And well he should've done, Hal. Your point's well taken, tho: it's tough
to imagine an engaging film that shows the main character sitting at a
computer or writing at a desk, grimacing with the pain or grinning with the
joy of writing poetry. Andrew's point's well taken, if impossible to
imagine doing what he says.
*Shakespeare in Love*, a truly bad film, showed a few moments of
'Shakespeare' trying to write something and they were the worst---no, come
to think of it, they might have been the best---moments in the film.
Good grief, one wonders how such tripe even gets filmed. What is Hollywood
thinking? Is it thinking? Who goes to movies now anyway? Useta be the
movie mavens aimed films at adolescent males; is that still the plan?
I just realised: we may've uncovered a potentially hugely-cool play or
film: an OTT [prolly musical] one that does all the stoopid things
plays/films do when portraying a writer's life. YES! I haven't the urge to
write such a thing, but a petc-cobbled creation might at least keep us
laughing whilst waiting for rejections of our poems. Besides you and Droo
and MW, tho, who on petc has a weird-enough mindset for it?
Judy from tangent to great idea
2009/4/4 Halvard Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
> Well, that's not always how art works in movies, Andrew. Remember, THE
> great
> writerly action scene of filmdom: Hammett's throwing the typewriter out the
> window.
>
> Hal
>
> "Never underestimate the power of stupid
> people in large groups."
> --George Carlin
>
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> On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 1:01 AM, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> > The Edge of Love - Love Story of Dylan Thomas
> > from the review by Ty Burr at
> >
> >
> http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/04/03/lots_of_love_and_a_little_poetry_2_women_and_dylan_thomas/
> >
> > "The Edge of Love" is a "great poet" movie, the poet in this case being
> > Dylan Thomas, and it's utter bollocks. How can you tell? The raffish,
> > hard-drinkin' Thomas (Matthew Rhys) finally sits down to compose some
> verse
> > (it's 1941's "Love in the Asylum") and the words stream out of his inner
> > consciousness directly onto the soundtrack, the musical score surging
> > orgasmically, the work issuing forth complete, each dactyl tucked neatly
> > into place.
> >
> > This is how art always happens in movies, but someday I'd like to see the
> > real hard work of writing poetry: the procrastination, the dumb luck of
> > inspiration, the coffee, the rewrites. The process is anything but
> pretty;
> > thus the need in the first place.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Andrew
> > http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
> >
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