Satyricon and Soldier

Russell Wodell · 18 Aug 2006, 21:41 · from 2006-August.txt.gz

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From: wrustle at telus.net (Russell Wodell)
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 14:41:46 -0700
Subject: (urth) Satyricon and Soldier
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Hmmm...that begs that question whether Wolfe ever saw Federico Fellini's 
remarkable 1969 film version of Sayricon, in which the bold leaps across the 
narrative gaps are memorably disorienting, if you will excuse the pun. There 
might just possibly be a structural influence. ... even though there are 
many centuries between pre-classic Greece and Petronius.

Or could that have inspired the future-influencing-the-past structure of 
Book of the New Sun? (Just kidding.)

Actually, the film that springs to mind re: Latro would be the classic Ray 
Harryhausen version of Jason and the Argonauts.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Thornton" <adam at io.com>
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Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 2:15 PM
Subject: (urth) Satyricon and Soldier

>I assume this has been mentioned before, but, uh, everyone's aware of
> how much the Latro books read like _The Satyricon_--the damaged Latin-
> speaking hero on a quest throughout the Roman world to appease his
> god--right?
>
> It's just that the holes in Latro's story come from the hole in his
> head, rather than the holes in a text passed down less-than-
> faithfully for two millennia.
>
> I'm rereading _The Satyricon_ as research for a project I'm working
> on, and I was struck by how familiar a lot of it felt.
>
> Adam
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