Film
The Gaze of the Gorgon
1992 · 40m · History · Documentary
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Overview
Film poem by Tony Harrison which takes the figure of the Gorgon as a metaphor for the "freedom-fixing politics" which have been responsible for so much conflict this century. It starts in 1992 Frankfurt where Harrison speaks through the mouth of the statue of the German Jewish poet Heinrich Heine. At Corfu in Greece he tells of the link between Heine, the Greek Gorgon and Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Crew
- Peter SymesDirector
- Tony HarrisonWriter
- Peter SalmonExecutive Producer
Details
- Release date
- October 3, 1992
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 40m
- Genres
- History, Documentary
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