Cathedral is a collection of short stories by American writer Raymond Carver that is must read material. Carver was part of the short story revivalists crew of the eighties that included John Cheever. The work highlights possibilities of the short fiction medium.
link to an interview with the writer on post title
Friday, May 1, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Happy Birthday Billie
Haven't written in a while, been a bit void of inspiration... Just want to wish Billie Holiday a Happy Birthday...
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
thin red line
Just finished watching the thin red line, just finished reading it too.
More often than not a film version of a novel falls short of doing the story justice and tends to undermine the underlying, fundamental importance of the tale. That is not the case here where the film manages to accomplish much in the way of complementing the novel. Malick and company do the film medium proud in this piece.
Much differs between the novel and the film and in most ways I think the cinematic version plays better; the dialogue in the film is stronger than it is in the novel, the complexity of the subject matter (death) is emotionally and intellectually explored, in my opinion, with more profundity than it is in the novel... Malick makes the green seem greener than it reads in its counterpart. This is meant as no slight against James Jones' novel, it is worth a read, if you enjoy war novels, and it reads quick too. James' novel is sharp and good.
The film does use some hyperbolic voice over, which in my opinion weakens it.
More often than not a film version of a novel falls short of doing the story justice and tends to undermine the underlying, fundamental importance of the tale. That is not the case here where the film manages to accomplish much in the way of complementing the novel. Malick and company do the film medium proud in this piece.
Much differs between the novel and the film and in most ways I think the cinematic version plays better; the dialogue in the film is stronger than it is in the novel, the complexity of the subject matter (death) is emotionally and intellectually explored, in my opinion, with more profundity than it is in the novel... Malick makes the green seem greener than it reads in its counterpart. This is meant as no slight against James Jones' novel, it is worth a read, if you enjoy war novels, and it reads quick too. James' novel is sharp and good.
The film does use some hyperbolic voice over, which in my opinion weakens it.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
poem
Has this medicine
created the stench
that sticks stubbornly
to me?
fancy, ruled out well
three full days
this funk has shadowed me,
what can it be?
created the stench
that sticks stubbornly
to me?
fancy, ruled out well
three full days
this funk has shadowed me,
what can it be?
Monday, March 16, 2009
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