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Nelson Algren [videorecording (DVD)] : the end is nothing, the road is all.

First Run Features, 2015.

DVD 921 A396n Doc

Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981.

Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 -- Interviews.

Algren, Nelson, 1909-1981 -- Criticism and interpretation.

Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography.

Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.

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End is nothing, the road is all [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] :

1 videodisc (86 min.) : 5.1 Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

"A portrait of the notorious American author who wrote A Walk on the Wild Side & The Man with the Golden Arm"--Container.

DVD extras: Short Film: "Algren's last night"; Slideshow: Stephen Deutch's Photos of Algren ; bonus videos: Co-directors Denis Mueller & Mark Blottner discuss the film ; Bettina Drew on Algren and de Beauvoir ; Brook Horvath on Algren's political eye ; Studs Terkel on Algren and the police ; Stephen Deutch on Algren's funeral.

English (SDH) subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

A film by Mark Blottner, Ilko Davidov & Denis Mueller.

"Featuring Kurt Vonnegut, Studs Terkel, and Paul Buhle, this in-depth portrait of notorious American author Nelson Algren uses interviews, rare archival footage, and the gritty voice of Algren himself to capture the elusive and unique literary figure whose fame was cemented with the success of The Man with the Golden Arm and A Walk on the Wild Side. Algren rose to prominence when he won the National Book Award in 1949 for The Man With The Golden Arm, which was later adapted into an Oscar-nominated film starring Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak. His book A Walk on The Wild Side inspired Lou Reed's hit. Despite his mainstream success and pop-culture bona fides, Algren's career was irreparably damaged by FBI and CIA surveillance during the Red Scare. Kurt Vonnegut, Studs Terkel, Paul Buhle and others provide literary, social, and historic perspectives on a six-decade long career that produced five novels, two collections of short stories, countless articles and a public affair with Simone de Beauvoir. While his best work was produced over 50 years ago, Algren's prescient focus on disenchantment with consumer culture was prophetic, and remains relevant today."--Container.

Documentary films.

Biographical documentary films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Blottner, Mark.

Mueller, Denis.

Vonnegut, Kurt.

Terkel, Studs, 1912-2008.

Buhle, Paul, 1944-

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