And do it noir, eh?
Doug
On Jun 18, 2014, at 6:10 AM, Lawrence Upton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> You're not wrong. I'm pretty sure that montage is in origin a film term
> though I tend to use it to mean something more like "more than collage",
> here with the cuts going through the mechanisms of narrrative as well as
> the narrative itself. But I don't think of it as schematically as that.
> Just do it!L
>
>
> On 18 June 2014 13:01, Patrick McManus <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks L intrigued here overlay of info -like a jumbled up film _or am I
>> wrong??
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Lawrence Upton
>> Sent: 18 June 2014 10:46
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Montage
>>
>> A man pumps up an inflatable doll. He drops the doll into thick oil. He
>> sets fire to the oil. The oil burns; the doll burns. Sunrise over the fens.
>> The man is burning. A woman says do you want small medium or large? A man
>> says large. The woman says drink here or take out? The man says a large
>> squarish area of brown, striated, a silk scarf partially embedded in the
>> paint. The edges of the scarf stick out, retaining and showing off their
>> original colours. That'll be sixty pence, says the frame. The wall pays,
>> saying thank you. You're more than welcome. Have a nice day, says the wall
>> clock; and a table walks out. Obstructing the doors causes delay and can be
>> dangerous. Same charge. All in one attraction or some such phrase is
>> overpainted rapidly.
>>
>
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