Tennessee Williams - amazing 7-min interview (1981)
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- čas přidán 10. 08. 2024
- Revelatory interview with Tennessee Williams in one of his final interviews, a year before his death in 1982. Considered one of the three foremost American playwrights of the 20th century, Tennessee talks about his major early plays A Streetcar Named Desire and The Glass Menagerie and how life in New Orleans influenced his sexuality, plus feeling misunderstood by critics for his later work. Brilliant insight into Tennessee Williams, American literary giant.
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Wow. Tennessee Williams is my favorite writer. What a fascinating and sensitive man he appears to be here. He had an astounding gift for writing and for conveying what it means to be human and alive in this world.
😅I've loved TW since I was a teenager. I don't think he's the greatest writer or playwright ever, but I know of no writer with more compassion for human beings, more empathy and understanding. I think he died a couple of yrs after this interview, and the critics had already written him off before then, but he made 2 points that have absolutely come true, as I write this in 2023. Firstly, he couldn't go on writing the same plays he wrote as a young man. He was a creative artist, which meant he changed , and experimented and developed new styles, which the critics couldn't/wouldn't accept. NOW, those later works are being acclaimed and staged worldwide, recognized as new masterpieces from the old master.
It took great courage for him to continue to follow his ideas, in the face of so much derision and mockery. So to me, he is a great writer and a hero.
Yes he is. Thank you for this contribution; "the bird" would be grateful.
he is so magnetic! an enigma! i love him!
Much better than the longer, earlier Dick Cavett interview.
We were all were forced to read Streetcar and nobody saw this?!
Very good
A Genius .
Very interesting to hear him speak like this and a little sad to hear him say he still has something to offer as a writer.
It is a little sad, but he triumphed. Those last experimental plays are now being staged and acclaimed. He had faith in himself, despite the scorn of the critics, and continued in the path he had chosen.
One of the liveliest, deepest, most interesting writers ever.❤
"the duality of gender" long live Tennessee Williams !!
Pat Sajak's tall brother?
Stellllllaaaaaaaa!!!!😮
Watching this to compare how pedro pascal did as him in the scene reading on zoom, and i can say he did a good job sounding like him.
Chalky white substance is a late work and is brilliant.
Chalky white substance is a late work and is brilliant.