Then I saw that he has a play I haven't read: "Splendid's". When I started reading "Querelle." I thought I was finishing reading the last of Genet, the one last bk of his I hadn't read - getting closure. Both Genet & Highsmith give more psychology than most. Querelle cd be compared to her character Mr. But, in a sense, he cd be compared to Patricia Highsmith. It struck me that I've never run across Genet being referred to as a "crime fiction writer". Above all, over & above being gay, over & above being a criminal, Genet was a WRITER. Too depressing - even his comedies are just grim reminders of how base & repulsive most people are to me.Īt 1st, when I started reading "Querelle of Brest", I was reminded, once again, of what a WRITER Genet is, of how carefully he puts his words together, of how 'poetically' (as so many others wd have it) he tells his tale of this murderous sailor. In fact, truth be told, I've never liked Fassbinder much ANYWAY. I remember it as being highly stylized in a theatrical way that was a total turn-off for my more experimental tastes. I was interested in him as a major German filmmaker. I saw the Fassbinder film based on this bk when it came out, around 1982. Do we really exist in a society where people can think of little else other than cock size? How boring. The things that I probably found energizing when I 1st started reading his bks, the criminal philosophizing, is mostly tedious to me now. I reckon he just doesn't do it for me anymore.
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