In 1984, Mike Cartmell began Narratives of Egypt, a four-part series that deals with the father in Prologue: Infinite Obscure, the son in In the form of the letter “X”, the lover in Cartouche, and wraps it all up in Farrago, a word meaning: a medley, a heap of fragments. Using a speculative etymology, Cartmell “adopts” the American writer Herman Melville as his father, using selected passages to ruminate on death, language and paternity. Farrago remained incomplete when Mike died, this is my version of the closing chapter, which continues Mike's project of remaking Moby-Dick, and presiding over the unholy marriage of Egypt and Melville.
Mike Hoolboom
Director
Herman Melville
Writer
The Egyptian65%
The Man from Elysian Fields58%
The Place Beyond the Pines70%
The Mummy69%
The Usual Suspects82%
The Words66%
Your Fault: London74%
Where the Red Fern Grows63%
Braven61%
The Bad and the Beautiful72%
Deception59%
Land of the Pharaohs64%
Stranger Than Fiction72%
The Ritual Killer58%
Solomon and Sheba64%
The Escort59%
Where the Red Fern Grows69%
Brief Encounter76%
Death on the Nile64%
Pulp58%
