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Stephen Saperstein Frug's avatar

Oh man, I *love* Karasik's version of The City of Glass. (I even wrote an essay about it: https://stephenfrug.blogspot.com/2007/03/100-great-pages-paul-austers-city-of.html) I am really excited to hear he's doing the other two!

I have wanted to see The Clock since I heard about it, but I haven't had the chance, yet, alas. I wonder how long it's playing for?

(Just to complete the trilogy: The Shrouds I haven't heard of before, but you sell it well! I'll keep an eye out for it.)

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Matt Madden's avatar

I too have been waiting for about 15 years to get a chance to visit The Clock. It is only at MoMA until May 11.

I don’t think I’ve seen your essay on City of Glass, I’ll check it out.

I think Cronenberg is on a roll, Crimes of the Future was really good, too.

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Karen Green's avatar

I sat through about 45 minutes of "The Clock" back in 2016, when it first came to NYC. I, too, was struck by how the clips initially seemed random but eventually resolved into a kind of comprehensible narrative. I'm not sure if it was intentional or if it was just the human desire to impose linearity on chaos, but it was striking.

If you've never read it, this old New Yorker piece about the making of the film is absolutely fascinating:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/03/12/the-hours-daniel-zalewski

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Matt Madden's avatar

Thanks Karen, I’ll give that a look. I’m curious to know what his thinking was.

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Julia Alekseyeva's avatar

The Clock is one of my favorite works of art of all time!! I have an old paper that compares it to the imaginary film from Infinite H

Jest, of the same name. I could watch it all 24 hours!

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Rachelle Meyer's avatar

Inspiring agenda!

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shellesh's avatar

Auspicious timing — have been re-listening to the audiobook version of the Trilogy, and the 1994 City of Glass comic adaption is an all time favorite of mine. I also collect everything Mattotti. Was at the MOMA a few weeks ago but knackered after 3 hours, and the wait to get in for the The Clock was long. Didn't realize it was leaving so soon, will try again!

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Sofie's choice's avatar

Thank you for giving us this poetic journey through a day in New York. I just re-read The New York Trilogy, and now I also like to read the comic.

In my new novel (which will be translated in the autumn by Misha Hoekstra), one of the first chapters begins with the sentence: "It's 6:93 a.m. There is a knock on the door. Of course, Swiidt will not open. He is busy reading". I love the thought of "The Clock" installation.

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Matt Madden's avatar

That’s a great opening line, Sofie. Congrats and good luck with the novel and thanks for your comment!

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