Childhood of a Leader

[Jesse Gooch]

The long shots of people staring into (what I assume was) the abyss, reminded me of some similar moments in Barry Lyndon.  Eerie movie.  Kinda stuck with me for a few days the way There Will Be Blood did.

From: <owner-pynchon-l at waste.org> on behalf of rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, January 3, 2017 at 3:27 PM
To: Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com>
Cc: Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com>, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com>, Pynchon Mailing List <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Subject: Re: Childhood of a Leader

the kid is American in the movie and his name is Prescott (Bush?)with a British accent. funny about accents: wonder why they decided Irish actor Liam Cunningham would be American and American Robert Patterson would be British

On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Jochen Stremmel <jstremmel at gmail.com<mailto:jstremmel at gmail.com>> wrote:
The original title of the Sartre story is L'enfance d'un chef, more boss than leader. (Written 1938, when there was a Leader.)
Lucien drifts into fascism at the end, he looks into a window, sees his face, too pretty, and decides to grow a mustache.

2017-01-03 20:37 GMT+01:00 Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com<mailto:mark.kohut at gmail.com>>:
John Paul Sartre wrote a strong short story with that title, published in The Wall and Other Stories in the US at least but IMDB gives no indication it was a source. Guess the title is almost a generic ironic title all depending on the insights and execution. I haven't ever quite forgotten that story because young and eager.

On Tue, Jan 3, 2017 at 2:29 PM, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com<mailto:marrja at gmail.com>> wrote:
Scott Walker soundtrack, no less. Interesting questions about the fatherhood (both metaphorical and biological) of the nascent fascist.


On Tuesday, January 3, 2017, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com<mailto:richard.romeo at gmail.com>> wrote:
not sure if this film has been mentioned but worth a look--portrait of a fascist leader as a young boy. notable debut for director with impressive use of music
rich



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