Comments on: The film issue http://www.elifbatuman.net/2010/04/14/the-film-issue/ "Writing a book is a very lonely business. You are totally cut off from the rest of the world, submerged in your obsessions and memories." Mario Vargas Llosa Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:05:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: rootlesscosmo http://www.elifbatuman.net/2010/04/14/the-film-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-1533 rootlesscosmo Thu, 15 Apr 2010 04:04:49 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=927#comment-1533 Both Huxley and Sartre did make films, sort of. Huxley's short story "The Gioconda Smile" was made into "A Woman's Vengeance," with Charles Boyer and Ann Blyth among others, directed by, wait for it, Zoltan Korda. And Sartre wrote the screenplay for a version of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible," retitled "Les Sorcières de Salem," with Yves Montand and Simone Signoret. I saw it on the UC Berkeley campus, in Wheeler Aud (pre-Pacific Fim Archive), about 1960; it was really, really bad. Both Huxley and Sartre did make films, sort of. Huxley’s short story “The Gioconda Smile” was made into “A Woman’s Vengeance,” with Charles Boyer and Ann Blyth among others, directed by, wait for it, Zoltan Korda. And Sartre wrote the screenplay for a version of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” retitled “Les Sorcières de Salem,” with Yves Montand and Simone Signoret. I saw it on the UC Berkeley campus, in Wheeler Aud (pre-Pacific Fim Archive), about 1960; it was really, really bad.

]]> By: Evan http://www.elifbatuman.net/2010/04/14/the-film-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-1532 Evan Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:53:23 +0000 http://www.elifbatuman.net/?p=927#comment-1532 Whoa. The implications of this are astonishing to me. (I've had a third can of Diet Pepsi—I feel nearly faint, in fact.) As n+1's senior writer, at least since issue 6, do you feel that you are bolding crossing into the enemy's camp with a tray of figs on a diplomatic peace mission? Will Keith and Marco begin co-writing a monthly "books read" column for The Believer now that you've put your toes in the water? Is this the first step in an n+1/Believer reconciliation? —Though to note, Damion Searls has also contributed to both mags. And both mags champion/blurb for Sam Lipsyte. Now that my brain has warmed up, I guess there may be more crossover than has been admitted in the past. Still. Tremulous. I traveled seventy miles on country backroads to pick up the newest New Yorker today. (Admittedly, I was loafing about on the Indiana/Ohio border, deciding whether or not I really should drive far and wide to pick up a New Yorker.) My left arm is sunburned. But the hourly application of aloe has been worth it. I took care of Diet Pepsi Dos while reading about the food in Istanbul. Treasures! Whoa. The implications of this are astonishing to me. (I’ve had a third can of Diet Pepsi—I feel nearly faint, in fact.) As n+1’s senior writer, at least since issue 6, do you feel that you are bolding crossing into the enemy’s camp with a tray of figs on a diplomatic peace mission? Will Keith and Marco begin co-writing a monthly “books read” column for The Believer now that you’ve put your toes in the water? Is this the first step in an n+1/Believer reconciliation? —Though to note, Damion Searls has also contributed to both mags. And both mags champion/blurb for Sam Lipsyte. Now that my brain has warmed up, I guess there may be more crossover than has been admitted in the past. Still. Tremulous.

I traveled seventy miles on country backroads to pick up the newest New Yorker today. (Admittedly, I was loafing about on the Indiana/Ohio border, deciding whether or not I really should drive far and wide to pick up a New Yorker.) My left arm is sunburned. But the hourly application of aloe has been worth it. I took care of Diet Pepsi Dos while reading about the food in Istanbul.

Treasures!

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