July 9, 2012 Video & Multimedia Watch: How a Book Is Made, 1947 By Sadie Stein You already know how The Paris Review is made. But how about a book? Find out, 1947-style! We must say, despite the labor-intensive type-setting process, they make the publishing process look easy, 2012-style! Thanks, Page Views, for the tip! [tweetbutton] [facebook_ilike]
June 25, 2012 Video & Multimedia Watch: Issue 201 in Action! By Noah Wunsch To celebrate the release of The Paris Review’s Summer issue, we put together a little video that takes you inside the pages of 201. In case you’ve forgotten, the issue features Tony Kushner and Wallace Shawn on the art of theater; new fiction from Sam Lipsyte and Ann Beattie; nonfiction by Davy Rothbart, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, Rich Cohen, and J.D. Daniels; a portfolio curated by Waris Ahluwalia; and poetry by Sophie Cabot Black, Roberto Bolaño, Raúl Zurita, John Ashbery, Octavio Paz, Lucie Brock-Broido, and David Ferry. Subscribe now!
May 29, 2012 Video & Multimedia Watch: The Great Gatsby, 1926 By Sadie Stein While Baz Luhrmann’s Great Gatsby trailer is on everyone’s lips, it’s far from the first time F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel has been captured on celluloid. Everyone remembers the 1974 Robert Redford vehicle, but there was also the 1949 adaptation and, before that, a silent 1926 version scripted by Fitzgerald himself. All that survives—to anyone’s knowledge—is the footage that follows.
October 25, 2011 Video & Multimedia Reading in Bed with James Franco By The Paris Review The other night James Franco curled up with Amie Barrodale’s story “William Wei,” from issue 197. Then he sent us the tape. Click here for the finished, cleaned-up audio version. Click here for the video: Click here to buy the issue. Stay tuned for more dramatic readings by fans of The Paris Review.
December 17, 2010 Video & Multimedia Franzentime, Christmastime By Natalie Jacoby When Jonathan Franzen appeared on Oprah last week, we were inspired to do a video mash-up of her show. After all, we have our own interview with Franzen in the latest issue. Here’s what I put together these last few days. Enjoy, and consider picking up a copy of our winter issue:
December 15, 2010 Video & Multimedia Santa Comes to White Street, Holds Monster Truck Rally, Lorin’s Head Explodes By Natalie Jacoby Just in time to launch our December issue—out now!—Santa showed up in the person of longtime Review fan Paul Opperman, plus his friends Aaron Mirman (music), of the Duotone Audio Group, and Todd Stewart (editing), of Consulate Films. They gave us our first video ever! Paul assures us that no drawings or authors were actually harmed in the making of this tribute. Music is by Paul and Aaron. Monster truck vocals—including Monster Truck Franzen and Monster Truck Erdrich—are by Todd. (“I only do monster truck.”) Footage of Lorin talking was repurposed from the cutting-room floor of Plimpton!, a work in progress by Tom Bean and Luke Poling. As they say in the advertising business, this is your “call to action”—order now!