Jørgen Leth's personal, pleasurable distillation of Danish literature covers seven poets alive at the time of production and twenty classical poets. A handful of actors share readings of the classical texts in semi close ups against a dark background; the living poets read their own works.
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A Plastic Ocean

McQueen

John Candy: I Like Me

Fuck

Public Speaking

Elstree 1976

28 Up

Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Champs

Heart of a Dog

My Mom Jayne

A Decade Under the Influence

Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction

Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars

Directed by John Ford

Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story

Lovecraft: Fear of the Unknown

The Class of ‘92

Halloween: 25 Years of Terror






