Volcano : An Inquiry into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry

Collaborators : Brittain, Donald | Domville, James de B. | Duncan, Robert | Kramer, John | Office national du film du Canada

Lowry, Malcolm, -- 1909-1957.Authors -- Canada -- Biography.Developing Countries -- Central America and the Caribbean.Literature and Language - Canada -- English-language Writers.Literature and Language - Canada -- Portraits.Literature and Language -- Portraits.Literature and Language -- World Literature.Afficher 2 supplémentaires

Author of one of the major novels of the century, Under the Volcano, Malcolm Lowry fought a winning battle with words, and a losing battle with liquor. On-location shooting in four countries, photographs, readings by Richard Burton from Lowry's novel, and interviews with the people who loved and hated him give the film a terrifying immediacy. More than a portrait, it is a reflection on the greater agony of man.

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