Hi Chris! Reading Ulysses ...from Argentina, both in Spanish and English...without you, I’d be lost...you are my Virgilio in this ‘planet’ called ‘ Ulysses’... I have tried many times to ‘climb’ this rollercoaster...unsuccessfully...but now I think I’m going to make it ...thanks to your passion ...and knowledge. Come and visit Argentina, you’ll love it!
The sirens are sentimentality! That makes so much sense now! I love these mind-blowing episodes. I’m slowly coming to love the book and not just admire it. Your videos have been instrumental in doing so - thanks!
Thank you for this wonderful series of videos on “Ulysses.” I have read through all of Joyce’s books in order (I highly suggest reading them in order. You have made me want to read Ulysses for a third time, I think it will be a richer experience with the knowledge, hard work and your brilliance . I thank you in advance!
You were right - I absolutely loved this episode. The language was so beautiful I felt like I was being carried away with its song! The scene with the shell particularly stood out to me. I wonder if Bloom's recognition that it is our own blood that we hear when we listen to shells is symbolic of the fact that it is not only what's outside of us that has the potential to cause us harm, but what's within us, such as our perceptions, our emotions, our sentimentality. They feel so real and irrepressible, like the sea, that it's easy to forget that they are not facts and that we don't have to succumb to them but can challenge and choose how we respond to them. The description of the women hiding their ears with seaweed hair also reminded me of Dilly, and made me think that rather than drowning her the seaweed could be what's protecting her, preventing her from hearing the Sirens' song and from being destroyed by the sentimentality that overwhelms her brother. Perhaps she is not threatening to drown Stephen, but is offering him a chance to be to saved if he could only recognise it.
This episode is very rich. Your comments are very insightful. You see the deep pathos in this book which many people miss by trying to figure everything out. Very good!
The shell scene struck me too, because it confirmed what we always thought about Bloom: He's the Aristotelian/materialist Stephen has been striving to be. He cuts through the sentimentality of the scene - of supposedly hearing the oceans waves within the hollow sea shell - by curtly asserting "tis' all blood circulating in the head" or something to that effect. Stephen is similarly all about resisting A.E's romantic poeticism, and goes so far as to tie Shakespeare's characters back to history of the entire human race. ("God: noise in the streets" I believe he says at one point). Bloom is the father/teacher Stephen has been searching for.
Hi Chris, I'm reading Ulissys, I'm on episode 10 - Wandering Rocks. I discovered your videos by chance and it was a great discovery. The methodology I'm following is: first I watch your video and then I read the respective episode. I start reading already with some lights that help me a lot. You are the one who gives me that light. For that, I thank you very much and I admire your work immensely. Ulisses is indeed a difficult work, but with our knowledge and previous experiences and your precious help, it can be a fun and, above all, fantastic and enriching reading. Congratulations on the initiative and thank you very much for your help. I'll look for your other videos about the humanities and classical music that I also love. All the best to you. You deserve it!
I am using the same "methodology"❤. I see your comment is 5-month-old..how's the reading going? Have you managed to finish it? Any huge challenges ahead?(i am sort of intimidated by the oxen of the sun episode..i've heard it's rather hard core)
Chris, the last 5 minutes of this segment are the BEST YET. WOW. "resist sentimentality"-- this presentation should be in the lecture hall of Trinity College. Oliver
Hi Oliver, Joyce warns us all throughout the book to resist sentimentality. From the thoughts Bloom has at the funeral to Stephens resistance to the Irish Literary Revival, there are numerous pushes against romancing the past rather than looking to the future. Joyce splits with many of the modernists, particularly Woolf, on this topic. Even her ground-breaking To the Lighthouse touches sentimentality when the family reunites to finally reach the lighthouse. Joyce probably would had them assemble only to discover the lighthouse abandoned or the summer home burned to the ground. The supplental video is here: Teachu.com/sirens
I am struggling with Ulysses. Sometimes, it takes me an entire day to get through 1 page. I've watched all the videos, and they are helpful, I would have given up a long time ago without Don Gifford's - Annotations.
