Speaking of Henry Miller
| April 21, 2009 | Filled under Blog, Video |
Dogmatika has linked to a 35-minute documentary of Henry Miller, 81 years old, delivering a monologue in the bathroom of his California home.
Do not ask me how Miller differed from Bukowski. He just did. They were both misogynists, but something about Miller I really loved. I was never really drawn to the sex, per se. I was more drawn to the travel, and his vivid, visceral descriptions of everything from the seedy dens of Paris to the intense love and betrayal he felt over his wife and his many girlfriends.
I tried to read Tropic of Cancer, but I couldn’t get through it. Too much talk of cunts and what have you. It’s telling, though, that several images from the book have stayed with me despite the fact that it’s been nine years since I tried to read it.