And speaking of Jim Jarmusch's films, I watched "Dead Man" several times when doing research for an essay on poetry in film. After a while, it struck me that, while there many overt references to William Blake, the entire film was informed by Emily Dickinson's "My Life had stood—a Loaded Gun." I wonder if anyone else observes the connection.
-- Stacey Lehman
Loved your "The Well-Versed Movie", terrific essay........only wish "The Academy" had included your by-line...
Posted by: bill hayward | January 27, 2017 at 09:46 AM
Ditto to Bill's comment: Ask Acad. to add your author credit after the title!
This is a brilliant essay, Stacey, such good points about the similar powers of poetry and of film, and of poetry in film. It prompts me to view again films mentioned that I know, to look for those I missed when they were in theater release.
Posted by: Mary Gilliland | January 28, 2017 at 09:33 AM