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Paul Bowles: Halfmoon

By SpotCheater On March 1, 2010 2 Comments

  • The exotic world of expatriate American writer Paul Bowles (The Sheltering Sky) is brought to the screen in this beautifully photographed anthology based on three of his short stories. Bowles introduces each story and narrates the first. “Merkala Beach”, “Call at Corazon”, and “Allal” are all haunting, enigmatic tales that capture the essence of Bowles’ vision of humanity and his love of stran

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The exotic world of expatriate American writer Paul Bowles (THE SHELTERING SKY), artistic colleague of Beat poets and writers such as Jack Kerouac and William S. Burroughs, is brought to the screen in this beautifully photographed anthology based on three of his short stories. Bowles introduces each story and narrates the first, “Merkala Beach,” about the grim friendship between two youths, one a drunkard and the other a pothead. In “Call at Corazon,” a newlywed couple jour… Click here to continue reading