Mkprlt

I like classic and modernist literature. I like arthouse and world cinema.I like lit. in translation and indie lit. I’m always looking for recs.

[RadiantFilm @RadiantFilm]

Orson Welles on Buster Keaton:

"Keaton, one of the giants! What about The General—that’s a truly great movie, isn’t it? Now, finally, Keaton’s been “discovered.” Too late to do him any good, of course—he lived all those long years in eclipse, and then, just as the sun was coming out again, he died. I wish I’d known him better than I did. A tremendously nice person, you know, but also a man of secrets. I can’t even imagine what they were."

— This is Orson Welles by Orson Welles and Peter Bogdanovich (1992)

[Robert Rubsam @rob_rubsam]

Kiyoshi Kurosawa: "I recently rewatched "A Brighter Summer Day" when it had a revival screening, and I was struck by how blatantly influenced I am, to the point of being almost disgusting." https://t.co/i5QtR60h4a

[oliver @travellingsoot]

one of the greatest acting performances by one of the greatest actresses, setsuko hara

[Janus Films @janusfilms]

Setsuko Hara, who retired at age 42 after Yasujirō Ozu died.

[Steve Mitchelmore @Twitchelmore]

In the post today, the hugely welcome reissue from @andothertweets of an extraordinary novel. I wrote about the first edition briefly here: https://t.co/NwcgDBVQar

[Brian 🐒 @_Sheehogue_]

It’s Mizoguchi Kenji’s birthday. I often feel that there is no greater filmmaker. I strongly recommend seeking out one of his lesser known movies, like GION BAYASHI (my favorite; still below) or FLAME OF MY LOVE. They are among the most moving, beautiful films you will ever see.

[Joseph Schreiber @roughghosts]

New review copies: Jérôme Lindon by Jean Echenoz due in September from @archipelagobks and Is Beauty Good by Rosalind Belben with an intro by Esther Kinsky(!!!) coming from @nyrbclassics this summer (@andothertweets in UK).

[Oliver Kamm @OliverKamm]

Today would have been the 90th birthday of my mother, Anthea Bell. She translated hundreds of great books. But the one at top left remains my favourite.

[SwR @SouthwestReview]

“Gloves off: Lives of the Saints shouldn’t be relegated to the status of a cult classic; it’s an American classic.”

📌ICYMI, Jimmy Cajoleas reviews LIVES OF THE SAINTS by Nancy Lemann, reissued by @nyrbclassics, for our spring issue https://t.co/gVTM0ZwN1E

[Kaija Straumanis @kmstraumane]

MOTHER RIVER by Can Xue is a finalist for the <i>Big Other</i> Book Award for Translation! @open_letter https://t.co/iAt1b3RR0p via @BigOtherMag

[SwR @SouthwestReview]

“This is a book you buy copies of for all your friends and demand they read it immediately.”

Take it from Jimmy!

New review of LIVES OF THE SAINTS by Nancy Lemann, reissued by @nyrbclassics💥https://t.co/gVTM0ZxkRc

[Sophy Romvari @SophyRomvari]

🗣️🗣️🗣️ VERY IMPORTANT: if you share one (1) thing about Blue Heron, let it be think link which provides screening information for where the film can be seen in theatres and PLZ tell your friends and family to go! https://t.co/NgUkr0B7B1

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

Everyone should read what the Israeli military did to journalist Amal Khalil today in this minute-by-minute account as the international community watched in horror. First the text messages threatening her then trapping her and a photographer in a house then bombing them then firing on international rescue crews, all with the world watching in real time. There are no words left for the horrors that U.S. political leaders are enabling.

[Paul Allatson @PAllatson]

RIP #DavidMalouf ; Book of the Day, An Imaginary Life

[Andrei @TheUntranslated]

RIP David Malouf

https://t.co/SsF1HCsF0K

[Asymptote Journal @asymptotejrnl]

Ágota Kristóf called French her "enemy language" — yet it became the instrument of her greatest work.
The LRB reviews Chris Andrews's translation of Kristóf's defiant, exiled genius: https://t.co/Qq6TsFI06X

[Greg Kindall @GregoryKindall]

In honor of his birthday (1878) my Robert Walser books held a reunion.

I'm going to sit down with a cup of coffee and read 'A Field of Snow on a Slope of the Rosenburg,' by Guy Davenport.

[Joseph @thethoughtofth1]

I the Supreme reigns as one of my favorite novels. Feverish, maddening, and kaleidoscopic in its portrayal of the Paraguayan dictator Dr. Francia. A study on the obsessions of writing and formations of truth. This one will live in me.

[Morten Høi Jensen @MortenHoiJensen]

"I don’t feel like I have a self."

Fascinating essay by @metteleonard on Musil's The Man without Qualities and "the potential for existential emancipation and moral enhancement in living without an essential self." @aeonmag:

https://t.co/yAvdeCqFnx

[Pop Base @PopBase]

The moon shot by Artemis II.