tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post2737226468621855787..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: From the Earth to the Moon, with sandwiches - "Hurray for Edgar Poe!"Amateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-20510509726654339022018-08-21T11:58:50.087-05:002018-08-21T11:58:50.087-05:00A complete cultural history of foundries.A complete cultural history of foundries.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-44903680519655243932018-08-21T09:32:21.038-05:002018-08-21T09:32:21.038-05:00Yes, accompanied by Mosolov! https://www.youtube.c...Yes, accompanied by Mosolov! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkVC4UW7xIMDoug Skinnerhttp://www.dougskinner.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-3827690645431207782018-08-21T08:57:29.626-05:002018-08-21T08:57:29.626-05:00We need a literary history of foundries.We need a literary history of foundries.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-43234847137691928152018-08-21T08:45:08.997-05:002018-08-21T08:45:08.997-05:00I wonder if Tarkovsky might have been inspired by ...<i>I wonder if Tarkovsky might have been inspired by the scene you describe of pouring molten metal in a Florida pit to conceive of the church bell creation scene in Andrei Rublev? Verne was supposedly immensely popular in Russia, and while Tarkovsky was no real fan of science fiction he certainly seems to have read a lot of it. </i><br /><br />The locus classicus is Benvenuto Cellini's casting of his statue of Perseus, about which Berlioz wrote a magnificent <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benvenuto_Cellini_(opera)" rel="nofollow">opera</a>. I have no idea whether Tarkovsky is more likely to have been inspired by Cellini's memoirs, Berlioz, or Verne (or some other casting drama of which I am unaware).Languagehathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13285708503881129380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-64928582817172614312018-08-19T17:10:57.063-05:002018-08-19T17:10:57.063-05:00I should have looked up Magellania first; then I m...I should have looked up <i>Magellania</i> first; then I might have spelled it right. Also published as <i>Les naufragés du "Jonathan"</i> in French.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-85571020927543991952018-08-19T17:08:13.972-05:002018-08-19T17:08:13.972-05:00Magelliana, interesting.
I do not want to say tha...<i>Magelliana</i>, interesting.<br /><br />I do not want to say that I found any of the comedy in this particular novel especially funny, but there was nothing as dreadful as the Mormon scene in <i>Around the World in 80 Days</i>, so I'll take it.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-12186656146423798212018-08-19T13:21:48.066-05:002018-08-19T13:21:48.066-05:00Verne can be absolutely hilarious sometimes... I a...Verne can be absolutely hilarious sometimes... I am re-reading Walters's translation of 20,000 Leagues, and there are some really funny scenes. <br /><br />From the Earth to the Moon is one I haven't read yet...maybe I'll save it for French!<br /><br />My all-time Verne favorite (so far) is Magellania, translated by Benjamin Ivry. It is so different from his other work, almost epic. Marian Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14115916138435761469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-54166426150283212622018-08-18T22:20:40.871-05:002018-08-18T22:20:40.871-05:00I doubt but love the Tarkovsky idea. Verne's ...I doubt but love the Tarkovsky idea. Verne's pit is 900 feet deep. A lot of attention is given to this pit.<br /><br />A puppet-heavy version of "20,000 Leagues" was the first French play I saw in Lyon. The fish were all puppets, not the people. Inventive. <br /><br />The Rimbaud thing is a surprise.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-40793756511111497062018-08-18T16:40:17.149-05:002018-08-18T16:40:17.149-05:00I read a lot of Rimbaud recently, and was surprise...I read a lot of Rimbaud recently, and was surprised to learn that "The Drunken Boat" was apparently inspired by the illustrations in "20,000 Leagues." Huh!Doug Skinnerhttp://www.dougskinner.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-47600626685940499762018-08-18T11:46:52.969-05:002018-08-18T11:46:52.969-05:00I highly, highly rec 20,000 Leagues, which is a bi...I highly, highly rec 20,000 Leagues, which is a bit darker than typical Verne but almost without meaning to be, a lot deeper (heh). There's a lot of travelogue but the plot, once it finally hits, is genuinely emotional.mayareadsbookshttp://mayareadsbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-66216097490212542422018-08-18T10:58:37.645-05:002018-08-18T10:58:37.645-05:00Belatedly but thanks to Doug's suggestion at l...Belatedly but thanks to Doug's suggestion at least a couple years back, I read <i>Le Château des Carpathes</i> this year (and in that same lovely paperback format). Verne certainly was a lot more fun to read in French, enough fun to make me want to read more - something I had little inclination to do after reading two more mediocre Verne novels in English.<br /><br />I wonder if Tarkovsky might have been inspired by the scene you describe of pouring molten metal in a Florida pit to conceive of the church bell creation scene in <i>Andrei Rublev</i>? Verne was supposedly immensely popular in Russia, and while Tarkovsky was no real fan of science fiction he certainly seems to have read a lot of it. seraillonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17654593356535433945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-33254446439646267932018-08-18T08:25:38.537-05:002018-08-18T08:25:38.537-05:00Verne was really a hack YA writer, but a fun and i...Verne was really a hack YA writer, but a fun and imaginative one. When I read Verne, I'm always surprised at how lively he is. Note to writers: keep it lively!Doug Skinnerhttp://www.dougskinner.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-25912333541406748332018-08-17T22:48:17.568-05:002018-08-17T22:48:17.568-05:00I have never been on the Eiffel Tower itself. I h...I have never been on the Eiffel Tower itself. I have been kind of near it. Lyon has, as one of its landmarks, a copy of the top third of the Eiffel Tower (no restaurant), which I looked at every day, from a distance.<br /><br />I loved the Méliès parts of <i>Hugo</i>. I had the feeling that <i>that</i> was the movie Scorsese really wanted to make. Enrapturing.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-57695367135568304042018-08-17T20:37:21.518-05:002018-08-17T20:37:21.518-05:00The animation of the shot transport to the moon wa...The animation of the shot transport to the moon was recreated in the movie adaptation <i>Hugo</i>, directed by Scorsese. Georges Méliès was played by Ben Kingsley. A great movie. <br /><br />imagery of the transport to the moon<br />Risehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17446964640160585194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-47775034864640642222018-08-17T20:09:16.938-05:002018-08-17T20:09:16.938-05:00You have made me want to reopen the two Jules Vern...You have made me want to reopen the two Jules Verne novels I own with this post; did you have a chance to dine in the restaurant on top of the Eiffel Tower named for him? I loved my meal there" except for the American man in a Budweiser ball cap.Bellezza https://www.blogger.com/profile/18073864187188953633noreply@blogger.com