Learning on ScreenBasil Bunting: An Introduction to the Work of a Poet
- Synopsis
- The poet talks briefly about his long autobiographical poem ‘Briggflats’, published in 1968, and about the craft of poetry, but the majority of the film is devoted to his reading of extracts from the poem itself. The film observes Bunting’s daily routine, his return to Briggflats and the Quaker Meeting House, and shows the northern landscapes crucial to his work.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 36 min.
- Year of production
- 1982
- Availability
- Sale
- Subjects
- English language and literature
- Keywords
- Bunting, Basil; poetry
Credits
- Director
- Peter Bell
- Producer
- Rodney Wilson
- Writer
- Derek Smith
- Contributor
- Philip Trevelyan
Production Company
- Name
Northeast Films
Sponsor
- Name
Arts Council of Great Britain
- Phone
- 020 7973 6455
- Fax
- 020 7973 6581
- Address
- London
SW1P 3NG
Distributor
- Name
Arts on Film Archive, University of Westminster
- Notes
- Arts on Film Archive offers on-line access to a large range of films on art produced in the United Kingdom since the 1950s, and is a unique record of British and international post-war art, as well as of documentary film-making in the UK. In its first phase, the archive offers a complete database and an on-line video streaming of all 450 films made by the film department of Arts Council England between 1953 and 1998 and several films produced till 2003 by the dance Department of ACE. The collection is only available streamed to ac.uk domain addresses.
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