tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598855261912396057.post1565849695428964988..comments2023-10-25T11:03:30.625-04:00Comments on wrd.wthiin.woord: waxing laxlytroylloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14706450196335510065noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598855261912396057.post-8030467999265502032009-04-29T11:04:00.000-04:002009-04-29T11:04:00.000-04:00cheers Stephen,
yep, i still need to look into Mer...cheers Stephen,<br />yep, i still need to look into Merton, especially his letter-writing w/ Lax, i think there is a book of their letters -- ah, here it is:<br /><A HREF="http://books.google.com/books?id=DGO8mse-lOIC&dq=%22When+prophecy+still+had+a+voice+%22&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=6HDCeoJyFV&sig=ZlWJbf7QC7kEisO_rrpyhI0_ac8&hl=en&ei=8Gr4Sa2JHcOLtgezovjBDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2" REL="nofollow">When Prophecy Still Had A Voice</A> <br /><br />A Thing That Is is also a great collection of Lax's work.<br /><br />for some reason, the New Directions book , "33 poems" is very expensive...troylloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14706450196335510065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598855261912396057.post-9762696265599099652009-04-28T08:38:00.000-04:002009-04-28T08:38:00.000-04:00Hey, I ordered a copy of his New Poems and discove...Hey, I ordered a copy of his New Poems and discovered he was close to Thomas Merton, everyone's favourite Christian mystic. Very much interested in this correspondence and all things Laxness.<br /><br />Cheers mate!Stephen Nelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16321373971010017819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598855261912396057.post-52540179187518580932009-04-26T23:43:00.000-04:002009-04-26T23:43:00.000-04:00::::::::::::
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Robert Lax ...::::::::::::<br />::::::::::::<br />::::::::::::<br /><A HREF="http://web.sbu.edu/friedsam/laxweb/default.htm" REL="nofollow">Robert Lax Archives</A> <br />::::::::::::<br />::::::::::::<br />::::::::::::<br />::::::::::::<br />::::::::::::<br /><br />three windows (1999) by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel<br /><br />Bavarian Radio in Munich produced in the 1990s at the suggestion by Hartmut Geerken and sigrid Hauff many broadcasts from and about lax: radio plays, readings, interviews, portraits<br /><br /><br />Why Should I Buy a Bed When All I Want Is Sleep (55 min. b&w. 1999)<br />A chamber film with Robert Lax by Nicolas Humbert & Werner Penzel (CineNomad)<br />Contents: “a single room …” [description of house on Patmos]<br /> On writing poems (“…put yourself in the place where grace can flow to you”)<br /> “our dreams …” (Lax reads to camera, ends with shot of the moon)<br /> [7:26-10:35]<br /> Lax goes to town<br /> “One Island” [13:14-24]<br /> tracking shot of feet walking away along rocky path<br /> man with donkey stopping at well<br /> old bearded man working on stone wall<br /> dark countryside with white smoke in foreground<br /> opened book on Lax’s lap<br /> Lax in profile on train<br /> peasant talking with his hands<br /> door of Lax house on Patmos<br /> Lax’s face reflected in window of train<br /> Lax’s hands drawing (shot from over his shoulder)<br /> man riding donkey (in longshot) showing stone walls<br /> old couple sitting in their house<br /> [segment ends with the couple talking in Greek]<br /> Lax sitting on floor of his house, talking about the importance of the present <br /> moment, dream & reality … cut to black … hear his voice saying “I have <br /> spoken” … cut back to Lax laughing in the same room [26- ]<br /> Lax talking about art (Schopenhauer: “all art aspires to the state of music”) … <br /> here & gone … permanence of some art forms is not something necessarily <br /> in their favor [29:20- <br /> Scene on boat. Importance of the moment. drawing all things into a single line<br /> Scene on train: camera behind Lax walking in the direction the train is going … <br /> we see the outside rushing by through windows on both sides.<br /> Back at home. [30:30- ]<br /> Home on Patmos [33:28-38:06]<br /> “…sounds come and go, but the silence remains”<br /> Scenes: wading into the water / typewriter / reading poem / talking on <br /> telephone / shopping.<br /> Five Years Later [46:36- ]troylloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14706450196335510065noreply@blogger.com