Cocktot Interview--Paris Series

Author: (French) Germaine Greer, edited by Cai Hongning, translated by Qian Lin
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Publish Date: 2005-08-01
Features: The Koco collects 14 of the most important interview dialogues in Koco's life, along with 14 self-portraits. Koco called all his film works "poetry in motion," and the book elaborates in detail on his thoughts about film and poetry. In this book, readers can see some of the things Koco often said, spontaneous inspirations that burst forth from his chest, and the other image in people's eyes that he never admitted to. Readers will also encounter familiar figures and anecdotes they have heard before. New things keep emerging in the dialogues, while old stories are given a fresh glow. We revisit the old topics and gather this volume once again, which does no harm to the poet. Although he was always criticized for being too broad in his interests, this time, the poet's works exhibit deep consistency, with a single thread running through them from beginning to end. However, once you return to the poet as people know him, this thread may very well disappear. This collection does not completely overturn his previous autobiography with a completely unfamiliar face. The book still contains everything we know: his desire to stay younger, his distinctive awkward posture at work, his reflections on his own and others' works, his admiration for Stravinsky, Apollinaire, Picasso, and others. Moreover, in this book, this well-known figure gains a new style, becoming richer, more complete, and more vivid.