No, heard is correct. Ron Perlman recited it as Vincent on Beauty and the Beast, more than ten years ago--nearly 20. I probably should be reluctant to admit that it was that show that introduced me to Rilke, embarassed that my schooling didn't include his work, and that I was easily influenced by a tv series.
Perlman painstakingly went through makeup so his voice would sound like Vincent's when he recorded the bits of literature that were used on the show for the CD "Of Love and Hope". His nose was flattened, he wore fangs, and the rubber appliances around his mouth all changed the sound of his voice and his enunciation as Vincent, and he wanted to recreate that for the CD. The quotes were woven into the text of the show, and they chose things that lent themselves to the story. So, yeah, there's an emotional attachment to the versions I heard there. Including the particular translation of the excerpt from Letters to a Young Poet in my sidebar.--->
If you can get your hands on a copy of the CD, it's worth listening to. Perlman reads excellently. But then I freely admit I'm prejudiced.
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Date: 2004-10-23 09:59 pm (UTC)Perlman painstakingly went through makeup so his voice would sound like Vincent's when he recorded the bits of literature that were used on the show for the CD "Of Love and Hope". His nose was flattened, he wore fangs, and the rubber appliances around his mouth all changed the sound of his voice and his enunciation as Vincent, and he wanted to recreate that for the CD. The quotes were woven into the text of the show, and they chose things that lent themselves to the story. So, yeah, there's an emotional attachment to the versions I heard there. Including the particular translation of the excerpt from Letters to a Young Poet in my sidebar.--->
If you can get your hands on a copy of the CD, it's worth listening to. Perlman reads excellently. But then I freely admit I'm prejudiced.