Re: salinger and kieslowski

TheSecretGoldfish (lime6@rocketmail.com)
Mon, 27 Apr 1998 19:02:07 -0700 (PDT) 

---Malcolm Lawrence <malcolm@wolfenet.com> wrote:
>
> TheSecretGoldfish wrote:
> 
> > just wondering:
> >
> > how many bee-fisher's are familiar with
kieslowski's
> > work. alot of it reminds me of salinger. not in
> > subject matter or content really. but in essence.
and
> > world beautifying effect. and the way i don't feel
> > cheated having to read them both. and in their
value.
> 
> I've seen Blue and White, not Red yet though.
Haven't read any of them,
> wasn't even aware they were books. Are they actual
novels or just
> novelizations of the films? I loved Blue and
thought White was amazing.
> And I keep hearing that Red is the best of them
all. I'm trying to see
> where you're coming from and I think I'm missing
it. Any elaboration, or
> just a stray thought you had? Of course it's been a
few years since I
> saw any of his films, so I guess it's time to see
them again. Pity he
> died so young.
> 
> Malcs
> 
> 

i laughed softly to myself every time i wrote that.
they're foriegn films. in subtitles. so i have to
read them. Ha! i kept thinking of someone going
through their library card catalogue looking for
kieslowski...
i could elaborate, but. i could write a
hundred-thousand-million essays on his films but
after a point they start to take away from the films
themselves. it kind of wrecks it for you. there's so
many little things. that's what makes him so good.
like salinger. little things little things little
things. (holden v. caulfield) thats for vitamin in
case you don't remember. it would be better just to
see the films for yourself and make your own
connections or not. than to have some kid (me) who
reads kieslowski and salinger all the time tell you
what the connections are. the only connections i feel
morally comfortable with stating are the literal
ones. like kieslowski's untimely death. it's
horrible. when salinger went into hiding. it was like
he had died. and so the only thing we can do is say,
try and find some of the older works.
visiting a library that has "the inverted forest"
(which i haven't done, i've only read what's come out
in book form) in a magazine or a videostore that has
"the double life of veronique" (this i've done). etc.
today i got a cataloge from facet's video in chicago.
they have Blind Chance, Camera Buff, etc. and
something i've never heard of II Decalago, (i have
two episodes of the decalogue) which they have listed
as unavailable. too bad there's not a Jerome's
bookstore in new hampshire that sent out catalogues
huh?

intended viewing order for three colours:
blue, white, red
suggested and personal choice:
red, blue, white

if you want to know where you can buy some kieslowski
films that aren't available comercially in the us
(namely _short film about killing, short film about
love, the decalog, and some shorts_) i'd be more than
happy to point you in the right direction.

that's me, holden vitamin caulfield.
paul.
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