Here's the thing. Don't try to get everything from every page. The book is a million layers deep. Read it for fun and it will open up to you and you'll see an entirely new world...
Wow wow wow! The last rose of summer really moved me. Guess I couldn't resist the sirens after all... Mr. Reich, your lessons are great!!! I am reading Ulysses for the first time. I am Italian, so English isn't my mother tongue but I am trying to understand and appreciate all the things you highlight in your videos. And I really do. Thanks for your amazing job, and the passion you put in it. A big Italian hug
Thank you so much. I am so proud of you! You are getting through a very hard book. I appreciate your comments so much. That music is beautiful, isn't it? Thank you.
Chris, thank you so much. These videos have made my first read of Ulysses entertaining and much more lighthearted than if I had tried by myself. Looking forward to reading this book for many years and decades to come.
thank you for the music. it has added so much to the ambience of SIRENS and joyce...and the time. i have watched a number of lectures on the book and your tone and scholarship stand apart. you have no snooty academic axe to grind...your approach is humble in the way real love is...and FUN. thank you so much for being my mentor in this very satisfying undertaking.
I love your videos! :) English is not my first language and reading Ulysses hasn't been easy... So thank you very much for helping me in this adventure! :D
One has the impression that Joyce should have written an opera. He undoubtedly has the musical knowledge to have been able to do so - even if he wrote only the lyrics. Imagine him and someone like Stravinsky collaborating! Its chapters like these that also make me think that Kerouac's jazz influenced beat style, bop prosody, must have been influenced by Joyce to a high degree. Especially Joyce's use of combining onomatopeaic words and neologisms such as "Fff! Oo!" and "Imperthnthn thnthnthn." The opening section which you aptly describe as like an orchestra warming up and tuning up strikes me as similar to William Burroughs and Brion Gysin's Cut-Up method of literary composition. It is beautifully to experience reading this chapter's text as the excerpts used at the beginning overture really jump out at you when they occur 'properly' in the story. Bloom's loneliness is made all the more palpable by being inside a crowded pub. I'm sure we've all experienced that succinctly weird sensation of being in the middle of a crowd but having the greatest sense of loneliness because of the great numbers of people. As a citizen in the great anonymius metropolis sprawl that is modern London it is a feeling that happens too often. The high usage of Tap Tap Tap in this chapter reminds me of Stephen Daedelus' ashplant walking stick which surely must also tap tap tap through the streets of Dublin. I must say my overall impression of Dublin that Joyce evokes feels a lot more like a small village than a capital city. Where everyone else has their nose in everyone else's business.
Your comments gave me as much pleasure as the chapter. Thank you for that. It is less lonely when I know there are readers who get it! Thank you so much for adding to the conversation.
@@TeachUBusiness You may enjoy an epic Heroic poem I finished recently, which in part has been inspired by my recent reread of Ulysses. Joyce's poetic, musical use of language is always creatively inspiring to me. brendanpickett.wordpress.com/2020/02/22/the-temple-of-legend/
13.13 it was the custom in Ireland until quite recently for farm labourers and unskilled workers to exhibit themselves at fairs to potential employers in the hope of gaining employment, it was not play acting for a day.
Thank you for the link to the opera music - actually made me cry. I don't think any cultre does sentimentality better than the Irish. They really pull the emotional strings.
Hello, Chris ! Just dropped in to say Merry Christmas to you 🎄(in case you celebrate) 🎄 thank you so much for your videos, i'm now so happy to be back to reading Ulysses with you 💕 stay healthy and happy 🍊 and have a great holiday 🥳
Thank you! I'm very happy to hear that you are reading, and hopefully, enjoying Ulysses! Your comments warm my heart! Best wishes to you and Happy New Year!
I presume Joyce never intended that we should enjoy reading him to marvel at the different infrastructure. A bar with a piano player, singer(s), interspersed with lively conversation. Perhaps other people have this experience, it certainly seems more alive than spending time in modern bars stuffed with jukeboxes and TV's.
