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Record information – Brief Volcano : An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry
Hierarchical level:Item (Accession level)Date:1976Item number (ISN):299123Type of material:Moving imagesFound in:Archives / Film, Video and Sound -
Record information – Details Fonds/collection:CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, TELEVISION: HEAD OFFICEAccession:1982-0253Media:VideoPart:2 of 2Production date:1976Production company:National Film Board of CanadaProduction credit:director/scenario/producer/narrator, Donald Brittain; director/scenario/editing, John Kramer; producer, Robert Duncan; executive producer, James de B. Domville; photography, Douglas Kiefer; sound, James McCarthy; sound editing, Les Halman; music, Alain ClavierDescription:This documentary spins around the life of an author and his work. Malcolm Lowry has been called everything from a tormented genius to a repulsive drunk. His one great work, "Under The Volcano", has been hailed as one of the greatest novels of this century. Under the direction of one of Canada's foremost documentarians, Donald Brittain, excerpts from Lowry's book are woven together with film sequences shot in Mexico, California, Vancouver, New York and England, the countries, cities, villages and saloons of Lowry's life. Lowry's widow, Margerie Bonner Lowry, agreed to participate in this film; his last remaining brother, Russell, appears in a first-time-ever interview. Richard Burton, a long-time Lowry admirer, reads excerpts from the book for this evocative documentary. <99mn>Notes:Detailed holdings information: -
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