Great clip of great author, being interviewed by Jon Stewart about her new book, Absence of Mind: The Dispelling of Inwardness from the Modern Myth of Self.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Marilynne Robinson | ||||
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A quick quote from her brilliant Pulitzer-winning novel Gilead:
“There is no justice in love, no proportion in it, and there need not be, because in any specific instance it is only a glimpse or parable of an embracing, incomprehensible reality. It makes no sense at all because it is the eternal breaking in on the temporal. So how could it subordinate itself to cause or consequence?”
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7 responses to “Marilynne Robinson talking Science and Religion on The Daily Show”
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I am crazy about Marilynne Robinson. She's this wonderful novelist, which you wouldn't guess from the interview.
The movie HOUSEKEEPING (Christine Lahti) is based on the stunning novel by Marilynne Robinson. It's one of the great movies of the last 30 years, part of the flowering of amazing magical films that occured in the mid to late 80s.
Gilead is my favorite novel.
I also enjoyed Housekeeping. Had no idea it was made into a movie. Thanks StampDawg.
Sadly, Ben, the film was never released on DVD.
I have a list of Great Movies that are unavailable on DVD (at least in the US). HOUSEKEEPING, PAPERHOUSE, and TURTLE DIARY are at the top of that list.
The list gets shorter every year, though, which is encouraging: maybe it's just a matter of time.
I don't think "Day of the Triffids" (1963) has been released on DVD yet.
The novel The Day of the Triffids is fabulous — and so is the poster for the 1963 movie version. The DVD for the 1963 version is out of print but is available at Amazon.com, if you are willing to fork out $80-$90 for it.
Also, a longer BBC miniseries version of the story was released in 1981 and is available on NetFlix. I saw it and liked it. John Duttine (of "To Serve Them All My Days") plays the lead.
The BBC science fiction series TRIPODS is not available in USA format, but I am told that might change — I am crazy about this silly but intensely sincere version of adolescent science fiction protestantism.
LOVE her.
Thanks, Dave. HOME is excellent, too.