{"id":292,"date":"2006-07-16T08:27:37","date_gmt":"2006-07-16T15:27:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2006\/07\/16\/reinaldo-arenas\/"},"modified":"2017-07-16T10:34:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-16T17:34:09","slug":"reinaldo-arenas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mutanteggplant.com\/vitro-nasu\/2006\/07\/16\/reinaldo-arenas\/","title":{"rendered":"Reinaldo Arenas – Before Night Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reinaldo Arenas \"Reinaldo was born on July 16, 1943.<\/p>\n

A Sadness as Deep as Sea by Jaime Manrique<\/a><\/p>\n

“Jaime, what a life I’ve had. Even before the revolution, it was bad enough the agony of being an intellectual queen in Cuba. What a sad an hypocritical world that was,” he paused. “Finally, I leave that hell, and come here full of hopes. And this turns out to be another hell; the worship of money is as bad as the worst in Cuba. All these years, I’ve felt Manhattan was just another island-jail. A bigger jail with more distractions but a jail nonetheless. It just goes to show that there are more than two hells. I left one kind of hell behind and fell into another kind. I never thought I would live to see us plunge again into the dark ages. This plague — AIDS — is but a symptom of the sickness of our age.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Seres extravagantes
\n<\/object><\/p>\n

\nI am that child
\nwith the round, dirty face
\nwho on every corner bothers you with his
\n” Can you spare a quater?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Look me in the eyes with contempt then sentence me, My Lover Sea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The ocean….Blue….Not at first <\/strong> (the first sentence of his novel, Farewell to the Sea, a Novel of Cuba.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

  • <\/li>\n

    \"1abefore-night-falls\"<\/a><\/p>\n

    Before Night Falls<\/a> a beautiful film based on his memoire <\/a>adapted and directed by Julian Schnabel. <\/p>\n

    (Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed provided some of the soundtrack music – Official Trailer here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

    Saw this film for the 3rd or 4th times just a few days ago and thought that if anything Schnabel will be remembered more for this film if not for his neo-expressionist paintings<\/a> of the early 80’s. <\/p>\n

    Group Photo <\/a>of Reinaldo with Nestor Almendros<\/a> in Cuba.<\/p>\n

    Reinaldo was a Cancer\/Goat, <\/a>a sensitive provider.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Reinaldo Arenas was born on July 16, 1943. A Sadness as Deep as Sea by Jaime Manrique “Jaime, what a life I’ve had. Even before the revolution, it was bad enough the agony of being an intellectual queen in Cuba. What a sad an hypocritical world that was,” he paused. “Finally, I leave that hell, … <\/p>\n

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