Merton of the Movies Version:Digital Animal Quintet takes a raw

Animal Quintet takes a raw look at racial tensions and bourgeois respectability in a region struggling to change

INTERVIEWSDavid Palumbo-Liu

there are all kinds of digital ways to make beautiful prints

ESSAYSClaire L

Anthony Seidman’s energetic translation—the first into English—preserves the prickly feel of Bernal’s classic

Merton of the Movies Version:Digital Animal Quintet takes a rawMerton of the Movies, which Gertrude Stein called the best book about 20th century American youth, follows midwestern bumpkin Merton Gills unlikely journey from a Kansas stockroom to the star studded set of a silent film. Unfortunately, the actors hes idolized from afar lose their luster up close, which fuels his desire to become a dramatic leading mannot some slapstick fool. By a stroke of luck, Merton lands a gig as an extra. His natural oafishness