EPISODE ONE: SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE POEMS
Films
The Beaches of Agnes (Agnes, 2008)
Beowulf (Zemeckis, 2007)
Barfly (Schroeder, 1987)
The Colour of Pomegranates (Parajano, 1969)
Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993)
The Long Day Closes (Davies, 1992)
Paterson (Jarmusch, 2016)
La Rabbia (Pasolini / Guareschi, 1963)
Sylvia (Jeffs, 2003)
Ten (Kiarostami, 2002)
Films by Margaret Tait
Portrait of Ga (1955)
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo (1955)
Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait (1964)
Blue Black Permanent (1992)
Films by May Deren
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
At Land (1944)
Books
Meshes of the Afternoon by John David Rhodes (BFI, 2020)
Poems, Stories and Writings by Margaret Tait, edited by Sarah Neely (Fyfield, 2012)
Directors who wrote poetry, poets who made films
Jean Cocteau (French, 1889 - 1963)
Bob Dylan (American, 1941)
Abbas Kiarostami (Iranian, 1940 - 2016
Allejandro Jodorowsky (Chilean, 1929)
Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italian, 1922 - 1975)
Derek Jarman (British, 1942-1994)
Forough Farrokhzad (Iranian, 1934-1967)
Poems read on the show
'Now' by Margaret Tait
Margaret Tait reading 'Now' (originally published in origins and elements, 1959), from Poems, Stories and Writings edited with an introduction by Sarah Neely (Manchester: Carcanet, 2012). This recording is made available online with the permission of the Estate of Margaret Tait and is © Alex Pirie.
Poets mentioned on the show
Hugh MacDiarmid (1892 - 1972)
Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)
Lorine Niedecker (1903 - 1970)
Films
The Beaches of Agnes (Agnes, 2008)
Beowulf (Zemeckis, 2007)
Barfly (Schroeder, 1987)
The Colour of Pomegranates (Parajano, 1969)
Groundhog Day (Ramis, 1993)
The Long Day Closes (Davies, 1992)
Paterson (Jarmusch, 2016)
La Rabbia (Pasolini / Guareschi, 1963)
Sylvia (Jeffs, 2003)
Ten (Kiarostami, 2002)
Films by Margaret Tait
Portrait of Ga (1955)
The Leaden Echo and the Golden Echo (1955)
Hugh MacDiarmid: A Portrait (1964)
Blue Black Permanent (1992)
Films by May Deren
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
At Land (1944)
Books
Meshes of the Afternoon by John David Rhodes (BFI, 2020)
Poems, Stories and Writings by Margaret Tait, edited by Sarah Neely (Fyfield, 2012)
Directors who wrote poetry, poets who made films
Jean Cocteau (French, 1889 - 1963)
Bob Dylan (American, 1941)
Abbas Kiarostami (Iranian, 1940 - 2016
Allejandro Jodorowsky (Chilean, 1929)
Pier Paolo Pasolini (Italian, 1922 - 1975)
Derek Jarman (British, 1942-1994)
Forough Farrokhzad (Iranian, 1934-1967)
Poems read on the show
'Now' by Margaret Tait
Margaret Tait reading 'Now' (originally published in origins and elements, 1959), from Poems, Stories and Writings edited with an introduction by Sarah Neely (Manchester: Carcanet, 2012). This recording is made available online with the permission of the Estate of Margaret Tait and is © Alex Pirie.
Poets mentioned on the show
Hugh MacDiarmid (1892 - 1972)
Amy Lowell (1874 - 1925)
Lorine Niedecker (1903 - 1970)