Comments on: Fabulous Follies http://rasmusrasmussen.com/2006/07/04/fabulous-follies/ Confessions of a Photographer... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:16:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Pamela http://rasmusrasmussen.com/2006/07/04/fabulous-follies/#comment-103 Pamela Mon, 07 Aug 2006 05:48:34 +0000 http://rasmusrasmussen.com/2006/07/04/fabulous-follies/#comment-103 Thank you for this nod to Auster! I definitely have known his work for sometime, but I do believe you are correct in saying that not many Americans know it, or know it very well. I just read Three Films: Smoke, Blue in the Face, and Lulu on the Bridge. It is full of interesting stuff on how each of the films were written, directed, and produced. The full screenplays of each are in this one book, too! (Well, the suggestions, i.e. his "type" of screenplay.) So, what do you think about his wife, Siri Hustvedt's writing? I believe it's popular to not like her writing, maybe because Auster is the only one allowed to be a writing genius in the family? I don't know! I enjoy her stuff, though. I read The Blindfold in 1992. I re-read it a couple of years back and still appreciated it. I read The Enchantment of Lily Dahl after that, then What I loved, and now, A Plea for Eros: Essays. If you do read her work (or if you already have) let us know what your opinion is, alright? I will be interested to know. I haven't met too many people that say Smoke is one of their favorite movies of all time (besides myself, that is). Take care. Pamela Thank you for this nod to Auster! I definitely have known his work for sometime, but I do believe you are correct in saying that not many Americans know it, or know it very well. I just read Three Films: Smoke, Blue in the Face, and Lulu on the Bridge. It is full of interesting stuff on how each of the films were written, directed, and produced. The full screenplays of each are in this one book, too! (Well, the suggestions, i.e. his “type” of screenplay.)

So, what do you think about his wife, Siri Hustvedt’s writing? I believe it’s popular to not like her writing, maybe because Auster is the only one allowed to be a writing genius in the family? I don’t know! I enjoy her stuff, though. I read The Blindfold in 1992. I re-read it a couple of years back and still appreciated it. I read The Enchantment of Lily Dahl after that, then What I loved, and now, A Plea for Eros: Essays. If you do read her work (or if you already have) let us know what your opinion is, alright? I will be interested to know. I haven’t met too many people that say Smoke is one of their favorite movies of all time (besides myself, that is).

Take care.
Pamela

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