I do it all because I'm evil

[sovay]

Hey, friendlist.

1. Pursuant to nineweaving's recent post on Evelyn Nesbit, I've noticed more than one review of Claude Chabrol's La fille coupée en deux (2007) mention that the film is an update-retelling of l'affaire Stanford White et Harry Thaw. It is not a historical film. I find this fascinating. What other real-life events have become cultural mythology, infinitely reworkable as such? Kim Philby comes to mind, because of John le Carré's Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974) and the last ten minutes of The Good Shepherd (2006) I caught on television last night, but I know there must be other, really obvious examples that I'm missing.

2. Recommend me some Dennis Potter. I have so far seen Dreamchild (1985), which I think is the best take on Alice Liddell I have encountered so far, and the original television play of Brimstone and Treacle (1976), which I just discovered and really, really loved. Pennies from Heaven (1978) is up next, because by this point I have no excuse for not having seen it, but what else of his should I know about?

3. Does anyone know if there exist recordings of Lloyd Alexander reading his own work?

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[joshwriting.livejournal.com]

The only direct recording of him reading his own fiction, though is in
"Children's Program of Poetry and Literature" - This was a Library of Congress event in 1993 with Prosser Gifford and Lloyd Alexander. "Lloyd Alexander reads a chapter from his novel for young people entitled The remarkable journey of Prince Jen. The chapter he reads is Tale of the bronze bowl." I suspect nobody else has this recording.

Other than that, there are related recordings.

In 1973, Edna Edwards interviewed him and the Center for Cassette Studies recorded it - "Lloyd Alexander, born story teller."

There's a cassette recording of his "Fantasy and the human condition," from 1976. (He presented a paper with that name in 1988 - but I don't know if they were the same.)

In 1994, a video was done, "A Visit With Lloyd Alexander" which has been uploaded to youtube in 3 parts, the first of which is here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jln9VPoP3Tw

Again, though, this is not quite what you were asking for. If I trip across anything else in my wanderings, I'll pass it along.

[sovay]

Again, though, this is not quite what you were asking for. If I trip across anything else in my wanderings, I'll pass it along.

It's not what I was asking for, but it's more than I knew existed. Thank you very much!