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EDITOR's NOTE. There were two responses to the VN Question of the Day--by Mary
Bellino and Steve Cook. Since the Bellino reply was the most complete, I give it
below.
What is the Nabokovian connection of the Barry Blitt NEW YORKER cover of May
28?
Mary Bellino <iambe@JAVANET.COM> wrote:
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> "And on one there was a white-faced man with lifeless features and big
> American glasses, hanging by his hands from a skyscraper--just about to
> fall off into the abyss."
> Defense, 247; description of a picture on Valentinov's table -- which is
> of course a still from Harold Lloyd's "Safety Last." Discusssed also by
> Appel, Nabokov's Dark Cinema, 161 (the still is reproduced on 152).
>
> The New Yorker cover brings this timeless (or timely) image into the
> digital age -- very witty.
>
> Mary Bellino
Bellino and Steve Cook. Since the Bellino reply was the most complete, I give it
below.
What is the Nabokovian connection of the Barry Blitt NEW YORKER cover of May
28?
Mary Bellino <iambe@JAVANET.COM> wrote:
> ----------------- Message requiring your approval (11 lines) ------------------
> "And on one there was a white-faced man with lifeless features and big
> American glasses, hanging by his hands from a skyscraper--just about to
> fall off into the abyss."
> Defense, 247; description of a picture on Valentinov's table -- which is
> of course a still from Harold Lloyd's "Safety Last." Discusssed also by
> Appel, Nabokov's Dark Cinema, 161 (the still is reproduced on 152).
>
> The New Yorker cover brings this timeless (or timely) image into the
> digital age -- very witty.
>
> Mary Bellino