Harold Pinter: Art Truth & Politics: The Nobel Lecture 2005

Synopsis: In late 2005 Harold Pinter videotaped a lecture on the occasion of the award to him of the Nobel Prize for Literature. His speech, delivered directly to camera, is a complex reflection on his own writing and an excoriating attack on the foreign policy of a "brutal, ruthless and scornful" United States.

Harold Pinter reflects on the genesis of his plays "The Homecoming" and "Old Times"; on the problems of political theatre; on the tragedy of American actions in Nicaragua; on the invasion of Iraq and on other crimes by the United States in the past half century.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2006
Year of production: 2005
Subjects: Drama; Politics & government
Keywords: drama - contemporary; foreign policy; Nobel Prize winners; Pinter, Harold; United States of America; political issues

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