New reading material

[monkeyfunk]

Last night, I downloaded drivelikejehn's intriguing novel, The Lost Generation. It's not the final copy (minor tweaks here and there, I'm informed) and with a word count of over 50k, it's quite lengthy, but I'm planning to perservere with it. I was planning to print it out and read, but I don't think my printer has enough ink to pump out 50-60 pages (it had

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cinematic, for sure.

[drivelikejehn]

that is kind of a funny question because i think it is very obvious...but when i think about it, unless you are hip to a few small details, it could be overlooked.

the leading characters (from the start) are Frank and Val, a young, attractive couple in the early 1930's, New York. Frank works at a publishing house, and lives with his 'girlfriend' (they arent married) Val, who is a painter. both are in the midst of cultural upheaval--they attend the clubs in Harlem and have black freinds, are pretty well read, and very much on the cusp of possibility as allowed through a surgence of the american dream.

their departure to Paris fits directly with the end route of artists and intellectuals moving there just prior to WWII...many had been there years before, but my main interests were in the 30's.

hope that gives some sort of setup. i see them very much as dark featured, slow moving, smoky eyed characters always saying something biting or witty, and always maintaining a level of selfishness.

any film in this era would give you an exact feel for how they act...and exactly who they are in a very cinematic type way.

Re: cinematic, for sure.

[monkeyfunk]

I've been meaning to ask this, but keep forgetting. Do you think any of the current generation of actors could play these roles? Although we studied films from this eras at Uni, it was in the first year (now 4 years ago) and I'm having trouble picturing actual faces. I know that might sound dumb. Did you have any actors/actresses specifically in mind to play the parts when you wrote it or were they more generic representations?

[I think Jeremy Northam is a good bet for one of the parts]

All thoughts are welcome.

Re: now you've done it.

[drivelikejehn]

http://www.livejournal.com/users/drivelikejehn/2003/06/29/