It was prompted by an exercise Liz set. She asked us to list significant books, then films and lastly songs. We then reflected on the lists to see if anything was sparked into life.
This is mine:
He walks down the street,
going
to the supermarket,
in
his hands bag and shopping list,
but
in his head:
an
asteroid is towed towards Metaluna,
the
magnetic field glows, bright red and
he’s
looking Eli Wallach in the eye:
We
deal in lead mister
while
the boat burns,
as
the black bird disappears.
Then
she’s just taken that photograph,
the
one of the last supper,
with
the camera her mother gave her
and
the feathers fall
almost
drifting out of the silvered screen,
he’s
watching her face,
something
has changed...
The
impatient world interrupts
and
now he must choose a cabbage
as
the onions clamour for his attention.
I had been drawn by the list of films which are in order:
This Island Earth
The Magnificent Seven
The Maltese Falcon
Viridiana
What a list of old films! None are less than fifty seven years old. However, they all made a impact on me in some way.
I would advise you to try out Liz's exercise, you never know what it might provoke.
Here's Anna Termheim on the radio. It's from 2006.
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