tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post5570964767498380085..comments2024-02-06T12:32:08.221-07:00Comments on Servitor Ludi: R is for RimbaudCygnushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-2941337454698995512013-04-21T17:29:33.177-06:002013-04-21T17:29:33.177-06:00My memory from the first time I saw the movie is t...My memory from the first time I saw the movie is that the snippets of Eddie's rendition of "Une Saison en Enfer" were SO dark, mysterious, and unapproachable. After seeing the movie again a few years ago, I had to chuckle at that.<br /><br />The junkyard wonderland was pretty cool, though. It was based on a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Depression" rel="nofollow">real place,</a> but it's unclear whether it was really filmed there or not.Cygnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-5214028906661388952013-04-21T17:23:56.236-06:002013-04-21T17:23:56.236-06:00Thanks. Yeah, Rimbaud was all over the place, the...Thanks. Yeah, Rimbaud was all over the place, thematically. Kind of his appeal to me is that different poems, and different translations, present <i>such</i> a wide spectrum of different impressions.Cygnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-79144798799604438022013-04-21T17:22:21.985-06:002013-04-21T17:22:21.985-06:00It's funny how poets and authors "peak&qu...It's funny how poets and authors "peak" in popularity at different times... sometimes unconnected to their own lifetimes. I can see various points in the 20th century being more receptive to his <i>influence dangereuses</i> than others... :-)Cygnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-2723383582897435462013-04-21T15:54:45.068-06:002013-04-21T15:54:45.068-06:00I forgot to mention my 'Eddie and the Cruisers...I forgot to mention my 'Eddie and the Cruisers' memory. Got sidetracked by the translation of 'Voyelles.'<br /><br />I was in 8th or 9th grade and was spending the night for the first time at the house of a friend down the street. She had a waterbed and about twenty animals in her house. After we watched the movie on the waterbed with a rotation of pets leaping on and off it, I thought to myself, 'I cannot sleep here.' I faked sickness and regret and walked home.<br /><br />Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-88174845318103085102013-04-21T14:53:12.641-06:002013-04-21T14:53:12.641-06:00When I was at the Sorbonne in the 1980s it was de ...When I was at the Sorbonne in the 1980s it was de rigueur to carry around your copy of the poetry of Rimbaud. I think people liked the illusions about his life better than the poetry.<br /><br />I must admit to a fondness for Eddie & the Cruisers, although I acknowledge its essential cheesiness.<br /><br />Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506141014376919585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-67838624632058733422013-04-20T20:46:42.330-06:002013-04-20T20:46:42.330-06:00Squeamish. Had to stop at:
swarthy coat of gliste...Squeamish. Had to stop at:<br /><br />swarthy coat of glistening flies that whine<br />Round disenchanting stenches there below<br /><br />But I do agree with Geo. that this is, as per usual, an excellent post.Suzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07908805179119217608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-26047507973338699972013-04-20T20:29:36.703-06:002013-04-20T20:29:36.703-06:00Excellent post on Rimbaud --phenomenal writer on a...Excellent post on Rimbaud --phenomenal writer on a very tight schedule. His work was widely read during my teens and 20s. His influence was both constructive and cautionary.Geo.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16221314320558128986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-31227134565060069272013-04-20T12:10:38.929-06:002013-04-20T12:10:38.929-06:00Yeah, this won't be my last reasonably-well-kn...Yeah, this won't be my last reasonably-well-known poet, either. :-)Cygnushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10394890573443379954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-63753090450546412.post-78701667322842207332013-04-20T11:34:33.616-06:002013-04-20T11:34:33.616-06:00I'm pretty sure I've read him before.I'm pretty sure I've read him before. Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.com