There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from that of any other. We always returned to it no matter who we were or how it changed or with what difficulties, or ease, it could be reached. Paris was always worth it and you received return for whatever you brought to it. But this is how Paris was in the early days when we were very poor and very happy.
Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast (211)
To bring our course full circle, please watch this amazing video of Orson Welles discussing his friendship with Ernest Hemingway. He calls Hemingway out on his homophobia, says they totally disagreed about bullfighting, and mocks him for being "tense and solemn" in his writing, but he also notes Hemingway's sense of humor in real life and shows compassion for the mental illness that drove him to commit suicide. This is a must-watch interview!
When you read Hemingway's A Moveable Feast, please pay special attention to the chapter called "Shakespeare and Company," and then read this short piece by Sylvia Beach on Hemingway (P.S. That is Sylvia Beach standing next to Hemingway in the photo above, with her hands in her pockets).
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Below you will find the link to the Introduction of Henri Murger's Bohemians of the Latin Quarter from 1851. This is the work that the opera La Boheme would be based on (and later, the musical Rent would be based on it too). The section below is the Preface to the book, and in it, Murger provides a portrait of the Paris bohemian of the mid-nineteenth century. This depiction would set the tone for Hemingway and many others.
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Below you will find a link to the full 1932 adaptation of Hemingway's 1929 novel A Farewell to Arms starring Gary Cooper and Helen Hayes. It was directed by Frank Borzage.
Here is a link to the 1957 adaptation of A Farewell to Arms starring Rock Hudson and Jennifer Jones. It was directed by Charles Vidor.