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The Door Ajar

  • 2011
  • 1h 23m
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On August 14th 1937 the French poet, Antonin Artaud arrived in Ireland.. He had with him a walking stick he claimed to be St PatrickÂ’s staff. His declared intention was to return this item to its rightful keepers. 
Six weeks later he was arrested while trying to gain entrance to a religious house. No other records of his journey remain except for an unpaid lodgings bill and some postcards sent from Galway
The Door Ajar uses an assembly of ArtaudÂ’s writings as the structure of a possible account of that lost time. The intensity of ArtaudÂ’s words, part statement of belief and part mad incantation, resonate in the isolation of the Irish landscape. The film follows the path of a man set on attaining true visionary power at any cost.
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An experimental documentary about French poet and theatre director Antonin Artaud, who travelled to Ireland in 1937 with the aim of returning the supposed staff of St Patrick to its rightful... Read allAn experimental documentary about French poet and theatre director Antonin Artaud, who travelled to Ireland in 1937 with the aim of returning the supposed staff of St Patrick to its rightful owners.An experimental documentary about French poet and theatre director Antonin Artaud, who travelled to Ireland in 1937 with the aim of returning the supposed staff of St Patrick to its rightful owners.

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      • February 2011 (Ireland)
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