The Cage Door Is Always Open (2012)

Original title

Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open

Directed by

Daniel Young

Genre

documentary film

Country

Switzerland

Runtime

1h 33m

Rating

5.0 of 10 from 3 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary film explores the life and work of the writer and composer Paul Bowles, who lived in Tangier. It uses archival footage and interviews with people who knew him, including a final interview with Bowles himself.

reflectivecontemplativedocumentary-stylearchivalinterview-drivenintimateportrait-likeslow-paced

What happens

The Cage Door Is Always Open is a 2012 Swiss documentary film directed by Daniel Young that tells the story of the Tangier-based American writer and composer Paul Bowles. It had its world premiere at the Zurich Film Festival on 25 September 2012. In February 2013, it was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival and in April of the same year it was released in cinemas in Switzerland. In addition to the archival footage there are new interviews with John Giorno, Gore Vidal and John Waters among others. It also includes an interview with Bowles conducted by Young two years before Bowles' death. Production of the film lasted 14 years. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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