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Don't know why people are complaining about this documentary. This was made in the 1990s interviewing many of Beckett's contemporaries. For a man born in 1906, it's bound to be slow as most of the interviewees are over the age of 70. Most of these people are probably dead now, so this documentary is an important archive about people who knew him when he was a young man and the early part of his career.
Just drinking and wandering around Paris, having fun sometimes. Not having to talk a lot, not having to explain yourself. Having a partner who accepts you, cares for you and looks after you. Wonderful.
The French actor requested is Jean Martin and can also be seen in Fred Zinnemans movie The Day of the Jackal. Delphine Seyrig who funded original production of Godot also appears in that movie.
The greatest irony of Krapp's Last Tape, perhaps Beckett's most autobiographical play, is in the title. "Not with the fire in me now", he says, a statement looking to the future, on the last of all his birthday tapes.
A shame the sound keeps dropping out. One can't help but wonder what is being missed. Could it be that they're just musical interludes that are cut for copyright reasons?????
Don't worry, a new and very "improved" version of it is being created before our very eyes. The new and improved history clears out all that irrelevant clutter about individual human beings making choices, creating, or destroying. These obsolete notions have been discarded and replaced with more useful and relevant ideas: "race", "class", "forces" and above all, "power".
That French actor who was acting out some of the Lucky soliloquy, thinking...... Oh my god He is amazing!!!! Who is he?? I was enthralled!! He explained it and then he disappeared into the character. It was amazing to watch. What an amazing way to play the part. This guy is amazing. I wonder who he is
My nephew performed the monologue from Waiting For Godot in a college production. I cried as he was wonderful despite, as far as I am aware, having no interest in acting as a career.
The rude interruptions of American commercialism flogging rubbish spoils a good documentary…… the depravity of capitalism infects almost everything. Miss Jenny (music teacher, Manhattan).
the most celebrated writer of absurdity. Godot is about waiting and that's all. It's nothingness is somehow offered as something of value. I've never enjoyed it, don't support the theories around it, and think the author pulled some crap out of his ass and called it a play. why anyone would put such frustration and inane meandering on a page is beyond me. call it a day in line at the DMV and at least then it would seem to be relatable to others. Possibly the worst part of this very well done biography is the sweaty actor they have when they've dubbed over the Beckett tape recordings. This guy looks like he's getting an enema the whole time.
Jesus. Painful. This is so badly done. There's just no way Beckett was this dull. This bloodless. Not possible. This doc. DID NOT talk to the right people.
The way America mangles every foreign word and spits it out in its own image (It's Godot, not G,dow.) and then carries on as if this is acceptable. It isn't.
Oh come on, most of the people being interviewed are now dead. It's an important archive of people who knew him and the times he lived in. It's slow because most of the people who knew him in this video were over 75. But for me, it's important to hear their stories.
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Don't know why people are complaining about this documentary. This was made in the 1990s interviewing many of Beckett's contemporaries. For a man born in 1906, it's bound to be slow as most of the interviewees are over the age of 70. Most of these people are probably dead now, so this documentary is an important archive about people who knew him when he was a young man and the early part of his career.
don't bother taking issue with idiots
Listen at 1.25
You're right. It's priceless really
When you are 70 you will see people that age act the way they did their previous 30 years
A portrait of an artist as a young man
Great upload. I love looking at these programs on old poets, painters. Slice of time and history. So full of melancholy. Deeply intrigued.
A profound, melancholy, beautiful, poetic documentary to cover the life of a profound, melancholy, beautiful, poetic man
Words fail me...Simply Wonderful... What a jewel, What a treasure of a discovery.....Thank you so so much...
Fail again. Fail better.
I found this deeply moving and indeed informative and thought-provoking. Thank you.
I just stumbled across your site and have fallen in love with the inundation of education! Thanks. You have a new faithful follower
A wonderful and touching documentary, thank you.
A treat of a documentary.
Just drinking and wandering around Paris, having fun sometimes. Not having to talk a lot, not having to explain yourself.
Having a partner who accepts you, cares for you and looks after you.
Wonderful.
Many thanks, the best documentary about Samuel Beckett I've seen.
Great site. Thank you for these great uploads.
An amazing life to watch.thank you.
Thank you for these jewels in the sunse of my life. Dorothy Gloria.
Wonderful documentary, Thank you so much for your fascinating channel
bravo, brilliant documentary, thanks for the upload
Both this and the similar Joyce documentaries are masterpieces.
Thank you for this documentary!
@20:01 Same tune we learned in school, but it was called, "If You Should Go to Venice."
The French actor requested is Jean Martin and can also be seen in Fred Zinnemans movie The Day of the Jackal. Delphine Seyrig who funded original production of Godot also appears in that movie.
Sam was a genius & gift to humanity #peacemake
The greatest irony of Krapp's Last Tape, perhaps Beckett's most autobiographical play, is in the title. "Not with the fire in me now", he says, a statement looking to the future, on the last of all his birthday tapes.
An exceptional man and a very, very great artist.
"No I regret nothing, only being born. Dying is such a long, tiresome business I always found." Wowzas ...
long and tiresome for some but annoyingly short for so many. What a selfish thing for him to say.
@@PetroicaRodinogaster264 It's a quote from one of his works, not a personal statement
Idiot
Thank you.
Is Stephen Rea reading intermittently?
