(urth) Satyricon and Soldier

Jonathon McKitrick jcm at FreeBSD-uk.eu.org
Fri Aug 18 16:16:21 PDT 2006


On Fri, Aug 18, 2006 at 02:41:46PM -0700, Russell Wodell wrote:
: Hmmm...that begs that question whether Wolfe ever saw Federico Fellini's 
: remarkable 1969 film version of Sayricon, in which the bold leaps across the 
: narrative gaps are memorably disorienting, if you will excuse the pun. There 
: might just possibly be a structural influence. ... even though there are 
: many centuries between pre-classic Greece and Petronius.
: 
: Or could that have inspired the future-influencing-the-past structure of 
: Book of the New Sun? (Just kidding.)
: 
: Actually, the film that springs to mind re: Latro would be the classic Ray 
: Harryhausen version of Jason and the Argonauts.

I was thinking of Doc Brown and Marty McFly, myself.


Jonathon McKitrick
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