Re: Notes from the river bottom

I think Joyce would have been a good bit of fun to go out drinking with,
but God help you if you were in business with him. Otherwise, yeah, I
can see that.

I'll second your recommendation for Mrs. Parker. Very good film.

Jim

Omlor@aol.com wrote:

> Hi Jim,
>
> Yup. I was just pointing out that, like all the others on that list
> (many of whom did happen to be anti-Semites, of course), I include
> Joyce among those artists and writers of the time whose work I love
> but whom I wouldn't have wanted to have as a close friend. Just ask
> Sylvia Beach. Indeed, he apparently treated his friends worse than
> most people treat their enemies.
>
> Hi Tina,
>
> Yes, I suppose it doesn't quite sound the same when you say "hang
> with...." :)
>
> But, since you mention those who lunched at a table that was never
> actually round, and since I mentioned Alan Rudolph's delightful flick
> *The Moderns*, I suppose at this point I should also plug Rudolph's
> other film about the period, *Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle*.
> Jennifer Jason Leigh, I feel, does one absolutely stunning job in
> that movie. It's definitely worth the time.
>
> All the best,
>
> --John (who had a lovely second place finish this weekend in a
> tournament that paid very well and is buying drinks all around this week).

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