Samuel Beckett

Samuel Beckett

Born: April 13, 1906
Died: December 22, 1989
in Foxrock, Dublin, Ireland
Samuel Barclay Beckett was an Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in Paris for most of his adult life and wrote in both English and French. He is widely regarded as among the most influential writers of the 20th century. Beckett was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Literature "for his writing, which—in new forms for the novel and drama—in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation."

Movies for Samuel Beckett...

Barney's Wall
Title: Barney's Wall
Character: Himself (archival footage)
Released: May 4, 2019
Type: Movie
What makes a rebel? This 78 minute documentary probes the psyche of bad-boy publisher and free speech warrior Barney Rosset, whose mid-century legal and cultural battles smashed sexual and political taboos in the United States — unleashing the counter-culture of the 1960s and introducing millions of young intellectuals to the most radical currents in literature, film, theater and politics. In his late eighties, coming to terms with his life, Barney Rosset began to obsessively sculpt an autobiographical 15′ x 22′ surreal wall mural, embedded with jewel-like vignettes crafted out of found objects, each a clue to the conflicts and obsessions that drove Barney’s lifetime rebellion against authority. A cast of artists, a neurologist, and a shaman connect the clues and piece together Barney’s life.
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Notfilm
Title: Notfilm
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 27, 2015
Type: Movie
NOTFILM is a feature-length experimental essay on FILM -- its author Samuel Beckett, its star Buster Keaton, its production and its philosophical implications -- utilizing additional outtakes, never before heard audio recordings of the production meetings, and other rare archival elements.
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Title: Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 6, 2002
Type: TV
"The Century of the Theater" - From the "birth of the director" to the "heroes of modernity" - an overview of the world of theater - illuminates the interaction with the history of the past hundred years is also shown.
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Waiting for Beckett
Title: Waiting for Beckett
Released: January 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Biography and in-depth look of Beckett and his work.
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Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence
Title: Samuel Beckett: Silence to Silence
Released: April 15, 1987
Type: Movie
The elusive author of Waiting for Godot cooperated in the production of this portrait, which traces Beckett’s artistic life through his prose, plays, and poetry. Billie Whitelaw, Jack McGowran, and Patrick Magee—Beckett’s great dramatic interpreters—appear in selected extracts from the plays; Beckett specialist David Warrilow narrates a variety of texts.
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Samuel Beckett - Mute Interview
Title: Samuel Beckett - Mute Interview
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
A wordless, silent interview with Samuel Beckett for Swedish Television after Beckett won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Beckett in Berlin
Title: Beckett in Berlin
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
A short film by Rosa von Praunheim