The Night of Poetry (1971)
- Original title
- La nuit de la poésie 27 mars 1970
- Directed by
- Jean-Pierre Masse, Jean-Claude Labrecque
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Canada
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This documentary captures a single night in 1970 when over fifty Quebec poets gathered in a Montreal church to perform their work before a large audience. The film records the performances and the atmosphere of a rare public celebration of poetry and spoken word.
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What happens
The Night of Poetry (in French La Nuit de la poésie) was an event held at the Church of the Gesù in Montreal on the night of March 27, 1970. Gathering over 4,000 people to hear around fifty artists from various generations, this landmark event in the history of Quebec literature is considered one of the greatest celebrations of spoken word to have taken place in Quebec. The Night of Poetry was immortalized by Jean-Claude Labrecque and Jean-Pierre Masse in a film produced for the National Film Board of Canada released in 1971. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Fleur bleue (1971)
The Private Life of Cinema (2011)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.