This documentary on arguably America's greatest playwright is better than the previous user review indicates.
It is made for Canadians who would not be as familiar with the colors and language of the American South, and Tennessee makes a lively and articulate interview subject, there is no need to fall back on the cliched Ken Burns approach of cutting and pasting together more talking heads and various archival clips What is interspersed instead are restagings of scenes from several of the famous plays by some quality actors, which remind us of the dramatic power and richness of language they contain The treasure is a reenactment by Jessica Tandy of her Blanche Du Bois from "Streetcar" over two decades before, the only recording we have of one of the greatest perfornances in theater history, the monologue is her reminiscing about the young man she married who turned out to be gay. It is devastating.
It is made for Canadians who would not be as familiar with the colors and language of the American South, and Tennessee makes a lively and articulate interview subject, there is no need to fall back on the cliched Ken Burns approach of cutting and pasting together more talking heads and various archival clips What is interspersed instead are restagings of scenes from several of the famous plays by some quality actors, which remind us of the dramatic power and richness of language they contain The treasure is a reenactment by Jessica Tandy of her Blanche Du Bois from "Streetcar" over two decades before, the only recording we have of one of the greatest perfornances in theater history, the monologue is her reminiscing about the young man she married who turned out to be gay. It is devastating.