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The Portable Phonograph (1977)

ALL 05/01/1977 (en) 0 Min
  • Release
    05/01/1977
  • Production
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  • Original title
    The Portable Phonograph
  • Original language
    en
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Overview

An adaptation of the short story of the same title by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, in which four men who have survived a catastrophic war share memories of their past lives and a civilization which no longer exists. Here, a vintage recording of Debussy's Nocturne played by Walter Gieseking becomes the vehicle by which four lovers of the humanities hover together in a cold post-apocalyptic shack of sandbags to mourn weekly over lost art and loves gone by. Barnes, who must be considered among the greatest filmmakers ever to work in the educational world, forcibly illustrates, through flashback sequences and close-up shots, how the humanities --- music, painting, literature, and theatre --- are perhaps the most enriching of all human endeavors. Their ultimate and devastating loss may have never before or since been shown with such terrifying passion.

  1. John W. Barnes

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Michael Gwynn

    The Music Lover

  2. William Squire

    The Actor

  3. Philip Locke

    The Book Lover

  4. David Buck

    The Musician

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Casts : 4 , Crews : 2

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The Portable Phonograph (1977) 0 Min

ALL 05/01/1977 (en)
  • Release 05/01/1977
  • Production
  • Original title The Portable Phonograph
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

An adaptation of the short story of the same title by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, in which four men who have survived a catastrophic war share memories of their past lives and a civilization which no longer exists. Here, a vintage recording of Debussy's Nocturne played by Walter Gieseking becomes the vehicle by which four lovers of the humanities hover together in a cold post-apocalyptic shack of sandbags to mourn weekly over lost art and loves gone by. Barnes, who must be considered among the greatest filmmakers ever to work in the educational world, forcibly illustrates, through flashback sequences and close-up shots, how the humanities --- music, painting, literature, and theatre --- are perhaps the most enriching of all human endeavors. Their ultimate and devastating loss may have never before or since been shown with such terrifying passion.

  1. John W. Barnes

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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