not unlike that of the rodeo.
>
>
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