Harold Pinter: Art, Truth & Politics
In late 2005, Harold Pinter videotaped a lecture on the occasion of the award to him of one of the most distinguished of honours, the Nobel Prize for Literature. His speech, delivered directly to camera, is a complex reflection on his own writing and an excoriating attack on the foreign policy of a "brutal, ruthless and scornful" United States. He reflects on the genesis of his plays "The Homecoming" and "Old Times"; on the problems of political theatre; on the tragedy of American actions in Nicaragua; on the invasion of Iraq and on other crimes by the United States in the past half century...
Year: 2006
Genre: Documentaries, Political Docos, Docos - Political
Country: UK
Starring: Harold Pinter
Duration: 46 Minutes
Rating: Ex
Location in store: Documentary (Political)
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