Percy-L: Literary, Religious, Scientific, and Philosophical Discussion of Walker Percy

["RHONDA MCDONNELL" <rhonda_mcdonnell AT msn.com>]

Since I've yet to see Babel, I can't respond to David's query. I did, however, have a wonderful Percy moment when watching a little Australian movie, DANNY DECKCHAIR. It's the perfect artistic representation of rotation. Has anyone seen it??

--Rhonda

"I'd rather learn from one bird how to sing
than teach ten thousand stars how not to dance"
 
                                    e.e. cummings

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From: "Beck, David A" <dabeck AT iupui.edu>
Reply-To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
To: "Percy-L: Literary and Philosophical Discussion" <percy-l AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [percy-l] Babel
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2006 23:59:08 -0500
>Friends,
>Since we like to discuss Percy's views on language, I thought I'd do a
>little stretch and ask if anyone has seen Babel. I have really enjoyed
>Alejandro González Iñárritu's previous two movies (Amoress Perros (sp?)
>and 21 Grams). While the movie offers no insights about language
>acquistion, it does offer some insights on the confusion that language
>can bring. (Since the movie focuses on language and that one of the
>main characters is deaf, I thought that it might be an appropriate
>discussion on this somewhat comatose listserv.) I think that the deaf
>girl's attempt to "connect" through language is very moving and
>disturbing.
>Sitting at the tomb and awaiting a resurrection,
>-David
>
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