Re: Salinger turns to the Dark Side
Aaron (aaron.brager@writeme.com)
Thu, 24 Jun 1999 20:55:31 -0400
Amen.
No offense; but I wouldn't expect to hear that from a microsoft guy =]>
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Aaron
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From: Sean Draine (Exchange) <seandr@Exchange.Microsoft.com>
To: <bananafish@lists.nyu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 9:04 PM
Subject: RE: Salinger turns to the Dark Side
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> Camille:
> "I was thinking the other day about the idea of geniuses working in
vacuums,
> and thinking what a terribly dangerous way it is to work..."
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> I quite agree, Camille!
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> Theoretical physicists may thrive in a vacuum, but fiction writers do not.
> If you're going to write about people for people, it really helps to have
a
> few of them around. If a writer has spent a decade holed up alone in a
> cabin, it should come as no surprise that he publishes a socially impaired
> book about a writer who has spent a decade holed up alone in a cabin, and
> calls it "Seymour: an Introduction".
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> The Phantom Menace is another superb example. Before seeing it (sorry,
it's
> a job requirement where I work), I saw a 20/20 special on the making of
the
> movie that indicated that Lucas exercised absolute "artistic" control over
> the film. The result was the worst movie ever made. The characters, the
> dialog, the story couldn't have been any less engaging. Without the
special
> effects, the film would have been more boring than a 16 hour documentary
of
> someone reading Catcher. I'm with Anthony Lane - this movie is crap.
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> -Sean
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