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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