I Am Herman Melville
(lareviewofbooks.org)37 points by tintinnabula 8 days ago | 7 comments
37 points by tintinnabula 8 days ago | 7 comments
keiferski 4 days ago | root | parent |
That’s terrible. The real reason to read the book is for the language, as the narrative itself is great but not why it’s such an excellent novel. I have a few lines memorized via Anki because the writing is so impressive.
jhbadger 4 days ago | root | parent |
Yeah, and Bradbury himself was known to be a rather poetic writer himself so it is odd that his screenplay does that.
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bigboats2024 4 days ago | prev | next |
shout out to the SS United States making an unexpected appearance here
scandox 4 days ago | prev |
> “Your subconscious is smarter than you are,” he once told me, “so get out of its way.”
jhbadger 4 days ago | next |
The movie is streaming for free on Tubi (hot tip: ad blockers still work on Tubi). It's pretty good even if I hate the simplification of the dialogue -- in the beginning Ishmael talks of visiting "the oceans" rather than the more poetic "watery parts of the world".