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Moving beyond the Quays' "Embellished Version of On the Deciphering the Pharmacist's Prescription for Lip-Reading Puppets," past Holtzmuller's Liber Perutilis and on, now, to the Alfred Jarry texts on marionettes and puppets.
I also need to note the Quays' supposition on figure-8s, which are ubiquitous in their films, that their fascination with these figures is because of their natality.
— Jun 04, 2020 11:09AM
I also need to note the Quays' supposition on figure-8s, which are ubiquitous in their films, that their fascination with these figures is because of their natality.
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Note to self: Quote the interchange on p. 45 re: stories. It makes explicit what you love in the peripheral interstices of works you read and your writing, the shadowed recesses that are not always explicitly "plot," but that make the difference between adequate writing and enjoyable writing. The Quays make peeking into those crevasses their primary concern, but they exist in all truly great work.
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There are 13 photos in here of the Quays' studio, which has now moved, according to the text. I have only seen glimpses here and there, so this is incredible, seeing the full-on photos of their workspace. It's as quirky as you would probably expect, a cinematic wunderkammer lab.
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Note to future-self: Paraphrase or directly quote the section starting on page 8 regarding cinema, persistence, monotony, and physical objects. It is profound and insightful. Regards, your past-self.
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And by "natality," I mean that when they were in the womb, the Quays' mother ice-skated well into her pregnancy. So there is something elemental about those figure-8s, something entrenched. And, yes, they are all over in the Quays' films.
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If I recall correctly, a figure made of drafting tools 'skates' around in Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies. and makes several loop-the-loops, if not outright 8's.
You are correct! There are others, I'm certain, but I'd have to sit down and watch their films with that in mind to really document them. Arcs and loops and figure-8s are so ubiquitous in their work that you just take them for granted.
