DFW washed up on shore along with Gibreel / movie question

[mikebailey at speakeasy.net]

sorry, just finally read Satanic Verses and the Oneirine's kicking in;

DFW had to change the name of Infinite Jest to Beantown Freedom...

it was that or go into hiding above the deli with DL

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ok, there was this movie I saw in the theater a long time ago, and there was a dark haired woman on some kind of a quest and she checks into a ski resort and goes skiing with a one-legged man; later they have somewhat of an affair and he says "Even bad sex is still pretty good" with a French accent...

for nostalgic reasons I'm trying to remember the name of the movie or anything else about it; is there a chance anyone on the p-list knows?  Is there a better place to check (already tried all the obvious searches on IMDB)



> -----Original Message-----
> From: jd [mailto:wescac at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, September 7, 2006 04:32 PM
> To: 'rich'
> Cc: 'Otto', pynchon-l at waste.org
> Subject: Re: DFW washed up?
> 
> http://www.theonion.com/content/node/27769
> 
> I was unimpressed with IJ if only because of how self-impressed it
> was.  I agree with Rich - though there are parts that are quite good,
> I don't think it will stand the test of time.  Ultimately, it's
> gimmicky.
> 
> On 9/7/06, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > though I liked IJ when I read it, the book seems rather quaint nowadays and
> > out of date already, imho
> >
> > his attempts at tackling the 9/11 story in Oblivion I thought embarrassing
> >
> >
> > rich
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/7/06, Otto <ottosell at googlemail.com> wrote:
> > > "At first, I called it Infinite Pest, but once I fell into its groove
> > > about 75 pages in, I was tickled by its plot shuffling, its endlessly
> > > inventive endnotes, its penchant for detail, and its gleeful sense of
> > > the absurd."
> > >
> > > Ok, one fine day DFW gets another chance.
> > >
> > > 2006/9/6, Ya Sam <takoitov at hotmail.com >:
> > > > Link provided by the blog 'Conversational Reading'
> > > >
> > > > http://www.edrants.com/?p=4150
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
>