Poem 53 years old

A poignant short film set to the fourth part of Samuel Beckett's Quatre Poèmes, as narrated by frequent BS Johnson collaborator William Hoyland. The poem is read against a backdrop of associative shots: the head and sholders of a woman, a crumbling Victorian chimney stack, a forlorn row of houses, cobblestones, discarded rubbish, and a final tracking shot of a high wall.

Credits

Poem Cast

Name Character
William Hoyland He was 28, 73 years old when he died as voiceover

Poem Crew

Name Department
Poem poster
Poem (53 years)

  • Release day: Monday, November 15, 1971
  • Runtime: 1 minutes