The process continues to work, Barry.
Love the slippage between stanzas, lines....
Doug
On 16-Jun-10, at 1:34 PM, Barry Alpert wrote:
> Le combat dans l’ile
>
> via Alain Cavalier et Louis Malle
>
>
> You must come. Bring the device.
> You were plotting from the balcony.
>
> An elephant gave birth to a beautiful baby.
> Why did you choose to come back today?
>
>
> Barry Alpert / Silver Spring MD US / 6-16-10 (3:24 PM)
>
> Initially drafted during my first viewing of this 1962 b&w feature
> starring Romy Schneider, Jean-Louis Trintignant, & Henri Serre (best
> known for his role of Jim in Truffaut's "Jules et Jim"), this work
> became presentable as a first take once I eliminated a line which
> didn't function between the two stanzas. Never previously
> distributed in the US,
> "Le combat dans l'ile" will apparently be released as a dvd by
> Zeitgeist Films in 6 days and the package includes a new short film
> by Cavalier about the 1962 feature and its nouvelle vague context.
> I look forward to witnessing it again and continuing my writing
> process.
>
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