Yeah, they do hold up, Barry. It's such a quietly compelling film,
holding both eye & ear.
Doug
On 11-May-05, at 5:58 PM, Barry Alpert wrote:
> THE MARQUISE OF O . . .
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> [via Eric Rohmer]
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> Perhaps you’ll give birth to a fantasy?
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> The father will be Morpheus or one of his retinue.
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> But how did you come back to life?
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> Grant me instantly a favorable answer!
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> Barry Alpert / Silver Spring, MD US / 5-11-05 (7:59 PM)
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> 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.
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Douglas Barbour
Department of English
University of Alberta
Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada
(780) 436 3320
http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm
O baby, get out of Egypt –
This history is not for you,
Get out of there, out of my path,
Out of my speechless mouth, the Egypt shrieking
a redundant, plundering tongue . . .
An ancient slang speaks through me like that.
Gwendolyn MacEwen
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