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Bonus Films for Bookworms
(Because too much of a good thing is wonderful.)
Tennessee Williams: The Wounded Genius
You know who got to the heart of dysfunctional families? Tennessee Williams.
You know who got to the heart of dysfunctional families? Tennessee Williams.
He "played his typewriter like a fine instrument," turning out poems as well as plays. His works earned awarded him countless awards -- including the Pulitzer Prize -- and placed him at the top of the list of great 20th Century American playwrights.
This fascinating 1999 A&E documentary explores his famously dysfunctional story from his childhood with a hard-drinking macho father and mentally ill puritanical mother, through the creation of his successful works like A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, to his 20-year slide and ultimate death.
This fascinating 1999 A&E documentary explores his famously dysfunctional story from his childhood with a hard-drinking macho father and mentally ill puritanical mother, through the creation of his successful works like A Streetcar Named Desire and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, to his 20-year slide and ultimate death.
Running time: 44 minutes
You can't do much better than this beautiful boxed set of Tennessee Williams plays:
You can't do much better than this beautiful boxed set of Tennessee Williams plays:
You think your family squabbles have been bad during the pandemic? Check out this great version of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof from 1984 starring Jessica Lange, Tommy Lee Jones, Rip Torn and Kim Stanley:
Watch the documentary at the top of the page!
