On 9/7/05, Bob W <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bertolucci made a great film of The Sheltering Sky, one of my all-time > favourites. Paul Bowles has a cameo role at the end. And in fact I think I > have his book of photos somewhere. > > I've met a lot of people who claim to be travellers, not tourists. I'm > always happy to admit that I'm a tourist. I noticed a sign yesterday in a > nearby pub window which said "No travellers allowed in this pub" - it's an > attempt to keep gypsies out (and probably illegal). I'm sorely tempted to go > in there dressed as a gypsy and tell them "I'm a tourist, not a traveller". >
I love that movie!! One of the few Debra Winger roles I've enjoyed. And, of course, John Malkovitch... Anyway, I thought the movie really captured the spirit of the book. The book of photos that I was able to borrow was really a bunch of (mostly, IIRC) middle eastern snapshots. He was quite good. Quite the interesting fellow (as was his marriage to Jane Bowles). If you haven't read her short novel, Two Serious Ladies, you should. It's a hoot! (at least I thought so, my sister hated it, but what does she know). cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
