In producer David O. Selznick’s Western romance Duel in the Sun—dubbed Lust in the Dust at the time of its 1946 release due to its overwrought sentimentality—“half-breed” Pearl (Jennifer Jones) is orphaned when her father kills her mother in a jealous rage and is sentenced to death. She’s sent to live with her father’s second [...]
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Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Wednesday Writing Exercise: Film and Approaches to Writing, Part IV—“Duel in the Sun”
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Wednesday Writing Exercise: Film and Approaches to Writing, Part III—“Providence”
After watching Persona and Sunset Boulevard—required viewing for any film-studies undergrad—my grad-school class on “Film and Approaches to Writing the Novel” with John Rechy was assigned to see Providence, avant-garde director Alain Resnais’ first English-language film. In the movie, a cancer-stricken writer (John Gielgud) stays up all night chugging white wine while struggling with the [...]
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Wednesday Writing Exercise: Film and Approaches to Writing, Part I—“Persona”
One of the courses offered by my master’s program—indeed, one of the reasons I applied to the program in the first place—was “Film and Approaches to Writing the Novel,” taught by John Rechy (City of Night, About my Life and the Kept Woman). In it, we watched seven movies and then were assigned exercises based [...]
