hi paul,

i saw, this evening, a movie about sylvia plath.
(jeff wenz alerted me to it.)
the movie's title is "sylvia".
it was made less effective because her daughter
would not allow the use of her (sylvia's) poetry,
and i think it did not capture the strength of
plath's fury near the end of her life, but even so
i think it is a film worth seeing if you have any
interest in plath's poetry.

tomorrow i leave for the wilds of wyoming-
a week or two of landman work in cheyenne,
rawlins and green river.

later,

-john

i apologize-
imeant to email this.

sorry.

-p.f.

Dans un moment de folie, "pork fiend" > écrivit:

> it was made less effective because her daughter
> would not allow the use of her (sylvia's) poetry,

As I understand it, the person blocking publications/use is her
husband, Ted Hughes, the Queen's personal poet, or some such thing, who
has complete ownership of her work and has apparently burned parts.

--

My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important
reason. It begins here because for a century-and-a-half
now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and
enduring alliances of modern times. From that alliance
has come an era of peace in the Pacific.

George Bush, 18 Feb 2002, Tokyo

"Michel Boucher" > wrote in message
...
> Dans un moment de folie, "pork fiend" > écrivit:
>
> > it was made less effective because her daughter
> > would not allow the use of her (sylvia's) poetry,
>
> As I understand it, the person blocking publications/use is her
> husband, Ted Hughes, the Queen's personal poet, or some such thing, who
> has complete ownership of her work and has apparently burned parts.

He's been dead 5 years tomorrow so I don't think he has had much to say
about this project.

It's her daugher Frieda who has been totally against this movie. She
published a poem of protest in "The Tattler" earlier this year. Some of the
lines:

"Now they want to make a film
For anyone lacking the ability
To imagine the body, head in oven
Orphaning children
The peanut eaters, entertained
At my mother's death will go home
Each carrying their memory of her
Lifeless -- a souvenir
Maybe they'll buy the video"

G.

Dans un moment de folie, "Gabby" > écrivit:

> He's been dead 5 years tomorrow so I don't think he has had much
> to say about this project.

Ah. Well, can't keep up on everything. I guess it didn't make the
Worker's Daily, eh? ;-)

> It's her daugher Frieda who has been totally against this movie.
> She published a poem of protest in "The Tattler" earlier this
> year. Some of the lines:
>
> "Now they want to make a film
> For anyone lacking the ability
> To imagine the body, head in oven
> Orphaning children
> The peanut eaters, entertained
> At my mother's death will go home
> Each carrying their memory of her
> Lifeless -- a souvenir
> Maybe they'll buy the video"

Actually, I agree with her. It's rubbernecking and gawking given the
circumstances of her demise.

--

My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important
reason. It begins here because for a century-and-a-half
now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and
enduring alliances of modern times. From that alliance
has come an era of peace in the Pacific.

George Bush, 18 Feb 2002, Tokyo