Oh, Mr Faulkner, Do You Write?

Synopsis: Set in William Faulkner’s home in Oxford, Mississippi, OH, MR FAULKNER, DO YOU WRITE? is a film based on a one-man play about the life of the Nobel Prize winning writer. It takes place the day after it has been announced from Stockholm that Faulkner is to be the recipient of the Nobel Prize (1950) and is set up as a conversation between Faulkner and a fictional press corps. The film includes a series of humorous and insightful stories about Faulkner’s days in Hollywood, his opinions of the North and the South, the Civil War, slavery, other writers, women and his own family.

DVD extras include: Q&A with John Maxwell; Behind the Scenes; Still photo Montage
Language: English
Country: United States
Year of release: 2011
Subjects: Drama; Literature
Keywords: literature - American; Faulkner, William; One-Person shows; American Studies

Director

Jimbo Barnett

Writer

John Maxwell; Tom Dupree

Cast

John Maxwell

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Notes: Artfilms Europe is the European distributor of the collection of Contemporary Arts Media, Australia (previously known as Hush Video). The collection originally specialised in drama and the performing arts but has since widened its remit across the arts spectrum to include visual arts, design, architecture, new media and digital arts in its collection of over 5,000 titles. Separate subject catalogues, printed or online in pdf format, are available for theatre, dance, visual arts, film & cinema, new media, music, performance art and communication & culture. Sale on DVD or streamed on a pay-per-view or subscription basis from www.artfiflms-digital.com. From 2015, private users can subscribe via a digital site licence for £8 per month, allowing access to a selection of 300 - 400 films.

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