A shame the sound keeps dropping out. One can't help but wonder what is being missed. Could it be that they're just musical interludes that are cut for copyright reasons?????
Could it be that you complain too much, it sounds good to me
@@patfraser3869 you are complaining about him complaining
1hr 16mins in: I couldn't agree more.....🇮🇪🇫🇷🇮🇪
Beautiful
What's the musical piece in the background?
Impromptu in B-flat major by Franz Schubert
history we need more of this
Don't worry, a new and very "improved" version of it is being created before our very eyes. The new and improved history clears out all that irrelevant clutter about individual human beings making choices, creating, or destroying. These obsolete notions have been discarded and replaced with more useful and relevant ideas: "race", "class", "forces" and above all, "power".
superb docu
1:08:52
Un hombre que supo convertirse en un icono.
🙂 thank you.
The greatest writer of the twentieth century
That French actor who was acting out some of the Lucky soliloquy, thinking...... Oh my god He is amazing!!!! Who is he?? I was enthralled!! He explained it and then he disappeared into the character. It was amazing to watch. What an amazing way to play the part. This guy is amazing. I wonder who he is
Jean Martin
@@robgoodd Thank you so much. Sincerely. Thank you. I really appreciate that you took the time to do that for me. What a kind person you are.
Jean Martin was the first actor to do Lucky.
Yes, a good version.
Samuel Beckett liked our german art, language and culture. Proud to hear that.
He fought against nazism.
@ ...but he liked german culture.
Billie Whitelaw is a wonderful singer!
Could anyone help me to understand what is said in 34.51 - 34.55? It's absolutely inaudible!
She says "But he was real(ly) casual, he wasn't a bit of bother, you know, he was very friendly"
Guys who was in charge of the background music? Execrably repetitive ad nauuuseum. Please.
Bit of an ungenerous comment this, but I don't think a Beckett documentary is for you if that is your response to Schubert...
@1:38:45 he always managed to write a little more
No mention of Barbara Bray? Seems an odd ommission maybe even deliberate.
Pinter is your only man for Beckett.
If you can't be arsed reading Beckett.
Joyce spent most of his life claiming to be skint.
becketts first novel actually was dream of fair to middling women
Waiting for Godot....longing yearning nothing happens yet .....
As it should, only man creates war and all the other f(r)ictions that make us wait for delivery.
My nephew performed the monologue from Waiting For Godot in a college production. I cried as he was wonderful despite, as far as I am aware, having no interest in acting as a career.
can't hear for the loud noise
True arts were accidental, agonized out and privy only to the suffering crowd.
He also knew a young Andre the Giant in France and would give him rides to school!
VERY GOOD'
Waiting for Godot writer?
I thought he was very mad and nihilistic and wondered why he was so praised in college.
Why is Joyce written out of this?
he wasn't, was he ? did you watch the same film that I did and the first section ? The documentary was about Beckett.
Finally finished
The rude interruptions of American commercialism flogging rubbish spoils a good documentary…… the depravity of capitalism infects almost everything. Miss Jenny (music teacher, Manhattan).
Well said Miss Jenny Hirschowitz,
Music Teacher,
Manhatten.
❤
@21:11 just as Nietzsche, he felt in love with his cousin 😅
the most celebrated writer of absurdity. Godot is about waiting and that's all. It's nothingness is somehow offered as something of value. I've never enjoyed it, don't support the theories around it, and think the author pulled some crap out of his ass and called it a play. why anyone would put such frustration and inane meandering on a page is beyond me. call it a day in line at the DMV and at least then it would seem to be relatable to others.
Possibly the worst part of this very well done biography is the sweaty actor they have when they've dubbed over the Beckett tape recordings. This guy looks like he's getting an enema the whole time.
Another interesting documentary spoiled by TH-cam adverts every 3-4 minutes for shite we don’t want to buy!
That’s why I got a TH-cam subscription, that stops the ads
such a pardox, that a smart man can chain smoke.....murdering his lungs/heart.
the copious amt of nicotine made him lethargic
it is not as though the alternative was immortality...
The campaing against tabagism is dated the end of the last century.
He was 83 when he died FFS
Lucia?
Lucia, James Joyce's daughter.
Ah Dublin....
Very sad
do more on the ira
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Thanks - surely that he was autistic!
Jesus. Painful.
This is so badly done.
There's just no way Beckett was this dull. This bloodless. Not possible.
This doc. DID NOT talk to the right people.
Please, save us the tortured artist BS. Such an outdated cliché.
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Can't stand that damn piano. Arggg
The way America mangles every foreign word and spits it out in its own image (It's Godot, not G,dow.) and then carries on as if this is acceptable. It isn't.
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what a bore
HES NOT IRISH. TOSSER
Ah Jimmy did your ex boyfriend prefer listening to Krapp's Last Tape over your crap fast ****
?
My goodness. Very boring. This video is boring. They should let the writing speak for itself, because this is cheap and unfortunate.
Boring is not the clue of Beckett?
@@incubooker that's Irish documentary for you.
I sometimes think they are all just telling tall stories.
Without cheap and unfortunate, Beckett's works would be increate
Oh come on, most of the people being interviewed are now dead. It's an important archive of people who knew him and the times he lived in. It's slow because most of the people who knew him in this video were over 75. But for me, it's important to hear their stories.
@@rayj7273 Doesn't mean the retelling of their stories has to be boring and lacking any sort of artistry.
a true legend is Billie Whitelwaw