Showing posts with label The Magus (1968). Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Magus (1968). Show all posts
Sunday, May 1, 2016
"I find life…long"
In the film version of John Fowles's novel The Magus (1965), "Conchis" (Anthony Quinn) recites a poem for "Urfe" (Michael Caine) that he claims is from the T'ang Dynasty:
Here at the frontier there are falling leaves.
Although my neighbours are all barbarians, and you,
You are a thousand miles away,
There are always two cups on my table.
But no such poem exists -- at least not from that era. What does exist are a couple of poems that, when combined, might supply it.
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