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The question I have not yet seen in the comments here is whether or not this post is real or fiction. Is it the journal of a questionable character, or a delibe

The question I have not yet seen in the comments here is whether or not this post is real or fiction. Is it the journal of a questionable character, or a deliberate attempt to push people's buttons? And honestly, that is why I like it. I really hope it cannot be taken at face value - that would be disappointment.

karaterobot 2y ago
I don't see anything about a movie called Interlaken being developed. On IMDB, I do see an Andrew Norman Wilson as the director of the short films he mentions in the article. Who knows about the individual details in it. I'm sure it's sort of directionally true. It's believable at any rate.
- netsharc 2y ago
  Interlaken is a town in Switzerland, and he says the movie will be set there, not that it'll be the title.
rightbyte 2y ago
It seems like some art student guy's journey leveling up from food coupon couch surfing to movie director. Dunno if real or not or what the point is. Feels like trolling to piss people off?
- api 2y ago
  It was posted. It got attention. Someone may remember his name. Mission accomplished.
NoboruWataya 2y ago
Kinda gives me Bukowski vibes, like if Hank Chinaski had gone to art school.
- tomcam 2y ago
  When I think Bukowski, I think a Pasadena residence punctuated by visits to the Queen Mary
- badpun 2y ago
  Chinaski was working for a living, this guy would rather cheat and steal, as he thinks labor is beneath him (he described a regular cleaner's job as "demeaning").
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gary_0 2y ago
> Is it the journal of a questionable character, or a deliberate attempt to push people's buttons? Reminds me of some of Hunter S Thompson's writing (who always insisted his sordid semi-autobiographical tales were drawn directly from even more depraved true events).
rootusrootus 2y ago
> whether or not this post is real or fiction Well, he has one other post on the same site that is explicitly marked fiction, where this one is not. That may be a clue.
- codingdave 2y ago
  Maybe - this is clearly someone who enjoys blurring the line between reality and fiction, so a their tagging of their own work might be equally blurry.
roughly 2y ago
> whether or not this post is real or fiction I suspect both, and I’d suspect the author’s the sort who wouldn’t stay in one category no matter the circumstances.
doctorpangloss 2y ago
All the true stories you actually bother to read are a little fictive. That said, he said two specific relationships with real people that I know, by name, and you know what? He’s telling it like it was in those cases. The least real thing about this is that, reading carefully, the only antagonists are the occasional grant committee members who reject him. To me, in real life, fine artists are quite opinionated and tend to beef with a lot of people; or have no opinions, and are pigeonholed into doing the same exact thing that once, long ago, got them an audience, over and over again. Andrew does not belong to this latter group.

karaterobot 2y ago

I don't see anything about a movie called Interlaken being developed. On IMDB, I do see an Andrew Norman Wilson as the director of the short films he mentions in the article. Who knows about the individual details in it. I'm sure it's sort of directionally true. It's believable at any rate.

netsharc 2y ago
Interlaken is a town in Switzerland, and he says the movie will be set there, not that it'll be the title.

rightbyte 2y ago

It seems like some art student guy's journey leveling up from food coupon couch surfing to movie director. Dunno if real or not or what the point is. Feels like trolling to piss people off?

api 2y ago
It was posted. It got attention. Someone may remember his name. Mission accomplished.

NoboruWataya 2y ago

Kinda gives me Bukowski vibes, like if Hank Chinaski had gone to art school.

tomcam 2y ago
When I think Bukowski, I think a Pasadena residence punctuated by visits to the Queen Mary
badpun 2y ago
Chinaski was working for a living, this guy would rather cheat and steal, as he thinks labor is beneath him (he described a regular cleaner's job as "demeaning").

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gary_0 2y ago

> Is it the journal of a questionable character, or a deliberate attempt to push people's buttons? Reminds me of some of Hunter S Thompson's writing (who always insisted his sordid semi-autobiographical tales were drawn directly from even more depraved true events).

rootusrootus 2y ago

> whether or not this post is real or fiction Well, he has one other post on the same site that is explicitly marked fiction, where this one is not. That may be a clue.

codingdave 2y ago
Maybe - this is clearly someone who enjoys blurring the line between reality and fiction, so a their tagging of their own work might be equally blurry.

roughly 2y ago

> whether or not this post is real or fiction I suspect both, and I’d suspect the author’s the sort who wouldn’t stay in one category no matter the circumstances.

doctorpangloss 2y ago

All the true stories you actually bother to read are a little fictive. That said, he said two specific relationships with real people that I know, by name, and you know what? He’s telling it like it was in those cases. The least real thing about this is that, reading carefully, the only antagonists are the occasional grant committee members who reject him. To me, in real life, fine artists are quite opinionated and tend to beef with a lot of people; or have no opinions, and are pigeonholed into doing the same exact thing that once, long ago, got them an audience, over and over again. Andrew does not belong to this latter group.