PaulBowles:TheCompleteOutsider

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  • This1993documentaryconceivedanddirectedbyCatherine… This1993documentaryconceivedanddirectedbyCatherineWarnowandReginaWeinreichisanattimesdisturbingbutalwaysfascinatingportraitoftheenigmaticandreclusiveauthorwhomanycalltheoriginalexpatriateandthegodfatheroftheBeatGeneration.UsingtheenvironmentofpresentdayTangiersasaspringboard,thefilmchartsthelifeofPaulBowles,fromhisprivilegedupbringingtohispromisingcareerasacelebratedcomposeronBroadwayin1930sand'40sNewYorktohismoveatthesuggestionofGertrudeSteinintotheexpatriatecommunityofMorocco,amysteriouslandandculturefromwhichBowlesneverleft.Bowlesisseenintheenvironmentthatmostsuitshim;ashesays,"Inevermakeplans;theymakethemselves."ThedocumentaryalsodetailsthecomplexandtumultuousrelationshipbetweentheauthorofsuchseminalworksasTheShelteringSky,DelicatePrey,andWithoutStoppingandhiswifeJane,fromherattemptsatwritingandheralcoholismtotheirrespectiveaffairswithbothmenandwomen.FeaturingtestimonialsfromsuchnotablesasBeatpoetAllenGinsberg,whatemergesinPaulBowles:TheCompleteOutsiderisanindispensableandevocativeportraitofoneofthemostinfluentialwritersofthiscentury.

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