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Category Archives: Film
Jennifer Lawrence and Frank O’Hara: From Hunger Games to Lunch Poems
I’m always on the lookout for surprising Frank O’Hara sightings, but I definitely didn’t see this one coming. The Daily Mail is reporting today that when the movie star Jennifer Lawrence was spotted in New York on Sunday on a … Continue reading
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Frank O’Hara as an Influence on Greta Gerwig and “Lady Bird”
Although it’s not a surprise anymore, Frank O’Hara continues to pop up in unexpected corners of popular culture, often cited as an influence and lodestar for rock musicians, TV showrunners, and filmmakers. I was … Continue reading
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The Time John Ashbery Did a “Screen Test” for Andy Warhol
Over the last several weeks since John Ashbery passed away, we have seen a flood of moving tributes, memorials, personal memoirs, and re-assessments, including even some reflections on the poet “in all his hunky glory,” as the title of a surprising … Continue reading
Ron Padgett talks about his Sundays with the New York Times
The New York Times has just posted a little feature on Ron Padgett, in conjunction with Jim Jarmusch’s new movie Paterson. As I noted recently, Padgett collaborated with his friend Jarmusch, composing poems for the movie: For the movie “Paterson,” about a poet … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Jim Jarmusch, Kenneth Koch, New York, Ron Padgett, Uncategorized
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Jim Jarmusch as “the Cinematic Extension of the New York School”
Paterson, the new movie by the celebrated indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch, has been receiving a lot of buzz and praise ever since it debuted this summer at the Cannes Film Festival, “where it was feted as the best film the 63-year-old Jarmusch had … Continue reading
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Frederick Seidel and an Unmade Movie about Frank O’Hara
In the Guardian’s new interview with the polarizing poet Frederick Seidel, one exchange caught my eye. Prompted by a recent review of Seidel by Dan Chiasson in the New Yorker — which had argued that “at his best, Seidel reminds me of a poet who … Continue reading
Posted in David Salle, Film, Frank O'Hara, Frederick Seidel, Interview, NY School Influence, Sylvia Plath
John and Elizabeth’s Excellent Adventure: Bishop and Ashbery
It’s well-known that Elizabeth Bishop was a major influence on John Ashbery and that he adored her work. The two poets even got to know … Continue reading
