LES AMOURS D’ASTREE ET DE CELADON
via Eric Rohmer
[Celadon] carved a poem on a tree.
A priceless object there.
It could be forged.
Not that well.
Eyesight reversed.
He saw two paintings.
Surprise rooted him there.
[They] could be forged.
I’m with the gods.
Are you the three graces?
Did I capture your ears?
Live, live, Celadon.
Barry Alpert / Silver Spring MD US / 6-8-11 1:01 PM)
While sorting out numerous initial drafts written while watching films, I stumbled upon the intuitive notation registered simultaneously with the ur version of the acrostic sonnet I turned into last week's snapshot. Rereading it quickly led to the above reworking, which also allows me to emphasize an aspect of the film I didn't touch upon last week: Celadon is a poet as well as a shepherd and one poem of his, carved on tree bark, appears on screen for the amount of time it takes to read it, though I haven't been able to retrieve that work. One also hears him sing/read other poems. I can remember a lengthy listserv discussion of the appearance of poetry and/or poets in film, and I'm certain that this film was not cited.
Sorry, but I can't fully recommend the trailer and 2 longer clips from the film available on youtube. A dvd of the whole film can be bought or rented, however. By far the best essay I've read on Rohmer's last film appears (appropriately enough) in Cahiers du Cinema:
http://www.cahiersducinema.com/Critique-Eric-Rohmer-s-Les-Amours.html
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