The Mysterious Stranger section of the Will Vinton film was dark
alright. So dark that almost all of it was cut from the film's initial
theatrical run (I took my son to see it when he was very tiny). In a
lifetime of seeing adaptations that just get dumber and further from
Twain all the time, this was a real treat - seven minutes of The Man,
uncensored, raging against the universe. In case some of you haven't
seen it, it's on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALO95kDh9m8
Terry
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kevin Mac
Donnell
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 11:59 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: MT on cover of Newsweek
Nice to see our guy on the front cover. Jerry Loving's excellent
biography
gets a good mention, but the other recent books on Twain just get a
passing
mention without even naming names except for the recent book on Twain
and
food (a real page-turner if you're a foodie AND a Twainian, although
Twain
fades from the pages in the second half of the book ). The extract from
the
new (due in Nov.) Berkeley edition of THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY on page 41 is a
good
teaser, but on page 40 they misidentify Jean as Clara. You can't miss
the
large sharp reproduction of the Alvin Coburn color photo of Twain laying
in
bed.. For reasons I could not quite grasp, the writer (Jones, their book
editor) dwells at some length on the darkness of the claymation film of
MYSTERIOUS STRANGER, seeming to confuse claymation with films for
children,
but maybe I misunderstood him.
Kevin
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sandra Uetz" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2010 9:41 PM
Subject: MT on cover of Newsweek
> Just a heads up that the August 9 issue of Newsweek has a good article
on
> T=
> wain.=A0 I bought 2 copies, should anyone want one.
> =A0
> Take care,
> =A0
> Sandra Uetz
>
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