“Muchofthisbookisadense,exhilaratingridethroughphantasmagoria,illuminatedbybright,gleaminggeneralities:’someoneintheaudiencewillwonderifthatishowwearemeanttosurviveourmemories.’Howarewetosurvivenotonlyourmemories,butdiminishmentandnightmare?Manyofthegodswhopresideherearemoviemakers,fromJacquesTourneurtoTakashiMiike.Butstartlingly,thesemysteriousandeloquentpoemsculminateinthelong,next-to-last,magnificentpoem’SonetLumi癡re.’Stevensnowisthefecundmodel,asRichardDemingmodulatesbeautifullybetweenfour-andfive-andevensix-linestanzas.Thisisatremendouslyaccomplished,fascinatingbook.“-FrankBidart
