Arena - Season 1 Episode 259 Saint Genet
Tonight Arena presents a unique interview with one of the great figures of 20th-century literature,
Jean Genet. His first novel, Our Lady of the Flowers, written in prison, moved Jean-Paul Sartre to declare him a saint and martyr. Genet's plays, including The Maids and The Balcony, revolutionised post-war theatre, and his novels, explicit and passionate celebrations of homosexual love, were widely banned.
Now 75, Genet remains a self-declared outcast, unrepentant about his past as a thief and prostitute, still questioning society's expectations. In an impassioned outburst, he denounces even the interview itself as 'a piece of bad theatre' and turns the tables on his interrogators, asking them some uncomfortable Questions of his own.
Year: 2024
Genre: Documentary
Country: United Kingdom
Director:
Cast:
Crew: John Read (Writer), Nicholas Shakespeare (Writer), Harold Pinter (Writer), Debbie Geller (Producer), Debbie Geller (Executive Producer), Diana Mansfield (Executive Producer)
First Air Date: Oct 01, 1975
Last Air date: Dec 29, 2024
Season: 3 Season
Episode: 689 Episode
Runtime: 90 minutes
IMDb: 7.22/10 by 9.00 users
Popularity: 12.8292
Language: English
Keyword : documentary filmmaking
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