Don Delillo: The Word, The Image and the Gun (Original title)
Dates: 1991 (Copyright), 27 September 1991 (Television)Country: United Kingdom
Synopsis: Film presented by author Don DeLillo, in which he explores the relationship between words and images, and between gunmen and the novelist, covering themes and events against which he sets his own fiction, including revolutions, natural disasters, toxic fall-out, plane crashes. It also includes the assassination of President Kennedy and the politics of violence it brought to television screens for the first time, following how the media continues to feed audiences with images of disaster and terror.
Genre: Anthology
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 27 September 1991Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:20-23:10Slot duration: 50 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteTX date: 1991-09-27BFI identifier: C-1379097
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status
Dates: 1991 (Copyright), 27 September 1991 (Television)Country: United Kingdom
Synopsis: Film presented by author Don DeLillo, in which he explores the relationship between words and images, and between gunmen and the novelist, covering themes and events against which he sets his own fiction, including revolutions, natural disasters, toxic fall-out, plane crashes. It also includes the assassination of President Kennedy and the politics of violence it brought to television screens for the first time, following how the media continues to feed audiences with images of disaster and terror.
Genre: Anthology
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 27 September 1991Broadcast channel: BBC1Country: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:20-23:10Slot duration: 50 minsNetwork - Language: English - Colour
Credits
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Production Company: BBC TV, Producer: Kim Evans, Editor: Andrew SnellFilm, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(1)
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteTX date: 1991-09-27BFI identifier: C-1379097
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status