Yeah, I take your point, Mark, as I am like you someone to whom his work means much.
(earlier this year, after a reading by Derek Walcott from his award winning new book, White Egrets, which was in its way all very good, I came home & picked up my Olson Collected & read a few, just to get back into what I feel is truly classic.)
Anyway, that's why I think just seeing/hearing him read, as in the Letter bit, can give peoplem a feel for what he accomplished, if only a small taste.
Doug
On 2011-04-28, at 8:53 AM, Mark Weiss wrote:
> The one problem I have with the film is imagining an audience that's not already deeply involved with Olson's work (which I am). If the word needs to get out, and I think it does, he has to be introduced to the larger poetry audience (and perhaps beyond)and the reasons why he's essential made clear. As it is, the film feels to me like a further extension of the cult-like base.
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