Interview
“Why read Zola now? Leaving aside sheer enjoyment of his narrative art, I’d say: because his representation of society’s impact on the individuals within it memorably depicts what it means to be a human being in the modern world.”
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Published in August of 2020, Oxford University Press’s English translation of Doctor Pascal marked the first time that Émile Zola’s 20-book Les Rougon-Macquart series was available in print under one publisher.
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“Then, as now, my focus was on the songs. As long as you can keep your focus on the art that you’re doing, the larger thing it can serve – selling records or whatever – that’ll happen on its own.”
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“The suburbs of Los Angeles are so often neglected in literature and film because they are so seemingly impervious to adoration.”
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“I don’t work the system anymore, except as a last resort: I aim instead to bypass it. The better I have gotten at circumventing gatekeepers, the more successful my writing career has been.”
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In his new book on film directors, critic David Thomson gives us plenty to think about and plenty more to argue about.
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“I really thought that I could sustain a life in music, but perhaps I’d end up in Las Vegas backing Tom Jones or something.”
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Miss Pat, reggae’s Chinese-Jamaican matriarch, reflects on a life in riddim.
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“Arts journalism should meet the same high standard as other forms of writing but rarely does, even in the good old days.”
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Film Interview: Bertrand Tavernier (1941-2021) Talks About – What Else? – French Cinema
We mourn the loss of an affable generous man, a bridge to a vast history, who also knew and loved American culture.
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