Cult Montreal talks about Carol Dunlop, forgotten Canadian genius
An excerpt from Cult Montreal's piece on the research and origin's of our Cortazar documentary:
If you’re not a literary buff, the name Julio Cortázar may not mean much.But by those who are familiar with his work, he has been called a “modern master of the short story,” and is known as one of the major figures of the Latin American Boom of the ‘60s and ‘70s. In the late ‘70s, he fell in love with Carol Dunlop, an American writer, translator and photographer who lived and worked in Montreal.
Dunlop served as Cortázar’s muse and the pair wrote a book together, Autonauts of the Cosmoroute, during a road trip through France. While Cortázar and his writing have staked out a secure spot in history, Dunlop has faded into the background — she’s remembered in relation to her famous husband, and for her tragic death.
Tobin Dalrymple has set out to tell her story and unearth more about Dunlop and her life in Montreal with his documentary Julio & Carol. We spoke to him last week about the film’s development and his research process.
http://cultmontreal.com/2014/03/new-doc-explores-a-forgotten-montreal-genius/#sthash.rKdjFqnr.dpuf