I've been keeping this post open in a tab for aaaages, intending to say something, and then I don't know it's like January fell on me like a rock and here we are, almost February. Hmm.
Anyway, first I wanted to say I really enjoyed your mentions of the talk--I love Cronenberg and Mortensen both, and am amiably jealous of you getting to see them. Plus, I wondered if you had read this piece by Cronenberg that I saw going around lately--it was published in the Paris Review, but was originally written as an introduction to a new translation of Kafka's The Metamorphosis:
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Date: 2014-01-30 03:16 pm (UTC)Anyway, first I wanted to say I really enjoyed your mentions of the talk--I love Cronenberg and Mortensen both, and am amiably jealous of you getting to see them. Plus, I wondered if you had read this piece by Cronenberg that I saw going around lately--it was published in the Paris Review, but was originally written as an introduction to a new translation of Kafka's The Metamorphosis:
http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/01/17/the-beetle-and-the-fly/
I found it smart and thoughtful and very Cronenbergy in its themes and concerns.