Poet Movies

  • 2007
    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place

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    Documentary about Charles Olson, exploring his life and the significance of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

    Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place
  • 2015
    Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death

    Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death

    Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death

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    Documentary exploring Ted Hughes, one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, focusing on how his life story influenced his work and vision.

    Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death
  • 1975
    Even Today He’d Speak His Mind

    Even Today He’d Speak His Mind

    Even Today He’d Speak His Mind

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    Documentary about the German poet Erich Weinert.

    Even Today He’d Speak His Mind
  • 1966
    A Fine Madness

    A Fine Madness

    A Fine Madness

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    A womanizing poet falls into the hands of a psychiatrist with a straying wife.

    A Fine Madness
  • 1976
    Sing Beautifully About Love

    Sing Beautifully About Love

    Sing Beautifully About Love

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    A tv play about the Swedish poet Gustaf Fröding. Flashbacks from his life in a mental hospital.

    Sing Beautifully About Love
  • 2006
    Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

    Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

    Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man

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    Poet, singer / songwriter and ladies man Leonard Cohen is interviewed in his home about his life and times. The interview is interspersed with...

    Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
  • 2024
    Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait

    Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait

    Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait

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    Drawing on a wealth of unseen archival material and unpublished notebooks, the film weaves a complex and personal portrait of Margaret’s life,...

    Being in a Place: A Portrait of Margaret Tait
  • 2012
    The Broken Tower

    The Broken Tower

    The Broken Tower

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    Docudrama about American poet Hart Crane, who committed suicide in April 1932 at the age of 32 by jumping off the steamship SS Orizaba.

    The Broken Tower
  • 2000
    Songs from the Second Floor

    Songs from the Second Floor

    Songs from the Second Floor

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    A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city.

    Songs from the Second Floor
  • 2021
    Dante's Divine Politics

    Dante's Divine Politics

    Dante's Divine Politics

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    Dante Alighieri was a poet, philosopher and politician in 1300 Florence. The visionary author of "Inferno", the first book of the "Divine Comedy", he...

    Dante's Divine Politics
  • 1980
    The Wrung-Out Man

    The Wrung-Out Man

    The Wrung-Out Man

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    Deraldo, a popular poet from Northeast Brazil, arrives in the capital of São Paulo, making a living only from his poetry and pamphlets. All is...

    The Wrung-Out Man
  • 2000
    Tell Me the Truth About Love

    Tell Me the Truth About Love

    Tell Me the Truth About Love

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    A look at the theme of love in the life of the poet WH Auden, who wrote such famous poems as "Stop All the Clocks" (made famous in "Four Weddings and...

    Tell Me the Truth About Love
  • 1965
    La Bohème

    La Bohème

    La Bohème

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    In the early 1960s two artistic giants, conductor Herbert von Karajan and director Franco Zeffirelli, joined forces to create this milestone...

    La Bohème
  • 1970
    I Am Pablo Neruda

    I Am Pablo Neruda

    I Am Pablo Neruda

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    Examines the career and literary output of Pablo Neruda, who makes his home at Isla Negra on the coast of Chile. Includes views of Mr. Neruda reading...

    I Am Pablo Neruda
  • 2001
    Moulin Rouge!

    Moulin Rouge!

    Moulin Rouge!

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    A celebration of love and creative inspiration takes place in the infamous, gaudy and glamorous Parisian nightclub, at the cusp of the 20th century....

    Moulin Rouge!
  • 1999
    Albert Camus, la tragédie du bonheur

    Albert Camus, la tragédie du bonheur

    Albert Camus, la tragédie du bonheur

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    Albert Camus, la tragédie du bonheur
  • 2021
    The Bad Poet

    The Bad Poet

    The Bad Poet

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    1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: to surveil aging national poet Gabriele...

    The Bad Poet
  • 2018
    Softness of Bodies

    Softness of Bodies

    Softness of Bodies

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    An American poet living in Berlin hopes to win a prestigious grant while dealing with her former relationships, a rival poet, and her own penchant...

    Softness of Bodies
  • 1995
    Total Eclipse

    Total Eclipse

    Total Eclipse

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    Young, wild poet Arthur Rimbaud and his mentor Paul Verlaine engage in a fierce, forbidden romance while feeling the effects of a hellish artistic...

    Total Eclipse
  • 2022
    Dans les yeux d'Elsa Triolet

    Dans les yeux d'Elsa Triolet

    Dans les yeux d'Elsa Triolet

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    Portrait of the writer Elsa Triolet, wife of poet Louis Aragon. The tile is a play on a famous poem by Louis Les yeux d'Elsa.

    Dans les yeux d'Elsa Triolet