On 26 August 1999 Louis Silverstein informed the list: "And later--much later--his nurturing of Iris Barry who, when she became curator of the film collection at MOMA, turned to him for help in selecting titles for building a library for the collection." If the source of this titbit can be tracked down, it may yield up some information of the kind you are looking for. Richard Edwards >From: Burt Hatlen <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: - Ezra Pound discussion list of the University of Maine > <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Pound and Movies >Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 11:29:12 -0500 > >Pounders, > >I've been thinking about the parallels between Pound's poetics and the film >aesthetic of the 1920s, and I'm looking for information on what movies >Pound may have seen during this period and what he might have thought/said >about them. I'm also >looking for critical commentary on the relationship between Pound's poetic >methods and film technique. Kenner in The Pound Era and Max Nanny in his >book on Pound and the electronic age mention that in developing his concept >of "montage" Eisenstein >points to the Chinese ideogram as a model, and the analogy with Pound's >poetic method is obvious; but neither Kenner nor Nanny explores the >relationship between Pound's poetic methods and actual films of the time. >Any tips would be much appreciated. > >Burt Hstlen _________________________________________________________________ Sign-up for a FREE BT Broadband connection today! http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/btbroadband