Por fin entendí la introducción del capítulo de las sirenas. Es la orquesta afinando !!! (obviamente !!!). Erróneamente hay quien indica que es una obertura... Muchas gracias. Y gracias por el video con los tres temas musicales.
Here’s a runner-up for the Sirens, and not unrelated to sentimentality: drinking, which is so pervasive in Joyce. The references to drinking establishments in ULYSSES are incredible, reminding me of a Frank Zappa comment suggesting that the two ubiquitous things in middle America are churches and liquor stores.
Now THAT made me laugh! I feel now like we're all getting the playful spirit of this book in addition to the painful difficulty. At the end of the day, it's a wonfderfully human book! Sláinte!
HI CHRIS REICH!! my deep tks for your comments and interpretation of this episode. I was in the dark... Also I´m reading it in Spanish, my first language, and this musical episode is not sounding maybe as it should... pls I did not find the links for the music pieces you added as bonus at the end... where do I find them??
I bought Ulysses "The Corrected text...don't waste your money. Spend the extra $50.00 and buy The Cambridge Centenary edition complete with annotations, start fresh.
Hello! It's me again! Hope I'm not bothering you! I loved this episode!! I'd like to share my impressions with you. As we see music flows all throughout the chapter I wonder if,apart from being an instrument for "telling a story " in a more subtle way, isn't Joyce using music as the most suitable way to express what words can not? I also noticed an incresing use of neologisms that , in my opinion, sond perfect and express ideas in a much more complete fashion. An idea came to me: the book is about not being satisfied with life and, as a writer, language, ordinary language, must undergo a revolution as well. Thanks a lot for reading this and I'd be delighted if you could tell me qhat you think of my impressions. Feel freeto tell me if Iam not making the correct connections!! Thanks again, Chris!!!
Is it possible that the barmaids are the named sirens, but the “rocks” that will ultimately sink your ship is the collective, hyperbolic sentimentality that’s depicted with the Irish songs?
Yes indeed. The sentimentality of the songs is another of the many rocks that can crash our ship. Great observation. Are you enjoying the book? Sounds like you understand it...enjoy your adventure.
One last question from the episode, as a pipe tobacco smoker I am curious...Mr. Dedalus is smoking a pipe and is at one point packing his pipe with a blondish Mermaid tobacco? Would anyone know what tobacco he is smoking? I’m assuming since it is blond it may be s Virginia Blend? Or I am wrong to assume it is reference to the tobacco type or perhaps a Mermaid tobacco pipe?
Chris Reich thank you. I’ll research it, hopefully they still make a blend comparable. I think it would be a great experience to try! Petersen Irish Flake may be close though I’m still researching.
I see where there is a 1967 movie based “loosely” on the novel, just not sure if it’s a good representation or worth watching. It seems to have received several awards..curious as to wether anyone has seen it.
I saw it back in the 60s and loved it! The photography was amazing and I found the film very funny. It was not considered 'appropriate' for general release and could only be seen at a very few select cinemas! The director was Joseph Strick (I think) & Bloom was played by Milo O'Shea. I'm sure it took short cuts through the book, but I think it's worth seeing in its own right.
I know this comment is old but I enjoyed watching Bloom, which you can find here to rent on youtube if you're in the states. Like Chris said, it hasn't done justice to the novel but it still does a nice job. Mostly enjoy the actress that portrays Molly Bloom. Also will always be the face I have for Leopold, Stephen Rea.
Why do they keep referencing Bloom to Catcher in the rye? I read it a very long time ago and I dont think I understood it then.. but is it referencing that book and why please?
