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The Paris Review, early chapters, [Checkerboard Foundation, Inc. ; director, Paula Heredia ; producer, Edgar B. Howard]

Label
The Paris Review, early chapters, [Checkerboard Foundation, Inc. ; director, Paula Heredia ; producer, Edgar B. Howard]
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The Paris Review
Medium
videorecording DVD
Responsibility statement
[Checkerboard Foundation, Inc. ; director, Paula Heredia ; producer, Edgar B. Howard]
Runtime
53
Sub title
early chapters
Summary
In the summer of 1953, three expatriated Americans - Peter Matthiessen, Harold "Doc" Humes, and George Plimpton - founded the international literary quarterly, The Paris Review. William Styron, a 28-year-old novelist, wrote an inaugural essay. This documentary is based on extensive interviews with founders Plimpton and Matthiessen, and includes interviews with Styron, Donald Hall, James Salter, Mary Lee Settle, Robert Silvers, and others
Target audience
general
Technique
live action