Exclusive: Documentarian Cosima Spender plans feature about her grandfather, the 20th Century writer.
English poet, novelist and essayist Sir Stephen Spender is to be the subject of a new feature by his granddaughter, the documentary filmmaker Cosima Spender (Palio).
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Interview: Cosima Spender, ‘Palio’
The London-based director told ScreenDaily: “I’ve written a short fiction that I’d like to make into a feature. It has been researched as a documentary and is based on the moment my father realised his father was homosexual.
“It’s about a family Christmas when a mother goes away and the father invites a young writer to stay with the family.”
“It’s not a biopic,” continued the director, whose previous credits include 2011 documentary Without Gorky, which charts the influence on her family of her maternal grandfather, the artist Arshile Gorky.
“It’s a slice of his life and will explore the emotional dynamics at play within the family,” she added...
English poet, novelist and essayist Sir Stephen Spender is to be the subject of a new feature by his granddaughter, the documentary filmmaker Cosima Spender (Palio).
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Interview: Cosima Spender, ‘Palio’
The London-based director told ScreenDaily: “I’ve written a short fiction that I’d like to make into a feature. It has been researched as a documentary and is based on the moment my father realised his father was homosexual.
“It’s about a family Christmas when a mother goes away and the father invites a young writer to stay with the family.”
“It’s not a biopic,” continued the director, whose previous credits include 2011 documentary Without Gorky, which charts the influence on her family of her maternal grandfather, the artist Arshile Gorky.
“It’s a slice of his life and will explore the emotional dynamics at play within the family,” she added...
- 8/12/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
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