Gilbert Adair
Writer · 1944 – 2011 · Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Gilbert Adair was a Scottish novelist, poet, film critic and journalist. He was critically most famous for the "fiendish" translation of Georges Perec's postmodern novel A Void, in which the letter e is not used, but was more widely known for the films adapted from his novels, including Love and Death on Long Island (1997) and The Dreamers (2003)
Movies3
Movie7.3DocumentaryThe making of The Dreamers, its background and relation to the May 1968 student riots in Paris.
Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’
2004 · 3 votes
Movie7.7DocumentaryA fascinating glimpse into Truffaut’s creative process and how his life informed his art, told from the perspectives of those who knew him best.
- Movie7.5Drama
A thriller in which the characters are Latin-American exiles living in Paris. It is also a comedy about artists who play at revolution rather than actually participate in one
Series1
- TV5.1
The BBC's flagship cinema review TV program featuring reviews of new releases, news items and interviews. The title of the program changes each year to incorporate the year of broadcast.
Film '72
1971 · 8 votes