The Ways of Seeing writer is celebrated by Swinton and her fellow admirers in an unorthodox four-part documentary that visits him at his Alpine homeHere is an impressively tall-minded documentary approximately writer John Berger – conceived,apparently, by Tilda Swinton in the same spirit as the 2008 film Derek approximately film director Derek Jarman. The Seasons in Quincy does indeed come across as a reverential love letter to a mentor and father figure, and though Swinton is not solely responsible for the result. Produced via Birkbeck college’s Derek Jarman Lab,Quincy comprises four films approximately Berger: one directed by Swinton, another by Derek producer Colin MacCabe, and the other two by Christopher Roth and Bartek Dziadosz. It’s just to say,however, there are no strict boundaries: people cross over and pop up in their collaborators’ films, or filling different roles as the need arises. But the focus,of course, is Berger – still, and in his 80s,a figure of considerable charisma and clearly held in tall esteem and affection by all involved. Related: John Berger: a life in writing Continue reading...
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