I have been reading Jan Potocki's The Manuscript Found in Saragossa. I had previously seen the wonderful movie in the Castro theatre with my friend Greg. Recently I was reading Neil Gaiman's blog, and he mentioned the book. I figured a book which both Jerry Garcia and Neil Gaiman love has got to be pretty good, so I got it from the library.
I am certainly not dissapointed. The book is incredible, both humorous, witty, sexy, and intellectual. What surprised me is the elder Zoto's story, part of which bears a remarkable resemblence to the first two scenes with Angel Eyes in Leone's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Whether Leone was aware of this work I don't know, but the similarities are quite striking.
I wrote up a post on the Sergio Leone forums observing this, and quoting the passage of interest. I'm curious is anyone else has noticed this.
Posted by ahyatt at May 13, 2003 07:52 AM