Monday, February 21, 2011
From hard-boiled fiction, this...
"In Love With Raymond Chandler" by Margaret Atwood (poetry reading)
I claim Philip Marlowe as a fictional crush and his Hollywood world of the thirties and forties as part of my imaginary biography. Margaret Atwood's poem builds a wing, or two, onto what I thought I saw in Raymond Chandler. I'm just going to sit over here and be delirious.
I claim Philip Marlowe as a fictional crush and his Hollywood world of the thirties and forties as part of my imaginary biography. Margaret Atwood's poem builds a wing, or two, onto what I thought I saw in Raymond Chandler. I'm just going to sit over here and be delirious.
20 comments:
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Claire Beynon said...
- Sitting and delirious with you, Marylinn. xo
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February 21, 2011 at 2:00 PM
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Marylinn Kelly said...
- Claire - I'm glad for the company, thank you. xo
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February 21, 2011 at 2:19 PM
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Laoch of Chicago said...
- I liked Raymond Chandler but always thought that Dashiell Hammett was a better writer.
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February 21, 2011 at 3:06 PM
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Antares Cryptos said...
- Thank you for sharing this. :)
I need to go and hug some furniture. -
February 21, 2011 at 4:13 PM
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Vespersparrow said...
- Marylinn, where do you find these delightful things? A wonderful piece of Atwood. Sigh. Quite wonderful. xo
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February 21, 2011 at 5:40 PM
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Marylinn Kelly said...
- Laoch - Now I have to revisit them both to see what I've overlooked.
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February 21, 2011 at 8:35 PM
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Marylinn Kelly said...
- Antares Cryptos - You are welcome. Truly, what is more gladdening than being shown what ELSE is to be found in favorite works?
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February 21, 2011 at 8:37 PM
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Marylinn Kelly said...
- Melissa - It was pure chance, a sign for me that this was a day of good aspect. It has me sighing as well.
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February 21, 2011 at 8:39 PM
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Kass said...
- I love this on so many levels. From the opening Edward Hopper, through the enthusiastic enchantment with furniture to the seductive Vettriano pose, this Tom Bodlam does a great job.
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February 22, 2011 at 8:15 AM
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Kass said...
- I meant Tom O'Bedlam of the Spoken Verse channel on YouTube. Quite interesting, in the light of what Melissa has been posting.
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February 22, 2011 at 8:41 AM
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Robert the Skeptic said...
- Wow, that was... erotic.
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February 22, 2011 at 10:16 AM
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Marylinn Kelly said...
- Kass - Thank you for letting me know more about this...I knew the Hopper but not the ending art, nor who was doing the reading. I found the piece by chance among other things. Now I will look further into the Spoken Verse channel. Tom O'Bedlam,hmm... yes, in light of Melissa's work.
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February 22, 2011 at 12:57 PM
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Marylinn Kelly said...
- Robert - Will furniture ever seem the same again?
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February 22, 2011 at 12:57 PM
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Donna B said...
- Holy Smokin' innuendos!!! Consider me delirious with you and Claire...
As to Laoch's comment about Dashel Hammett, wasn't he living with Lillian Hellman? I remember their story in the movie, Julia.
I really enjoyed this. It was delicious. I am going to listen to it again, only this time, with my eyes closed! -
February 24, 2011 at 12:35 PM
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Marylinn Kelly said...
- Donna - I'm so glad you enjoyed it. One of the many things I wish I'd written...aren't we glad someone did so we can be delirious over it. (fans self)
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February 25, 2011 at 3:15 PM
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Radish King said...
- Marylinn, this is absolutely wonderful. I'm sorry this is the first
chance I've had to listen to it (busy week.) Erotic and funny and rich
with description. I longed for more images and less text since my brain
was reading the text ahead of the voice but nonetheless what a terrific
piece.
I agree with you about Hollywood of the 30s and 40s a time that needs more scrutiny more (research?) that needs more light shed on it. Such a fierce and weird almost baroque era.
x
ps. Have you read the book Blonde by Joyce Carol Oates? I bet you'd love it. It's by Joyce Carol Oates. I guess you could call it an historical novel about Marilyn Monroe but it is such a great period piece about Hollywood and the big studios. -
February 26, 2011 at 6:27 AM
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Jayne said...
- Can't blame you one bit!
Marylinn, you have great thing going on over here. Glad I stumbled in. ;) -
February 26, 2011 at 6:51 AM
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Radish King said...
- ps. Sorry for repeating myself repeating myself in my post. Too early for thinking much less typing!
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February 26, 2011 at 8:11 AM
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Marylinn Kelly said...
- Rebecca - Happy that you got to hear/see it...all the unknowns, just
waiting to delight us...I had no idea. I have not read BLONDE and will
look into that, too.
In the 50s an earlier Hollywood still existed and we seemed to drive over there a lot. Reading Chandler and immersion in my aunt's old Photoplay magazines hooked me for life. xo -
February 26, 2011 at 11:56 AM
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Marylinn Kelly said...
- Jayne - Hello, welcome. I'm so glad you stumbled in. You picked a choice day. The only credit I can take is happening upon the clip.
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February 26, 2011 at 11:58 AM
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