New John Kennedy Toole Doc screening in Lafayette
November 16th, 2010 § Leave a Comment
John Kennedy Toole: The Omega Point
A documentary film by Joe Sanford
The story of a New Orleans writer,
his mother and his masterpiece -
A Confederacy of Dunces
Friday, November 19, 2010
7:00 pm
Griffin Hall Auditorium (HLG 147), Rex Street
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
30th Anniversary of A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole’s Pulitzer Prize winning novel, A Confederacy of Dunces, was published in 1980, eleven years after the author’s suicide at age 32. Ignatius Reilly, Toole’s “slob extraordinary,” is considered one of the most original and hilarious characters in American literature.
UL & Ken Toole
Toole was an Instructor in English at UL (SLI) from 1959 to 1960. His Ignatius Reilly is based on another UL English professor–the late Bobby Byrne. The film is dedicated to the memory of Patricia Rickels, a friend and colleague of Ken Toole, and she is featured in the film. UL faculty members Charles Richard, Marcia Gaudet, and Maurice DuQuesnay worked with Sanford on the film. Joel Fletcher—son of a UL President and a friend of Toole—is featured in the film.
To see the opening of the film, go to: http://www.jktoole.com
This event is sponsored by the UL Lafayette English Department, Flora Levy Lecture Series, and
Cinematic Arts Workshop. It is free and open to the public.
