Paul Bowles: The Cage Door is Always Open
Realizador Daniel Young
Países Switzerland
Duração 87 min
Sinopse
The fact that Paul Bowles is less well known than fellow writers like William S. Burroughs or Allen Ginsberg may be because, after pursuing a nomadic lifestyle at the beginning of the 1950s, publicity-shy Bowles decided to settle in Tangiers. There, far away from the hurly-burly of the literary world, the town became a permanent home for this homosexual writer and composer and Jane, his lesbian wife. Bowles' austere, Calvinistic view of humankind and the psyche, distinguished him from other Beat Generation writers throughout his life. Based on moving interviews given by Bowles shortly before his death, Daniel Young's documentary takes a look at the life and work of a fascinating and complex personality; his rather eccentric but nonetheless deeply loyal marriage; and the mythically glamorous Tangiers. Combined with anecdotes and comments from some of Bowles' fellow travellers and other contemporaries, the film delivers a multifaceted portrait of this radical visionary's life.
The fact that Paul Bowles is less well known than fellow writers like William S. Burroughs or Allen Ginsberg may be because, after pursuing a nomadic lifestyle at the beginning of the 1950s, publicity-shy Bowles decided to settle in Tangiers. There, far away from the hurly-burly of the literary world, the town became a permanent home for this homosexual writer and composer and Jane, his lesbian wife. Bowles' austere, Calvinistic view of humankind and the psyche, distinguished him from other Beat Generation writers throughout his life. Based on moving interviews given by Bowles shortly before his death, Daniel Young's documentary takes a look at the life and work of a fascinating and complex personality; his rather eccentric but nonetheless deeply loyal marriage; and the mythically glamorous Tangiers. Combined with anecdotes and comments from some of Bowles' fellow travellers and other contemporaries, the film delivers a multifaceted portrait of this radical visionary's life.