Re: Salinger turns to the Dark Side
Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Sat, 26 Jun 1999 11:17:10 +1000
Exactly what I wanted to say and more, Sean!
Camille
verona_beach@geocities.com
@ THE ARTS HOLE http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442
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Sean wrote:
> Camille:
> "I was thinking the other day about the idea of geniuses working in
vacuums,
> and thinking what a terribly dangerous way it is to work..."
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> I quite agree, Camille!
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> Theoretical physicists may thrive in a vacuum, but fiction writers do
not.
> If you're going to write about people for people, it really helps to have
a
> few of them around. If a writer has spent a decade holed up alone in a
> cabin, it should come as no surprise that he publishes a socially
impaired
> book about a writer who has spent a decade holed up alone in a cabin, and
> calls it "Seymour: an Introduction".
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> The Phantom Menace is another superb example. Before seeing it (sorry,
it's
> a job requirement where I work), I saw a 20/20 special on the making of
the
> movie that indicated that Lucas exercised absolute "artistic" control
over
> the film. The result was the worst movie ever made. The characters, the
> dialog, the story couldn't have been any less engaging. Without the
special
> effects, the film would have been more boring than a 16 hour documentary
of
> someone reading Catcher. I'm with Anthony Lane - this movie is crap.
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> -Sean
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