Kevin mentioned Hemingway in passing, while pondering about
the nationalities of writers. Kevin asked, "was Hemingway a
Spanish writer".
This has nothing to do with nationalities, but just today
morning - no kidding - I remembered who could be the real
hardboiled voice.
Hemingway himself.
Has anyone seen the documentary "The Spanish Earth", by Joris
Ivens? It was made in 1936 and it tells about the Spanish
Civil War. It was the only time Hemingway was closely related
to making of a film - he wrote the script and read the
monology. He has the perfect hardboiled voice: it
concentrates on consonants, his reading is a bit lazy, but
self-esteemed, tough, but full of sentiment, cool, but with
undertones of feelings like anger, bitterness and affection.
Hemingway could've made it in the movies.
Any comments?
Juri
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