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QUERY: Nabokov's Pale Fire & film director Donald Cammell
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Dear Sam,
Thank you for writing, and thank you for your very nice comments. I
don't see a mention of Cammell in either the _Selected Letters_ or in
the Brian Boyd biography, but I am forwarding your letter to the
Nabokv-L forum, where they really, really know their stuff.
(Roeg did _Walkabout_, right? That's a wonderful movie. I think I
sometimes get him confused with Weir.)
Best,
Juan
- - http://www.fulmerford.com
>>> Sam Umland <umlands@unk.edu> 01/23/05 1:56 PM >>>
Dear Mr. Martinez:
I came across your excellent Nabokov appreciation site and thought you
might be able to answer a question for me (or know someone who might).
I'm
completing a biography of the late British film director Donald Cammell
(most famous for the film he co-directed with Nic Roeg, Performance, in
1970). Apparently Cammell wrote an (unproduced) screenplay based on
Nabokov's PALE FIRE. Once source indicates after Nabokov read the
screenplay he wrote Cammell a letter praising the screenplay. My guess
is
the screenplay was written about 1965 or 1966--do you know of anyone who
might the existence of such a letter? Any information you could provide
would be greatly appreciated (and acknowledged). Feel free to forward
this
letter to anyone who might have knowledge of such a letter.
Thank you for your time!
best,
Sam
Samuel J. Umland
Department of English
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney, NE 68849
308.865.8299
----- End forwarded message -----
Thank you for writing, and thank you for your very nice comments. I
don't see a mention of Cammell in either the _Selected Letters_ or in
the Brian Boyd biography, but I am forwarding your letter to the
Nabokv-L forum, where they really, really know their stuff.
(Roeg did _Walkabout_, right? That's a wonderful movie. I think I
sometimes get him confused with Weir.)
Best,
Juan
- - http://www.fulmerford.com
>>> Sam Umland <umlands@unk.edu> 01/23/05 1:56 PM >>>
Dear Mr. Martinez:
I came across your excellent Nabokov appreciation site and thought you
might be able to answer a question for me (or know someone who might).
I'm
completing a biography of the late British film director Donald Cammell
(most famous for the film he co-directed with Nic Roeg, Performance, in
1970). Apparently Cammell wrote an (unproduced) screenplay based on
Nabokov's PALE FIRE. Once source indicates after Nabokov read the
screenplay he wrote Cammell a letter praising the screenplay. My guess
is
the screenplay was written about 1965 or 1966--do you know of anyone who
might the existence of such a letter? Any information you could provide
would be greatly appreciated (and acknowledged). Feel free to forward
this
letter to anyone who might have knowledge of such a letter.
Thank you for your time!
best,
Sam
Samuel J. Umland
Department of English
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney, NE 68849
308.865.8299
----- End forwarded message -----