The Freethinker (Watkins, 1994): BFI Southbank, NFT2, 2.40pm
This film is part of the Peter Watkins season at BFI Southbank. Full details here.BFI introduction:
Peter Watkins’ vast portrait of August Strindberg examines the Swedish
playwright not simply as a literary figure, but as a lens through which
to explore class, nationalism and artistic freedom. Produced as part of a
video production course for the Swedish Folk High School, the project
took Watkins and 24 students two years to complete, and combines
dramatised scenes with discussions between performers and crew,
continually interrogating its own methods of representation.
James Bell
Here (and above) is an examination of the film.
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