The phone rings in a London apartment in the middle of the night. Harry answers. On the other end an unknown voice asks for Bill. It is in this atmosphere of suspense, worthy of an Agatha Christie movie that Harold Pinter’s “The Colllection” opens. The work which was first performed in 1962 directed by Pinter
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Harold Pinter and “the director of evil”
A genius, straight to the point and unconventional, William Friedkin is best known for directing the cult film “The French Connection”, five Oscars and three Golden Globes, as well as “The Exorcist”, the tormented 1973 film, two Oscars and four Golden Globes, which to this day is considered one of the most interesting milestones in
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Harold Pinter and the poisoned apple
A bitten apple, drowned in cyanide, and snow white with a soave voice singing “Someday My Prince Will Come”. The closing scene of “Breaking the Code”, the 1995 Herbert Wise film dedicated to Alan Turing – one of the greatest geniuses of the 20th century who is considered one of the fathers of modern-day IT-
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Faber&Faber’s fabulous world
A man without a head, tightly wrapped in a rumpled trench coat waiting for a door to open. The book’s cover, devoid of any colour, struck me. It was immediately obvious to me that the image, so concise and essential, was the powerful visual synthesis of those pages which describe the uncanny events (which I
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Harold Pinter’s Buddha
For decades many have searched for the hidden meanings in objects of daily use which Pinter liked to include in his works. In 1966 a group of English students became so curious about this that they put pen to paper and wrote to Harold himself asking for clarifications regarding certain details in ”The Caretaker” .
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