Comments on: Book Trailer: Christian Kracht’s New Book

By: giles

giles — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:38:34 +0000

The title is a translated lyric from the Irish folk song ‘Danny Boy’

“…But come ye back when summer’s in the meadow
Or when the valley’s hushed and white with snow
‘Tis I’ll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so”.

By: Lilian

Lilian — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 09:52:56 +0000

According to Agnieszka, ‘The booktrailer was transmitted via internet on the publishers and on the writer´s internet sites, and there are a few 35mm copies screened in cinemas as an ad. and youtube of course…’

By: guanabana

guanabana — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:47:22 +0000

Thank you very much¡¡¡ I am also investigating about this motions. As soon as I have something new I´ll let you know

By: Lilian

Lilian — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:09:15 +0000

I have forwarded your question to the ladies. We’ll see what they say..!

By: guanabana

guanabana — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:34:31 +0000

I liked it a lot. I like the idea of building a language from a book with images that everybody can interpretate. The problem I see is that if you havn´t read the book and you read it later you will probably imagine the principal character as it is in the video instead of recreating it in you head. But that is a challenge for us designers. But I have a question… Where are this animations transmited? via internet? wich channels? banners? have no idea but i would like to know

By: Kalone

Kalone — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:03:06 +0000

The Lyrics were good, but the animations looked too muddy and simple to me.

By: akabaka

akabaka — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:45:37 +0000

Aha! On further research, the title is from the lyrics of “Danny Boy”: “I’ll be here in sunshine or in shadow.”

By: Lilian

Lilian — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:41:06 +0000

thanks for the tip, akabaka. As you can see, i speak no German! :)
Post ammended.

By: akabaka

akabaka — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:35:36 +0000

“Der Neue Roman” isn’t the name of the book; it’s German for “The New Novel” (as in “the new novel by Christian Kracht”). The name of the book is “Ich werde hier sein im Sonnenschein und im Schatten,” which I think means “I will be here in the sunlight and in the shade.”