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Ten great films you may not have seen: no’s 1-5 « culturecrammer — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:55:22 +0000

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Comment on The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell (Faber & Faber, 1957-60) by culturecrammer

culturecrammer — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:44:08 +0000

Bolokovsky says:
I have read the following John Fowles books:- The Magus, The Collector, The French Lieutenant’s Woman and the Aristos a collection of pensees, which Fowles compares to Heraclitus, but to my mind is much more like a modern day slightly pretentious, and dotty Pascal.
All of these I have read over thirty years ago. It is a funny coincidence as I recently bought ‘The Magus’, as it is a book that I thought absolutely wonderful all those years ago, and wanted to reread it, to see if it was as iconic as I’d remembered.
Both writers could be loosely categorised as belonging to the school of European authors writing in English. In Fowles’ case, very much influenced by the French Existentialists of the fifties. Both their interests and subjects overlap and I would bet that Fowles was a Durell fan. The important point to note is the high seriousness of their intent; they saw themselves as writing in a European tradition, where philosophical, psychological and moral investigations were the business of the serious writer, vide Sartre, Camus, Thomas Mann and Proust etc.
I cannot comment on Fowles’ prose style (due to the lapse in time) and which in the case of Durrell is stunning and floridly poetic.
In short, yes, you will enjoy this book, or I’ll eat my shorts.
Robin

Comment on REVIEW: Lo Fidelity Allstars – ‘Northern Stomp’ (Corsair) Released 27/7/09 by Chiquita Bordoy

Chiquita Bordoy — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:44:47 +0000

Thanks to your post I dont seem like an idiot. I had a disagreement with someone and this shows I was right. Thanks!

Comment on The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell (Faber & Faber, 1957-60) by villabourani

villabourani — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 09:54:52 +0000

Hmm, Only heard of this set of novels for the first time today. I am a big fan of John Fowles, will I enjoy this book?

Comment on The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (Fourth Estate, 2001) by Elizabeth Wells

Elizabeth Wells — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:38:56 +0000

Fantastic review, spot-on. Of course one of Franzen’s idols must also be Thomas Pynchon, whom he references through his playful appellations (‘Corecktall’ and the wonderfully-named Eden Procuro… remember Crying of Lot 49s memorable ‘Emory Bortz’, Randolph Driblette and Manny di Presso??), a strain of absurdist nomenclature that I suppose can be traced back to Smollett Fielding and Dickens. Agree too with the dropping away of focus in the middle…

Comment on Possession (Andrzej Zulawski, 1981) by Sheikh Ahmed

Sheikh Ahmed — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:14:15 +0000

Watched this last nite after Elizabeth almost choked on her sushi praising it. I cannot distill my feelings into words (although you’ve done a pretty good job). But this film inhabits an entirely separate genre of its own, its in a field of one. And yes, Sam Neill is and always has been shite.

After the film, I needed a stiff whisky and a shower. Needless to say, I didn’t sleep well….

Comment on Futurism @ Tate Modern, London by Doc G

Doc G — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:31:59 +0000

Enjoyed this. Agreed with the political observations, though anarchism gets off a tad lightly. Keep ‘em coming.

Comment on The impossibility of an island: reflections on Lionel Richie’s ‘All Night Long’ by mr daniel

mr daniel — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:06:29 +0000

I have recently downloaded this beatuty after beign transfixed by its sheer triple serving of fun. It is soon to feature in one of those dj sets that I am to compile and perform at a bar within the manchester spatial area. Big Thumbs up to this one.

Comment on Iggy and the corporate stooges by renukarajadurai

renukarajadurai — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:56:18 +0000

NICE. funnily enough it all worked in reverse for pepsi after mj died.