@@TeachUBusiness sorry didnt mean the book when I said they. He i should have said. They keep saying on the rye and I didnt know if it was the book or it meant something. The plot keeps saying that bloom is on the rye...never mind. Thank you anyway
@@theresabruno2452 There is beautiful song...When the Bloom is on the Rye. Look for it on TH-cam. It is a really nice song. Funny error! I wondered why you asked about Catcher in the Rye... th-cam.com/video/RPaTsZ9fcRs/w-d-xo.html
@@TeachUBusiness aaaah! Now it makes sense. I knew you'd work it out from all my non sense. Thank you... I'm listening to this playlist today, taking a break from Sirens which I'm finding tough going. A friend recommended it to me and Sirens has been the perfect time to stop and listen to the list in full. open.spotify.com/album/0c5LXgThkwQkdXoJTn1AAl?si=ZY-T7CzNTqymIFEeStJsUA
I've just finished Sirens and that was really hard for me. I think if you hadnt made the video I wouldn't have a clue what just happened. I read it out loud which was different but... yeah the toughest yet.
Hi Chris! Reading Ulysses ...from Argentina, both in Spanish and English...without you, I’d be lost...you are my Virgilio in this ‘planet’ called ‘ Ulysses’...
I have tried many times to ‘climb’ this rollercoaster...unsuccessfully...but now I think I’m going to make it ...thanks to your passion ...and knowledge.
Come and visit Argentina, you’ll love it!
The sirens are sentimentality! That makes so much sense now! I love these mind-blowing episodes. I’m slowly coming to love the book and not just admire it. Your videos have been instrumental in doing so - thanks!
You are doing GREAT! Making your way through a very difficult book. Congratulations!
exactly!
Thank you for this wonderful series of videos on “Ulysses.” I have read through all of Joyce’s books in order (I highly suggest reading them in order. You have made me want to read Ulysses for a third time, I think it will be a richer experience with the knowledge, hard work and your brilliance . I thank you in advance!
You were right - I absolutely loved this episode. The language was so beautiful I felt like I was being carried away with its song!
The scene with the shell particularly stood out to me. I wonder if Bloom's recognition that it is our own blood that we hear when we listen to shells is symbolic of the fact that it is not only what's outside of us that has the potential to cause us harm, but what's within us, such as our perceptions, our emotions, our sentimentality. They feel so real and irrepressible, like the sea, that it's easy to forget that they are not facts and that we don't have to succumb to them but can challenge and choose how we respond to them.
The description of the women hiding their ears with seaweed hair also reminded me of Dilly, and made me think that rather than drowning her the seaweed could be what's protecting her, preventing her from hearing the Sirens' song and from being destroyed by the sentimentality that overwhelms her brother. Perhaps she is not threatening to drown Stephen, but is offering him a chance to be to saved if he could only recognise it.
This episode is very rich. Your comments are very insightful. You see the deep pathos in this book which many people miss by trying to figure everything out. Very good!
The shell scene struck me too, because it confirmed what we always thought about Bloom: He's the Aristotelian/materialist Stephen has been striving to be. He cuts through the sentimentality of the scene - of supposedly hearing the oceans waves within the hollow sea shell - by curtly asserting "tis' all blood circulating in the head" or something to that effect. Stephen is similarly all about resisting A.E's romantic poeticism, and goes so far as to tie Shakespeare's characters back to history of the entire human race. ("God: noise in the streets" I believe he says at one point). Bloom is the father/teacher Stephen has been searching for.
Hi Chris, I'm reading Ulissys, I'm on episode 10 - Wandering Rocks. I discovered your videos by chance and it was a great discovery. The methodology I'm following is: first I watch your video and then I read the respective episode. I start reading already with some lights that help me a lot. You are the one who gives me that light. For that, I thank you very much and I admire your work immensely. Ulisses is indeed a difficult work, but with our knowledge and previous experiences and your precious help, it can be a fun and, above all, fantastic and enriching reading. Congratulations on the initiative and thank you very much for your help. I'll look for your other videos about the humanities and classical music that I also love. All the best to you. You deserve it!
