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Title
Algren.
Published
First Run Features, 2021.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2022.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2022.
Language
English
Language Note
In English
Description
1 online resource (streaming video file) (85 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Distributor No.
12849419 Kanopy
Summary
The documentary ALGREN is a journey through the gritty world, brilliant mind, and noble heart of Nelson Algren. Exploding onto the national scene in 1950 after winning the first-ever National Book Award for 'The Man with the Golden Arm,' Algren defined post-war American urban fiction with his gritty, brilliant depiction of working class Chicago. Hemingway declared him second only to Faulkner; Vonnegut dubbed him a literary groundbreaker. Hollywood soon came calling, immortalizing his breakout novel with none other than Frank Sinatra in the lead role. Algren even won a notorious place in both the heart and work of France's premiere feminist, Simone de Beauvoir. Including never-before-seen archival footage, newly uncovered audio recordings and his own rarely seen, personal photo collages, ALGREN charts the rise and fall of a man whose transgressions, compassion and thirst for justice pushed him to dedicate his life and career to giving a voice to the voiceless. Through interviews with Algren's friends, literary experts and artists - including William Friedkin, Russell Banks, Philip Kaufman, Billy Corgan and John Sayles - the film is an intimate, witty and even antagonistic portrait of a tireless champion of America's most marginalized.
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Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Billy Corgan, John Sayles, Philip Kaufman, Russell Banks, William Friedkin
Film
In Process Record.
Billy Corgan, John Sayles, Philip Kaufman, Russell Banks, William Friedkin
Time and Place of Event
Originally produced by First Run Features in 2021.
System Details Note
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics
video file MPEG-4 Flash
Added Author
Caplan, Michael, film director.
Corgan, Billy, actor.
Sayles, John, actor.
Kaufman, Philip, actor.
Banks, Russell, actor.
Friedkin, William, actor.
Corgan, Billy, actor.
Sayles, John, actor.
Kaufman, Philip, actor.
Banks, Russell, actor.
Friedkin, William, actor.
Added Corporate Author
First Run Features (Firm),
Kanopy (Firm),
Kanopy (Firm),
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