Legacy of 24fps

[Paul Mackin]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bekah" <Bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Paul Mackin" <mackin.paul at gmail.com>
Cc: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: Legacy of 24fps


> On Apr 10, 2009, at 1:06 PM, Paul Mackin wrote:
> 
>> Here's a question however.
>>
>> If you could watch the Peoples Republic of Rock'n'Roll vs. the  
>> State as produced by 24fps, would it be "truer," "less true," or  
>> "equally true" as compared with the same confrontation as written  
>> by Thomas Pynchon,?
> 
> In and of itself,  I  think it would be less "true"  (depending on  
> your definition of that, of course)   because it would be from only  
> one perspective.  Pynchon tries to get behind the action and view it  
> from a third person omniscient (or at least semi-omniscient) pov.  So  
> he's bringing the info of who's holding the camera, who's just  
> getting there,  who's thinking about what.   -
> 
> Of course this is not to say that the first person camera view is not  
> "more true."  It's just to say I think you have a better perspective  
> on the whole in Pynchon than with a camera lens.   -  And then,   
> too,  in hands less capable than those of OBA the wider perspective  
> could distort everything.
> 
> oh well -  I tried.... (g)
> 
> Bekah

You did good.

P.