An interesting piece from Public TV that resurfaced from people digging through the Channel 13 beta site. It appears to be from a show called “USA Arts: USA The Novel.” don’t you just love new freebies of your favorite artists. Thank you internets!
Chapter 1: History:
Chapter 2: Switzerland & Writing:
Chapter 3: In the Office:
Chapter 4: Chess:
Chapter 5: Greatest Achievment:
[via Black Garterbelt and the Los Angeles Times Blog]
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Great! Thank you for sharing! Those flashcards would become part of Ada. The part where he is playing chess with his wife is so endearing. Any idea what he is saying to the new paper man? He reminds me of so many indefatigable geezers I’ve met living in my grandmother’s apartment building. Who would guess he was a genius? I hope I’m as happy as him when I’m that age!
Thanks for that. This is the most revealing documentary I’ve seen on him so far: we get to see his warmth and sense of humour. He seem’s fairly relaxed and almost natural; well as natural as he would ever get in front of the camera. All the other TV interviews I’ve watched have been very staged and serious, with Nabokov fondling his index cards, reeling off answers to predetermined questions. This is Nabokov’s Hello magazine feature – a rare insight into his cuddlier side.
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