I am using the same "methodology"❤. I see your comment is 5-month-old..how's the reading going? Have you managed to finish it? Any huge challenges ahead?(i am sort of intimidated by the oxen of the sun episode..i've heard it's rather hard core)
Please spell Ulysses correctly. 😊
Chris, the last 5 minutes of this segment are the BEST YET. WOW. "resist sentimentality"-- this presentation should be in the lecture hall of Trinity College. Oliver
Hi Oliver, Joyce warns us all throughout the book to resist sentimentality. From the thoughts Bloom has at the funeral to Stephens resistance to the Irish Literary Revival, there are numerous pushes against romancing the past rather than looking to the future. Joyce splits with many of the modernists, particularly Woolf, on this topic. Even her ground-breaking To the Lighthouse touches sentimentality when the family reunites to finally reach the lighthouse. Joyce probably would had them assemble only to discover the lighthouse abandoned or the summer home burned to the ground. The supplental video is here: Teachu.com/sirens
I am struggling with Ulysses. Sometimes, it takes me an entire day to get through 1 page.
I've watched all the videos, and they are helpful, I would have given up a long time ago without Don Gifford's - Annotations.
Here's the thing. Don't try to get everything from every page. The book is a million layers deep. Read it for fun and it will open up to you and you'll see an entirely new world...
Wow wow wow! The last rose of summer really moved me. Guess I couldn't resist the sirens after all... Mr. Reich, your lessons are great!!! I am reading Ulysses for the first time. I am Italian, so English isn't my mother tongue but I am trying to understand and appreciate all the things you highlight in your videos. And I really do. Thanks for your amazing job, and the passion you put in it. A big Italian hug
Thank you so much. I am so proud of you! You are getting through a very hard book. I appreciate your comments so much. That music is beautiful, isn't it? Thank you.
Thank you! The music was a beautiful addition!
Chris, thank you so much. These videos have made my first read of Ulysses entertaining and much more lighthearted than if I had tried by myself. Looking forward to reading this book for many years and decades to come.
thank you for the music. it has added so much to the ambience of SIRENS and joyce...and the time. i have watched a number of lectures on the book and your tone and scholarship stand apart. you have no snooty academic axe to grind...your approach is humble in the way real love is...and FUN. thank you so much for being my mentor in this very satisfying undertaking.
Really enlightening and interesting . I love this series. This is my third read of Ulysses and I find more treasure every time I look.
I love your videos! :) English is not my first language and reading Ulysses hasn't been easy... So thank you very much for helping me in this adventure! :D
You must be an amazing reader to get through a book that most English speakers cannot survive! Thank you for your comments!
One has the impression that Joyce should have written an opera. He undoubtedly has the musical knowledge to have been able to do so - even if he wrote only the lyrics. Imagine him and someone like Stravinsky collaborating!
Its chapters like these that also make me think that Kerouac's jazz influenced beat style, bop prosody, must have been influenced by Joyce to a high degree. Especially Joyce's use of combining onomatopeaic words and neologisms such as "Fff! Oo!" and "Imperthnthn thnthnthn."
The opening section which you aptly describe as like an orchestra warming up and tuning up strikes me as similar to William Burroughs and Brion Gysin's Cut-Up method of literary composition. It is beautifully to experience reading this chapter's text as the excerpts used at the beginning overture really jump out at you when they occur 'properly' in the story.
Bloom's loneliness is made all the more palpable by being inside a crowded pub. I'm sure we've all experienced that succinctly weird sensation of being in the middle of a crowd but having the greatest sense of loneliness because of the great numbers of people. As a citizen in the great anonymius metropolis sprawl that is modern London it is a feeling that happens too often.
The high usage of Tap Tap Tap in this chapter reminds me of Stephen Daedelus' ashplant walking stick which surely must also tap tap tap through the streets of Dublin.
I must say my overall impression of Dublin that Joyce evokes feels a lot more like a small village than a capital city. Where everyone else has their nose in everyone else's business.
Your comments gave me as much pleasure as the chapter. Thank you for that. It is less lonely when I know there are readers who get it! Thank you so much for adding to the conversation.
@@TeachUBusiness
You may enjoy an epic Heroic poem I finished recently, which in part has been inspired by my recent reread of Ulysses. Joyce's poetic, musical use of language is always creatively inspiring to me.
brendanpickett.wordpress.com/2020/02/22/the-temple-of-legend/
Please let me know in the comments that you found the music video. I was trying to add a little fun but maybe it just added a complication? Thank you!
