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42 Episodes 1973 - 1974
Episode 1
Sun, Sep 9, 1973
A film profile of Mexican painter Rufino del Carmen Arrelanes Tamayo narrated by John Huston.
Episode 2
Sun, Sep 16, 1973
Pianist Joseph Villa surveys the themes of composer Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) during his middle years.
Episode 3
Sun, Sep 23, 1973
First of a two-part profile on British director Ken Russell, known for his pioneering work in television and film and his flamboyant and controversial style.
Episode 4
Sun, Sep 30, 1973
In part-two of the controversial filmmaker Ken Russell profile he talks about his films and clips from "The Devils" and "The Boy Friend" are presented,
Episode 5
Sun, Oct 7, 1973
Twyla Tharp choreographs and performs with dancers in five pieces set to the music of legendary jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke.
Episode 6
Sun, Oct 14, 1973
Photographs that made Life Magazine and the impact and evaluation of its contents are evaluated in this program.
Episode 7
Sun, Oct 21, 197328 mins
Basil Bunting, English poet from Northumberland on the Scottish border, reads his poetry. Introduction and commentary on Bunting by actor Patrick MacNee. Bunting was the last in the generation of Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot and W. B., Yeats, all of whom he knew well. Here he is seen sitting before a coal fire in a local pub, walking the moors of his beloved Northumberland, wandering through a medieval town, reflecting on the world around him and, most importantly, reciting his poetry. For as he says, "Poetry lies dead on the page until it is heard." Bunting recites from his long poem "Briggflats" and other of his works, including "What the Chairman Told Tom".
Episode 8
Sun, Oct 28, 1973
How we learn who and what we are is among the themes examined in the work of Austrian playwright Peter Handke. Excerpts from his work are performed in the first of two shows tracing his development.
Episode 9
Sun, Nov 4, 1973
Episode 10
Sun, Nov 11, 1973
The Open Theater which offers a highly original approach to movement, pace and drama as an expression of ideas is showcased.
Episode 11
Sun, Nov 18, 1973
The Open Theater presents "The Mutation Show" a fluid montage of scenes, ideas and personalities mostly created by the actors themselves.
Episode 12
Sun, Dec 9, 1973
Documentary about the life and career of Hans Richter: painter, experimental filmmaker, and surrealist; who is interviewed at his home.
Episode 13
Sun, Dec 16, 1973
Faubion Bowers introduces the National Folk Ensemble of Pakistan who perform musical compositions and dances using authentic folk instruments and wearing traditional costumes. An interview with Pakistani theater celebrity and broadcaster Zia Mohyeddin is included.
Episode 14
Sun, Dec 23, 1973
Episode 15
Sun, Dec 30, 1973
A performance of George Crumb's song cycle "Ancient Voices of Children" by the artists for whom he composed the work: the great mezzo-soprano Jan De Gaetani and the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, conducted by Arthur Weisberg. The texts are fragments of larger poems by Federico García Lorca. Footage of the performance is interspersed with images created using a video synthesizer, and there is also interview footage of Crumb discussing his work.
Episode 16
Sun, Jan 6, 1974
Seven short films made by women living on the West Coast are presented. Freude Bartlett, an experimental filmmaker and founder of the San Francisco based film distribution company Serious Business, is a guest and commentator.
Episode 17
Sun, Jan 13, 1974
Excerpts from the RSC's New York season, where two actors share the leading roles.
Episode 18
Sun, Jan 20, 1974
Royal Shakespeare Company members perform in a dramatization of Sylvia Plath's poems.
Episode 19
Sun, Jan 27, 1974
Composer Elizabeth Swados sets poems by the late Sylvia Plath to music which is sung by Michele Collison. Drama critic Margaret Croyden provides an illuminating commentary on Miss Plath and her work.
Episode 20
Sun, Feb 3, 1974
A look behind the slick facade of Madison Avenue. Advertising executive George Lois explains what makes products sell and illustrates how ad campaigns are developed.
