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No need to worry. Exhausted by Cavalier's "Fill-er Up with Super" screened previously on the same bill at the French Embassy, I feel lucky to have written down any feasible language. Detecting sources shouldn't affect your viewing (nor my next, for that matter). Don't expect to encounter elephants. Barry On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:18:45 -0700, Brian Hawkins <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >I'm worried that if I ever saw the film, the strange images in this poem - the elephant with the beautiful baby, the tantalising fragments of dialogue - would get tied down to specifics and lose their free-floating charm > >Brian > >--- On Thu, 17/6/10, Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >From: Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Snap A Welcome Revival >To: [log in to unmask] >Received: Thursday, 17 June, 2010, 5:34 AM > >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. >