Anna Biller
@missannabiller
Director of THE LOVE WITCH and VIVA, and the upcoming movie THE FACE OF HORROR. Gothic novel "Bluebeard's Castle" out now from @VersoBooks!
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Anna Biller Guess he never read it out loud.
'Alas, that love, so gentle in his view,
Should be so tyrannous and rough in proof!
Alas, that love, whose view is muffled still,
Should, without eyes, see pathways to his will!'
So beautiful you have to say it twice, just to savor it.
#Nabokov24 #SpeakMemory Again, this reminds me of both Bunine and Makine, who were (is, Makine is alive), also Russian writers in exile like Nabokov. That special grasp on the fugacity of time makes the writer imho. Who, in the West, besides Proust, writes about these moments?
๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ช Anna Biller Rewatching The Love Witch before sleep. โAccording to the experts, men are very fragile. They can get crushed down if you assert yourself in any way.โ Brilliantly written throughout
LA folk, a date for your diaries! On August 8 Heidi Honeycutt will be launching her new book, I Spit On Your Celluloid, with The Philosophical Research Society - joined by directors Anna Biller and Jill Gevargizian! Get your tickets here ๐
eventbrite.com/e/i-spit-on-yoโฆ