Harold Mantell

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., discusses his development as a writer, including references to some of his major novels, his themes and their meaning, his relationship to other writers, problems in sustaining his special vision of American life, and his future. Accompanied by photographs that chronicle the author’s life and selections from home movies taken during his youth.

Woody Allen talks about his career and his creative process with excerpts from some of his movies

Describes how the poems which first made American poet Robert Frost famous were based on his experiences as a farmer in New England. Shows Frost reading his poems to a student audience, and his daughter Lesley Frost discussing some of Frost’s poems and his poetic theories. Suitable for middle and upper secondary levels.

About the poetry of a man, Edward Estlin Cummings (1894-1962).

Featuring the iconic italian filmmaker Federico Fellini and his wife, Giulietta Masina, this documentary explores his unique, dreamlike filmmaking process, highlighting his role as an artist shaping reality through spectacle, fantasy, and psychological depth, a style influencing many directors.