BIB_ID
449618
Accession number
MA 23840.539
Creator
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer, 1927-2013, sender.
Display Date
Delhi, India, 1970 April 11
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2021.
Description
1 item (3 pages) ; 24.7 x 19.5 cm + envelope
Notes
Envelope stamped, addressed to Mr. James Ivory, Taj Mahal Hotel, Apollo Bunder, Bombay-1, postmarked.
Dated "11 April", year inferred from handwritten note on envelope.
Dated "11 April", year inferred from handwritten note on envelope.
Provenance
James Ivory.
Summary
Wondering if the ending is quite right and whether the final shot of Jennifer Kendal makes her seem too remote; suggesting that there should be something between the murder and the funeral; noting that Ivory said he would have to go back to the Taj for additional filming; suggesting that if he couldn't, he could take another setting and make it appear to be the same place; dismissing her knowledge of the technical aspects of film production; questioning whether his idea of "ending the film on people surging out of a cinema" is the best option; asking whether he has gotten a shot of Hari in his room at night.
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