Comments on: A Henry Miller Honeymoon

By: Eric L

Eric L — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 21:10:18 +0000

Haha – no, Frank, I was writing a novella that recently got a runner up in a contest, and I hope to have published soon…

My wife was writing a cycle of Paris poems (which makes sense) that will also see the light of day shortly.

By: frank burns

frank burns — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 09:02:54 +0000

Are those your laundry lists you are writing in the pictures, or what?

By: Michael Jones South Tottenham London England

Michael Jones South Tottenham London England — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

It’s a shame that Eric wasn’t able to visit Walter Lowenfel’s place, as when I visit the city and pass these doors I always wonder what’s on the other side. I think though in retrospect that my passing up on knocking on them has always been due to my lack of French, coupled with the stress that my short trips usually engenders. And of course a lot of these places would have had me knocking on well known establishments, that for the most part are affixed with placques. Still when I watch Waldemar Januszczak’s documentaries, I can see that even he had trouble gaining access to these places. Well I suppose it makes sense, because who wants some stranger viewing their flat at a moments notice from the street. But as anyone knows that has visited a house front which someone has also just happened to exit from, that brief view of even the hallway can be all too tantalisingly annoying. No it’s strange because the only times I have been admitted to someone’s property, it has been quite inadvertent. I remember one time I was standing on the rue de la Grande Chaumiere with my girlfriend, and taking a photograph of the front of Modigliani’s old place, a person that was going in asked me if I wanted to come inside to take a picture. As the readers of this site will know, when there’s a million to one chance of something like this happening you just don’t pass it up. So after entering the hallway I was led out to the courtyard, and looking around I then commenced to climb the staircase which is located at the back to the left. The guy then told us that this was the original staircase, and as like most places in Paris the building is quite high, I also wondered how Modigliani could have climbed it in the last weeks of his illness. At last though we reached the door of the flat but alas we couldn’t enter, but my host did tell me that the present owners had decorated it and that before this it had been quite a mess. After this we descended from the stairs and leading me up another staircase from the hall, I then took another photograph of the exterior. For anyone that’s interested this is more or less a replica of the shot used in Kiki’s Paris, but the interesting thing for me was the see the location they used to replicate the same exterior in the Andy Garcia film Modigliani. Well I’ve been off the trail here giving this account, but I though readers would find it interesting.

By: Eric L

Eric L — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I actually had a bad experience with Wallace Stevens’ (poet) house in Hartford, CT. I was taking a photo of the exterior, and the family who lived there now came outside. They were not pleased.

By: Eric L

Eric L — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

That’s me in the last comment, not “Michael.” Not sure how that happened.

[fixed it for you :) --Kreg]

By: Kreg Wallace

Kreg Wallace — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hmmm … must be a glitch in the matrix.

I had a peak into Modigliani’s old building on the rue de la Grande Chaumiere once too. Interesting place and the film definitely brings it alive. I believe Paul Gaugin lived in the same building at one point as well.

By: Michael (Le Premiere Partie)

Michael (Le Premiere Partie) — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Yea Kreg I think it was either a glitch or something in the ether, though when I try to write something and I’m also stressed up I really go off the rails. But you’re right that Gauguin lived at the same address once, though the guy that showed me around remarked that no one in the place knew for sure which floor he had lived on at the back. I liked the film as well and it’s interesting how the dimensions and facade of the exterior match the real location in Paris, though I can only think that the location people must have gone through quite a lot to have found it. One of the things that I remember though, was that there was no access for a car to go through the courtyard like there had been in the film. Well I’m not too clued up on Modigliani and to date I have only read Jeffery Meyers book, but I thought the visuals and the dramatic content were very good. I had also thought that Waldermar Janusczcak would be impressed as well, though when I met him briefly in London one month ago he told me that he didn’t like it and that he thought it was too dramatised. One thing he did remark on though when I asked him if he had thought about making a film on the artist, was that his company were thinking about making one about him and Soutine combined. Should be interesting.

By: mybeautyblog.de

mybeautyblog.de — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

how could you drink coke to this sophisticated meals (second picture)?
a wonderful walk i will think of when i arrive in paris… thank you.

By: Eric L

Eric L — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Haha, good question. I think I was trying to cut down on all the fabulous wine…

By: Haizen Paige

Haizen Paige — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Thanks Eric and Amy on your wonderful Milleresque tour of Paris. I’ve read everything of his I could get my hands on… And congratulations on your marriage. May you both have an eternity of happiness together… Some readers may be interested to know that the on-line Olympia Press has a number of Miller’s major works available as inexpensive downloads, some of which I have added to my collection so I can do a detailed word search. Keep traveling, and best wishes.

Sincerely, Haizen Paige,
Sedona, AZ