Hi all -- below is a query from a grad student here. Can anyone help with this? Thanks much for any advice. -- Michele
Alan Clarke is a British filmmaker whose films were largely funded by the BBC and whose name tends to be mentioned whenever people are talking about "Bressonian" filmmakers. I've tracked down a few of his films, including SCUM (1979), but some are difficult to find. I am currently looking for a copy of a TV play he once directed for a BBC1 TV series entitled "Play for Today." The play's called "A Life is For Ever" (1972); it's supposed to be indebted to Bresson's A MAN ESCAPED. It was aired on Monday 16 October at 9:25pm, and re-aired on 11 July 1974 at the same hour. A recent book on Clarke writes: "Although the BBC have no copy in their archives, I understand that there is a print in circulation." I've checked WorldCat and there's no mention of it. Would you have any contacts at the BBC who might verify this for me? Or who might be of assistance in tracking down a copy of the play?
Michele Hilmes
Professor, Media and Cultural Studies
Director, Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research
Department of Communication Arts
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Madison, WI 53706
608-262-2543
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