(Stefan Themerson en de taal)

Content: Stefan Themerson plays himself in the role of a poet who accuses political and religious leaders of stealing the tools of his trade. His goal is to expose the demagogues as thieves. A researcher launches an investigation and discovers that the poet is unwilling to take back hidden contaminated tools. He (the poet) has devised a method to reveal the reality behind the poem. He wants to strip the words of their associations, sever their ties to the past, scrub them clean of their dictionary definitions. He calls his method Semantic Poetry.

Countries:

Netherlands

Genres:

Comedy

Runtime:

46 minutes

Year:

1976

Directors:

Erik van Zuylen

Actors:

self

self

self

interviewer

Crews:

Director

Producer

Writer

Writer

Cinematography