Subject: Re: A Franny and Zooey Film?
From: Jim Rovira (jrovira@drew.edu)
Date: Tue Jan 15 2002 - 10:11:14 GMT
Thanks very much for the time you put into this, LR. I forwarded your post
to Ted.
now I just need to find the film :)
Jim
"LR Pearson, Arts 99" wrote:
>
> Jim,
>
> I seem to vaguely remeber this question being asked (and answered)
> before. I think the film in question was Middle Eastern, and 'Pari'
> actually literally translates as 'Fairy'. I can't really remember much
> more, though...
>
> ...I just checked the archives and found this post:
>
> Hey
>
> I was checking out the internet movie database
> (www.imdb.com) I tried searching for salinger and I found 2!! movies.
> One is the old uncle wiggly movie but the other one was from Iran!!
>
> it's called Pari and in the credit list it says:
>
> Writing credits:
> Dariush Mehrjui
> J.D. Salinger (novel Franny and Zooey)
>
> This dariush guy is also the director.
> There isn't any real information about the film though. Is it exactly
> after the novel or does it just borrow some bits from it?
> Did salinger allow this?
> If you don't believe me go check it out yourself.
> Go to www.imdb.com and search for the name salinger.
>
> Really strange...
>
> -Grant-
>
> This post was from April 1999. It wasn't linked by thread so I'm not
> sure if there was any more discussion of this (although then where did
> I get the Franny - Fairy connection? I worry about myself sometimes, I
> really do). Maybe Grant is still subscribing and he can tell us more.
>
> Love, Lucy-Ruth
>
> PS Happy New Year, everyone. I have just returned from my Christmas
> vac. and gratefully sink from the excessive luxury of Christmas into
> the scholarly calm of the Bananafish pool ;-)
> ___________________________________________________
>
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2002 09:38:15 -0500 Jim Rovira <jrovira@drew.edu> wrote:
>
> > Former listmember Ted Vandervelt (he's recently unsubscribed because his
> > wife was getting jealous of his computer :) ) privately sent me a question
> > about a foreign film based upon Franny and Zooey. Does anyone know
> > anything about this?
> >
> > That'd be cool if it were true :)
> >
> > <<hey Jim:
> >
> > I was killing some time online and I saw something about a foreign film
> > titled "Pari". Seems its a film adaptation of FRANNY AND ZOOEY. is this
> > true?>>
> >
> > Jim
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