Re: Robert Aickman
 

Thanks for the digging and the update Cynothoglys.....Yes it's a shame....the obsessive compulsive in me would have liked a uniform collection of Aickman books. Just reading through the whole of the thread. Julian Karswell seems like an interesting character. I agree with some of his points not so much. Looks like he's banned though..

Re: Robert Aickman
 

Robert Aickman event in London next month:
http://www.printroomlondon.com/article.php/7/projects

Re: Robert Aickman
 

I have interesting news that perhaps you have already heard. There is live footage of Aickman on the canals! He appears on a passing barge, smiling into the camera as he passes by, unbeknownst of the many loyal devotees who shall set their eyes on a bygone master happily riding on the canals. I believe there is another video yet this is assuredly the better piece. He appears at approximately one minute and fiftytwo seconds and lasts until the next minute in eight seconds. It could very well be a tale conceived by Aickman. Now if only there was footage of Lovecraft. If anyone knows I would certainly be most grateful.

Re: Robert Aickman
 

Many thanks for posting that clip. The only other film I've seen of Aickman was a short sequence in the BBC documentary The Golden Age of Canals (which I think is mentioned earlier on this thread).

I don't think any film of Lovecraft exists. There are three films of Algernon Blackwood (two of which can be seen via the BFI website) and audio recordings of Arthur Machen and Clark Ashton Smith.

Re: Robert Aickman
 

I am afraid the closest you will come is this:
It is an acting performance imitation of Lovecraft. A caricature, but enjoyable. My favorite part is 49:00 into the film, where Lovecraft very sternly, trembling with overflowing passion, reassures us of his own integrity and honest artistic intentions.

Otherwise you will have to build up your own inner footage, based on the many documented observations of his person. Lovecraft Remembered is an excellent book for this purpose.

Re: Robert Aickman
 

Next month Tartarus Press will publish a new edition of Aickman's second volume of autobiography, The River Runs Uphill, reinstating material that Aickman had pruned from the first edition. For more information, click here.

Re: Robert Aickman
 

Really great clip! It's always fantastic finding gems like these. I suspect we'll see a few more rare clips of weird writers turning up as more old videos make it to YouTube.

Re: Robert Aickman
 

Is anyone else going to the Aickman 100th birthday party at the Print Room in London this Saturday?

Re: Robert Aickman
 

How strange! This is scarcely five minutes walk from where I live.

Aickman, if memory serves, was educated at Highgate School.

Mark S.

Re: Robert Aickman
 

Apparently, I am.