13.13 it was the custom in Ireland until quite recently for farm labourers and unskilled workers to exhibit themselves at fairs to potential employers in the hope of gaining employment, it was not play acting for a day.
Thank you for the link to the opera music - actually made me cry. I don't think any cultre does sentimentality better than the Irish. They really pull the emotional strings.
Really appreciate the time and effort you are putting into the videos!
I think this has been one of my favorite chapters to far. Thanks for the videos, keep it up.
Joshua Wood Thank you for that. I needed a boost today! I hope you found the bonus video. The music is really beautiful. Thanks again for commenting.
Hello, Chris ! Just dropped in to say Merry Christmas to you 🎄(in case you celebrate) 🎄 thank you so much for your videos, i'm now so happy to be back to reading Ulysses with you 💕 stay healthy and happy 🍊 and have a great holiday 🥳
Thank you! I'm very happy to hear that you are reading, and hopefully, enjoying Ulysses! Your comments warm my heart! Best wishes to you and Happy New Year!
I presume Joyce never intended that we should enjoy reading him to marvel at the different infrastructure. A bar with a piano player, singer(s), interspersed with lively conversation. Perhaps other people have this experience, it certainly seems more alive than spending time in modern bars stuffed with jukeboxes and TV's.
Chris thanks for this great video and the music. The music makes me a little sentimental though :)) I will try to ppfff the sentimentality :)
That music gets to me too! The Humanities make us human! Take care and keep reading!
Por fin entendí la introducción del capítulo de las sirenas. Es la orquesta afinando !!! (obviamente !!!). Erróneamente hay quien indica que es una obertura... Muchas gracias. Y gracias por el video con los tres temas musicales.
Wonderful introduction to the episode, so grateful!!
Thank you! Good luck, don't quit! We all have your back!
Here’s a runner-up for the Sirens, and not unrelated to sentimentality: drinking, which is so pervasive in Joyce. The references to drinking establishments in ULYSSES are incredible, reminding me of a Frank Zappa comment suggesting that the two ubiquitous things in middle America are churches and liquor stores.
Now THAT made me laugh! I feel now like we're all getting the playful spirit of this book in addition to the painful difficulty. At the end of the day, it's a wonfderfully human book! Sláinte!
Thank you for the extra links AND mentioning The Bells
Am I not alone in my hopes that Bloom confronts and puts a few lumps on Boylan?
You are not alone. If you have that feeling, you definitely have a feel for what's going on!
I am really able to gain a better insight into this chapter with the additional music excerpts.
Fun video. I really enjoyed M’appari Martha.
It's too bad that the opera Martha is rarely performed. It was one of the most popular operas 90 years ago.
Sorry Chris, just found below the link for the music video !!
Chris you're amazing
So are you! This is a tough book. Don't give up and it will reward you.
HI CHRIS REICH!! my deep tks for your comments and interpretation of this episode. I was in the dark... Also I´m reading it in Spanish, my first language, and this musical episode is not sounding maybe as it should... pls I did not find the links for the music pieces you added as bonus at the end... where do I find them??
I bought Ulysses "The Corrected text...don't waste your money. Spend the extra $50.00 and buy The Cambridge Centenary edition complete with annotations, start fresh.
sláinte!
Hello! It's me again! Hope I'm not bothering you! I loved this episode!! I'd like to share my impressions with you. As we see music flows all throughout the chapter I wonder if,apart from being an instrument for "telling a story " in a more subtle way, isn't Joyce using music as the most suitable way to express what words can not? I also noticed an incresing use of neologisms that , in my opinion, sond perfect and express ideas in a much more complete fashion. An idea came to me: the book is about not being satisfied with life and, as a writer, language, ordinary language, must undergo a revolution as well. Thanks a lot for reading this and I'd be delighted if you could tell me qhat you think of my impressions. Feel freeto tell me if Iam not making the correct connections!! Thanks again, Chris!!!
