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Stefan Themerson en de taal (1976)
Directed by Erik van Zuylen
Comedy · 46m
Stefan Themerson plays himself in the role of a poet who accuses political and religious leaders of stealing the tools of his trade. His goal is to expose the demagogues as thieves. A researcher launches an investigation and discovers that the poet is unwilling to take back hidden contaminated tools. He (the poet) has devised a method to reveal the reality behind the poem. He wants to strip the words of their associations, sever their ties to the past, scrub them clean of their dictionary definitions. He calls his method Semantic Poetry.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Erik van Zuylen
- Writer
- Stefan Themerson, Erik van Zuylen
- Producer
- Erik van Zuylen
Details
- Release date
- 1976-01-01
- Runtime
- 46m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Dutch, English
- Countries
- Netherlands