Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2013/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Good stuff. TFS. Cheers Jayanand On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 1:42 AM, Lew Schwartz <lew1716 at gmail.com> wrote: > Great interview. For all the RF, Beat Generation lovers (myself included). > Points of interest: > > 1. He doesn't like the "original," French/European version of The > Americans. He didn't want and doesn't like text opposite each picture. He > calls it "stupid." > 2. His American publisher wanted text, too. The Kerouac intro "didn't > help," but he had to live with it to get it published. > 3. Calling the book "The Americans" was a sad, unjust comment on the US at > the time. Not clear whose idea the title was. Those of us living in the > city regarded Kerouac/Ginsberg/Frank as a holy trinity. > 4. Re NYC, "What a town." > > It's like hearing God grumble about creation. He was so busy, it had to be > outsourced so it didn't turn out the way he might have wished. > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6CVyWCVgFg > > -Lew Schwartz > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information