A Poet in New York (2014)
- Directed by
- Aisling Walsh
- Genre
- drama film, biographical film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 12m
- Rating
- 5.3 of 10 from 6 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
The film follows Welsh poet Dylan Thomas during his final days in New York before his death at age 39. It shows his struggles with fame and personal demons as he prepares for a reading.
melancholicbiographicalintimatereflectivesomberslow-burnvisually starkpoetic
What happens
A Poet in New York is a British drama television film that was first broadcast, in a 60-minute version, by BBC One Wales on 30 April 2014. A longer 75-minute version was later broadcast by BBC Two on 18 May 2014. The film, written by Andrew Davies and directed by Aisling Walsh, explores how Welsh poet Dylan Thomas died in New York at the age of 39. The film was made to mark the centenary of Thomas' birth on 27 October 1914. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
More like this
Set Fire to the Stars (2014)
Dominion (2016)
Loving Vincent (2017)
Dylan Thomas (1962)
Lion (2015)
The Mouse and the Woman (1980)
Boyhood (2014)
Hamnet (2025)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.