Episode 21
Sun, Feb 10, 1974
Is there life on other planets? Astronomer Carl Sagan speculates on the possible nature of life forms on other worlds as he talks with New York City high school students. Sagan also discusses the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
Episode 22
Sun, Feb 17, 1974
The cause of contemporary classical music is furthered by French pianist Marie-Francoise Buquet. She performs "Herma" by Yannis Xenakis, "Klavierstuck XI" by Karlheinz Stockhausen and Anton Webern's "Variationen Fur Clavier."
Episode 23
Sun, Feb 24, 1974
The irreverent humor of Dudley Moore and Peter Cook. The two British comics currently starring on Broadway in "Good Evening," perform comedy sketches.
Episode 24
Sun, Mar 3, 1974
A chamber orchestra and soprano Heather Harper perform Gustav Mahler's "The Ruckert-Lieder" based on the poems written by Friedrich Ruckler.
Episode 25
Sun, Mar 10, 1974
"Nightwalk" is a collective theater piece by writers Jean Claude van Itallie, Sam Shepard, Megan Terry, director Joseph Chaikin, and the actors of the Open Theater group. This was the last performance before disbanding.
Episode 26
Sun, Mar 17, 1974
A dream-like world unfolds in "Nightwalk," an experimental play performed in the second of two shows featuring the Open Theater.
Episode 27
Sun, Mar 24, 1974
A study of contemporary Japanese photography makes up this half hour show.
Episode 28
Sun, Mar 31, 1974
A profile of sculptor Isamu Noguchi who was born in Japan and educated in the United States. His work represents a blend of Eastern and Western ideas and media.
Episode 29
Sun, Apr 7, 1974
Jane Marla Robbins portrays English novelist and satirist Fanny Burney (1752-1840) in a one woman show drawn from her letters and diaries.
Episode 30
Sun, Apr 21, 1974
From Marconi's wireless to rock-and-roll stereo stations, the medium of radio is studied in a two-part show. Part concentrates on radio's "golden age" in the 1940s.
Episode 31
Sun, Apr 28, 1974
The second part of two programs on radio's past and present. The revival of the radio drama, a mainstay of 1940s, is described by Himan Brown, producer of "Mystery Theater."
Episode 32
Sun, May 5, 1974
Opening up the world of poetry to children is the aim of educator Kenneth Koch. His technique, illustrated in this program, is to have young poets find inspiration from the themes of old masters like Shakespeare and Blake. Koch is seen with seventh-grade students in New York City.
Episode 33
Sun, May 12, 1974
Poetry that combines language with graphics or music is discussed by writer-critic Richard Kostelanetz. He uses examples to illustrate this mixed-media art, including his own poem "Disintegration, printed in progressively illegible type.
Episode 34
Sun, May 19, 1974
A two-part series looking at "The March of Time," Time Inc.'s newsreel-like series distributed to theaters in the U.S. monthly from 1936 to 1951.
Episode 35
Sun, May 26, 1974
Episode 36
Sun, Jun 2, 1974
Episode 37
Sun, Jun 9, 1974
Part 1 of 2 parts displaying the documentary film work of Robert MacBeth in an exploration of the black community in Harlem.
Episode 38
Sun, Jun 16, 1974
Episode 39
Sun, Jun 30, 1974
Episode 40
Sun, Jul 7, 1974
Faubion Bowers presents the avant garde painter, photographer and film maker Rudy Burckhardt with film clips and voice recordings that provide explanations of his ideas and techniques.
Episode 41
Sun, Jul 14, 1974
Winston Churchill and Abraham Lincoln are among the people who have written about their bouts with depres-sion. This form of mental illness is the subject of a two-part forum. Topics include methods of diagnosing depression and how to effectively treat It.
Episode 42
Sun, Jul 21, 1974
The symptoms and possible causes and cures of depression are explored in the second of a two-part forum.Panelists include clinical psychologist Albert Ellis.