BIB_ID
449612
Accession number
MA 23840.541
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.
Display Date
Delhi, India, 1970 April 12
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (5 pages) ; 24.6 x 19.4 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope stamped, addressed to "Mr. James Ivory, Taj Mahal Hotel, Apollo Bunder, Bombay 1", postmarked "14-4-70".
Dated "12 April"; year inferred from postmark.
Sketches by Subrata Mitra on front and back of envelope; identity of artist provided in handwritten note on post-it.
Dated "12 April"; year inferred from postmark.
Sketches by Subrata Mitra on front and back of envelope; identity of artist provided in handwritten note on post-it.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Sending additional lines of dialogue for "the Hari-Lucia scene", to be used after the "stars and fate bit", as well as additional lines for them to say while they are driving on the way back from the ashram; explaining why she continues to adjust the dialogue, because she knows that when he has the scene, "you'll want it down to its essence"; reminding him of the comparison between the original and the final versions of Federico Fellini's screenplay for "Juliet of the Spirits"; suggesting they cut the funeral scene entirely.
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