DFW washed up on shore along with Gibreel / movie question

[David Kipen]

Speaking of Rushdie and movies, has anybody noticed that the ending of
Satanic Verses is a straight swipe from the end of The Manchurian Candidate?

All finest,
David


On 9/8/06, mikebailey at speakeasy.net <mikebailey at speakeasy.net> wrote:
>
> 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
>
> ---------
>
> 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 out of date already, imho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
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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