Re: James Joyce's 16mm home movies

From: John Matturri (email suppressed)
Date: Mon Apr 02 2007 - 06:23:27 PDT


Remember, Joyce was the manager of a movie theater in Trieste.

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Jim Carlile wrote:
> In Bennett Cerf's autobiography, the great American publisher of Joyce
> tells a story about how the author bought a 16mm camera with his
> earning from _Ulysses._
>
> According to Cerf, Joyce loved the camera and always made it a point
> of shooting movies of friends and visitors. I believe there is even a
> still of Cerf and a lady friend taken from an enlargement of one of
> these films, shot somewhere in Europe.
>
> This is pretty amazing. Has anyone ever seen these movies, or know
> their whereabouts? Cerf says Joyce was mad about movies. One can only
> imagine who is on them.
>
> I know-- good luck with the Joyce estate now, etc.
>
> Jim Carlile
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