Harry Northup
Harry Northup has
acted in films directed by Martin Scorsese and Jonathan Demme. He is the
author of nine poetry books, including the recently released Red Snow
Fence (Cahuenga Press). He appeared with his friend Lane Smith in
the films Over the Edge and Blue Collar.
lane died, age
69
there was hetty, who was blonde
& a model
there was dana, who came into the
room when larry had removed his
clothes
there was ed, who worked with lane
in “blue collar,” who read to lane
there was david, who produces strindberg’s
plays
charlie, who was in “the sting”
sara, who went with lane
steve, who cared for lane daily, nightly
people outside a tent & horses
roof aslant, berries like bees under-
neath
light on red brick, arm falls
wreckage, saw standing on its blade
circular motion around coffin in light
shooting arrows, royal blue bows
sparkle like snowflakes
body in light curved
black berries, filaments, weathercock
turning, row of yellow flowers
quiet place in straw
through the revolving bridge wires
a hand to guide the human shroud
lights blue mist
lane: handsome a large range of
emotion: anger, rage, mischievous
joyful, protest, happy, bitter, mournful,
resounding & joyous laughter, torment-
ing, rebellious, authoritative, hostile,
strong
vertical, diagonal rockets strafe
the sky, horizontal scarlet
eye of rooster, of hawk
cane hangs on door knob
light shines down, cane falls, scarlet
roses crushed, light shoots down to
the base of a golden candle, rushes
up, lights
flame, thumb, hand, passion, light
horizontal through the door.
film
heart
michael mann said "marty is
a friend to all film-makers"
scorsese, demme, kaplan,
godard, bertolucci,
ford, curtiz, walsh, hitchcock.
bunuel, ray, fellini, pasolini,
stevens, wellman, griffith,
chaplin
those i love
film is a director's medium
film caresses me, holds me,
captivates me,
gives me work, light & heart
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