Orson Welles was gobbled up by the big studios, but Kubrick carefully stayed independent of them. The law made to measure by Uncle Picsou matters little. Over time, small mammals have eaten tyrannosaurs. And we've cut off the heads of kings, who supposedly drew their power from the gods. And we did that more quickly.
"To give a purer meaning to the words of the tribe", Stéphane Mallarmé wrote. And when the credit cards have won (apparently in three years time), we must invent other ways to take us to another Cape of Good Hope, where we can watch "new stars rise from the distant horizon", like J.M. de Heredia.
= How do you see the growth of a multilingual Web?
Your book (which is really good and useful — I get something out of it every time I read it, and it has good addresses too) deals with this whole subject: "Sooner or later the presence of languages on the Web will reflect their strength around the world." Depending on the energy of those who speak them.
= What is your best experience with the Internet?
How light-headed we felt when we received our first message… coming from
Canada. 10.000 (?) years after the Inuits, our cutters had just discovered
America!
= And your worst experience?
All the sleep I'm missing…
*Interview of June 25, 2000 (original interview in French - partial translation)
= How did using the hyperlink change your writing?