Let it come down : the life of Paul Bowles / Zeitgeist Films ; Requisite Productions ; directed by Jennifer Baichwal ; produced by Nick de Pencier, Jennifer Baichwal.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Baichwal, Jennifer, director, producer.

De Pencier, Nick, producer.

Alexander Street Press.

Requisite Productions (Firm), production company.

Zeitgeist Films, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bowles, Paul, 1910-1999.

Bowles, Paul.

Americans--Morocco--Biography.

Americans.

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Morocco.

Composers--United States--Biography.

Composers.

United States.

Genre:

Biographies.

Documentary films.

Video recordings.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (73 minutes)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Zeitgeist, 1999.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

One of the most enigmatic artists of the 20th century, writer, composer and wanderer Paul Bowles (1910-1999) is profiled by a filmmaker who has been obsessed with his genius since age nineteen. Set against the dramatic landscape of North Africa, the mystery of Bowles (famed author of The Sheltering Sky) begins to unravel in Jennifer Baichwal’s poetic and moving LET IT COME DOWN: THE LIFE OF PAUL BOWLES. Rare, candid interviews with the reclusive Bowles—at home in Tangier, as well as in New York during an extraordinary final reunion with Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs -are intercut with conflicting views of his supporters and detractors. At the time in his mid-eighties, Bowles speaks with unprecedented candor about his work, his controversial private life and his relationships with Gertrude Stein, Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, the Beats, and his wife and fellow author Jane Bowles.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed March 23, 2016).

OCLC:

950613936

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.