Herman Melville: Consider the sea

Duration: 28

Year Published: 1982

Creator: INTL. FILM BUREAU

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: A film essay that explores the life work and driving forces of the 19th century American writer, Herman Melville. Film has two principal characters--Melville and his sea. Excerpts from Moby Dick and Billy Budd are staged upon the three-masted brigantine., Explores the life, work, and driving forces of Herman Melville, the 19th century American writer perhaps best known for his novel Moby Dick. Visits many of the places Melville knew and speaks of his early days as a sailor, his early novels, how he came to write Moby Dick, and how he continued to write though he considered himself a failure. Traces Melville's developing philosophy and art and his relationship with the sea. Includes dramatized scenes from Moby Dick, "Bartleby the Scrivener," and Billy Budd. Hosted by Richard Wilbur.

Complete Record: A film essay that explores the life work and driving forces of the 19th century American writer, Herman Melville. Film has two principal characters--Melville and his sea. Excerpts from Moby Dick and Billy Budd are staged upon the three-masted brigantine., Explores the life, work, and driving forces of Herman Melville, the 19th century American writer perhaps best known for his novel Moby Dick. Visits many of the places Melville knew and speaks of his early days as a sailor, his early novels, how he came to write Moby Dick, and how he continued to write though he considered himself a failure. Traces Melville's developing philosophy and art and his relationship with the sea. Includes dramatized scenes from Moby Dick, "Bartleby the Scrivener," and Billy Budd. Hosted by Richard Wilbur., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.