Movies: Us literature
- 2022
Loving Highsmith (2022)
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The story of the life, loves and work of US writer Patricia Highsmith (1921-95), told through her unpublished diaries, her own voice and that of those who knew her, both family and close friends....
- 2020
Stephen King: A Necessary Evil (2020)
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The American writer Stephen King has been one of the world's best-selling authors for decades. How can the overwhelming success of his numerous works be explained? Perhaps by the boundless inventiveness of his literature? And what else is behind the ...
- 1966
With Love from Truman (1966)
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At his Long Island beach house, and on the occasion of the publication of his masterful nonfiction novel In Cold Blood, reporter Karen Dennison interviews celebrated writer Truman Capote, who displays his exuberant personality, makes witty jokes, sha...
- 2021
Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation (2021)
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The parallel lives of writer Truman Capote (1924-84) and playwright Tennessee Williams (1911-83): two friends, two geniuses who, while creating sublime works, were haunted by the ghosts of the past, the shadow of constant doubt, the demon of addictio...
- 2021
Killer, Trader and Psychopath: The America of Bret Easton Ellis (2021)
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In 1991, American Psycho, the third novel by controversial writer Bret Easton Ellis, provoked heated discussions among critics and readers alike; an extraordinarily disturbing book that transported its readers into the mind of Patrick Bateman, a cyni...
- 2017
Henry Miller: Prophet of Desire (2017)
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The US writer Henry Miller (1891-1980), scandalous and nonconformist creator, hated by the most recalcitrant puritans, was a vilified genius, considered a threat, accused of being a sexist, of consciously pursuing the destruction of every civic princ...
- 2018
Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar (2018)
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The story of the making of The Bell Jar, the unique, semi-autobiographical novel written by American writer Sylvia Plath (1932-63), published in February 1963, shortly before her death....
- 2024
Edgar Allan Poe - Amerikas abgründiger Pop-Poet (2024)
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Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most famous American authors. And probably the most abysmal. In his texts, he deals with the dark side of humanity like no other. And was himself scarred by this throughout his life. The writer not only shaped the genres...
- 2015
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century (2015)
Arthur Miller: A Man of His Century7.52015HD
An unparalleled portrait of Arthur Miller (1915-2005), a major writer who left an indelible mark on the world. Miller's life is intimately connected with the great themes that marked the 20th century. Glamour, fame, social criticism and Marilyn Monro...
- 2012
The World According to Irving (2012)
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John Irving's literary worlds are satirically exaggerated, socially critical, unexpectedly magical. But how do these dazzling, sometimes bizarre, narrative worlds emerge? A unique insight into his writing workshop and a search of the places and peopl...
- 2021
Ernest Hemingway: 4 Weddings and a Funeral (2021)
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A look at the intimacy of the US writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), a man infinitely more complex than his public image suggested, through the story of his relationship with his four wives....
- 2016
The Worlds of Philip K. Dick (2016)
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An immersion into the life and writings of the extraordinary American science fiction writer Philip K. Dick (1928-82), whose outstanding work predicted like no other the dystopian debacle toward which the chaotic world of the 21st century is inevitab...
- 2023
Moby Dick: An American Allegory (2023)
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A look at US society through the prism of Moby Dick, the mythical novel published by Herman Melville (1819-1891) in 1851....
- 1978
The Writer In America : Toni Morrison (1978)
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An interview with a young Toni Morrison. The video also shows Toni Morrison going shopping, at a party, and at work. Her commentary provides an incisive look behind her written words, and at the vision, technique, and lifestyle of this award-winning ...