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"Kurt Vonnegut used to like to say, "Practicing an art form is a way to grow your soul." He would screw up his lips into a prune face after he said this because of how important he believed this idea to be. Pity the Reader is the very embodiment of that idea, a book about writing and life and why the two go together. It includes rare photos and reproductions, Vonnegut's own account in his own words of how he became a writer and why it matters, and...
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[2012]
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English
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John Irving is one of the world's most read authors with over 10 million copies of his 12 novels sold in 30 languages. This documentary takes viewers on an intimate journey into Irving's writing process, research tactics, and character development. Interspersed with commentary from experts, friends, research subjects, and Irving himself, hear quotes from his novels: The World According to Garp, The Cider House Rules, In One Person, Last Night in Twisted...
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[1967]
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English
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On this episode of Camera Three, Margaret Webster discusses George Bernard Shaw's writings and beliefs. The actress also performs excerpts from Man and Superman, Candida, Mrs. Warren's Profession, Pygmalion, Fanny's First Play, Major Barbara, and Back to Methuselah.
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[1972]
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On this episode of Camera Three, Raquel Jodorowsky, Alexandro Jodorowsky, Estrella Artall, and members of the Theater of Latin America perform excerpts from The Fair of Opinion currently running in New York City. Augusto Boal, the artistic director, speaks on the unifying theme of the evening's performances.
20) Fahrenheit 451
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In a future totalitarian state where books are banned and destroyed by the government, Guy Montag, a fireman in charge of burning books, meets a revolutionary schoolteacher who dares to read and a woman who tells him of a past when people did not live in fear.
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