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- BFI identifier227371
- Date1983 (Copyright)
- Production countryUnited Kingdom
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- SynopsisPortrait of Margaret Tait, including extracts from many of her films. In interviews, she talks about her introduction to the cinema in Italy and her move to Scotland where she began making her own films. She discusses the important influences of poetry, music and Eastern philosphy on her approach to filmmaking. (Synopsis) An interview with Scottish film-maker, Margaret Tait (1918-1999), which records her life and work and the development of her film style. (NFA Catalogue)
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Title
Margaret Tait: Film Maker (Original)
Category
Non FictionThis work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
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- Film / Video
- Scripts / DocumentsProfiles - Papers relating to the 'Profiles' series of films [Directed by Margaret Williams. Produced by Arbor International for Channel 4 and Arts Council of Great Britain]. Includes: 'Profiles of British Avant-Garde & Independent Film & Video Makers: A proposal for a pilot co-production between the Arts Council of Great Britain and Channel 4', by Arbor International Films & Television; 'Arbor Films Production Budget'; 'Jeff Keen Profile Draft Script', May 1982; remittance advice statements and internal Arts Council of Great Britain (ACGB) memoranda relating to payments from ACGB to Arbor International; copy of letter from Rodney Wilson, Film Officer, ACGB, to the director Margaret Williams, Arbor International, 9 November 1981, confirming that at its meeting on 30 October, the Arts Films Committee agreed in principle to support the first of the 'Profiles' series, the decision to go ahead, however, being contingent on 50% of the budget being provided by Channel 4; draft agreements between ACGB and Channel Four Television Company Limited; and other papers. - ACE-1-152
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United Kingdom - Film - Non Fiction
- +Margaret Tait: Film Maker
Work - 227371 - 1983 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Non Fiction
- +Margaret Tait: Film Maker
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