The University of Stirling holds the personal and working papers, diaries,
photographs, memorabilia and personal library of Lindsay Anderson. The
collection provides a unique insight into the life and career of one of the
most distinctive voices of British cinema.
This August the University of Stirling is collaborating with the Edinburgh
International Film Festival in celebrating the 10th anniversary of the
death of Lindsay Anderson.
An exhibition of photographs from the Lindsay Anderson Collection will be
displayed in the bar of the Cameo Cinema (38 Home St, Tollcross, Edinburgh)
for the duration of the film festival (18 – 29 August 2004). These
photographs span Anderson’s long filmmaking career and show the director at
work behind the camera.
On Saturday 21st and Sunday 22nd August the film festival is screening two
of Anderson’s films (O Lucky Man! and The Whales of August) and presenting
a panel discussion about his life and work in the Filmhouse (88 Lothian
Road, Edinburgh) (see www.edfilmfest.org.uk for more details). Prior to
these events a selection of unique, previously unseen images from the
Lindsay Anderson Collection will be screened in the cinema as filmgoers
take their seats.
To coincide with the film festival BBC Scotland will be screening a
documentary on Lindsay Anderson as part of their Artworks series on the
evening of Sunday 22nd August. The programme uses extracts from Anderson’s
diaries and photographs from the collection and also includes interviews
with friends and colleagues of Anderson including Malcolm McDowell, Brian
Cox, Brian Pettifer, Helen Mirren, Gavin Lambert and Martin Scorcese.
You will find further information on the Lindsay Anderson Collection on the
library’s website (www.library.stir.ac.uk/lindsayanderson). These pages
include detailed descriptions of the contents of the Lindsay Anderson
Collection along with extracts from Anderson's letters and diaries. Further
material will be added to these pages over the coming months to create a
valuable resource for students of British cinema and theatre and admirers
of Lindsay Anderson.
Karl Magee
Project Archivist
The Lindsay Anderson Collection
University Library
University of Stirling
FK9 4LA
Tel. 01786 466619
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