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
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)
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