Brilliant! I love your comments! You are doing a brilliant job! Don't stop. YES, Joyce uses music throughout the entire book.
@@TeachUBusiness I'm so proud! You read my comments and agree with them. Couldn't ask for more! Thank you Mr. Chris!!!!
Is it possible that the barmaids are the named sirens, but the “rocks” that will ultimately sink your ship is the collective, hyperbolic sentimentality that’s depicted with the Irish songs?
Yes indeed. The sentimentality of the songs is another of the many rocks that can crash our ship. Great observation. Are you enjoying the book? Sounds like you understand it...enjoy your adventure.
One last question from the episode, as a pipe tobacco smoker I am curious...Mr. Dedalus is smoking a pipe and is at one point packing his pipe with a blondish Mermaid tobacco? Would anyone know what tobacco he is smoking? I’m assuming since it is blond it may be s Virginia Blend? Or I am wrong to assume it is reference to the tobacco type or perhaps a Mermaid tobacco pipe?
Mermaid's was a brand of Irish tobacco from that time. Can't say what the composition is.
Chris Reich thank you. I’ll research it, hopefully they still make a blend comparable. I think it would be a great experience to try! Petersen Irish Flake may be close though I’m still researching.
I can,t find the bonus video. What description? Oliver
Oliver Goldsmith go here...www.teachu.com/sirens
@@TeachUBusiness I just listened (1-6-2022), and scrolled to HERE. and found the link!! i could not find it after the episode. thank you so much..
Can anyone tell me where to find the music video? Thanks
Hi Marissa, here's the link to the music video: teachu.com/sirens/
Interesting article on the Ormand Hotel which this episode is centered
www.jjon.org/joyce-s-environs/ormond
Is there a good movie version based on the novel?
There is a black and white movie floating around but like all movies, it doesn't do the book justice (imho).
I see where there is a 1967 movie based “loosely” on the novel, just not sure if it’s a good representation or worth watching. It seems to have received several awards..curious as to wether anyone has seen it.
I saw it back in the 60s and loved it! The photography was amazing and I found the film very funny. It was not considered 'appropriate' for general release and could only be seen at a very few select cinemas! The director was Joseph Strick (I think) & Bloom was played by Milo O'Shea. I'm sure it took short cuts through the book, but I think it's worth seeing in its own right.
J. Ka I finally saw it. It was actually really good.
I know this comment is old but I enjoyed watching Bloom, which you can find here to rent on youtube if you're in the states. Like Chris said, it hasn't done justice to the novel but it still does a nice job. Mostly enjoy the actress that portrays Molly Bloom. Also will always be the face I have for Leopold, Stephen Rea.
Why do they keep referencing Bloom to Catcher in the rye? I read it a very long time ago and I dont think I understood it then.. but is it referencing that book and why please?
I don't know who "They" are. Catcher in the Rye wasn't published until 1951.
@@TeachUBusiness sorry didnt mean the book when I said they. He i should have said. They keep saying on the rye and I didnt know if it was the book or it meant something. The plot keeps saying that bloom is on the rye...never mind. Thank you anyway
@@theresabruno2452 There is beautiful song...When the Bloom is on the Rye. Look for it on TH-cam. It is a really nice song. Funny error! I wondered why you asked about Catcher in the Rye...
th-cam.com/video/RPaTsZ9fcRs/w-d-xo.html
@@TeachUBusiness aaaah! Now it makes sense. I knew you'd work it out from all my non sense. Thank you... I'm listening to this playlist today, taking a break from Sirens which I'm finding tough going.
A friend recommended it to me and Sirens has been the perfect time to stop and listen to the list in full. open.spotify.com/album/0c5LXgThkwQkdXoJTn1AAl?si=ZY-T7CzNTqymIFEeStJsUA
I've just finished Sirens and that was really hard for me. I think if you hadnt made the video I wouldn't have a clue what just happened. I read it out loud which was different but... yeah the toughest yet.