The Modern World: Ten Great Writers

A thoughtful, literary documentary that mixes staged readings with quiet commentary, rewarding viewers who want to sit with big ideas about art and the inner life.

Created by

David Hinton, David Thomas

Genres

Documentary

Starring

John Castle, Robert Daws, Rupert Degas

Overview

This documentary series uses drama and commentary to shed light on the lives and works of Joseph Conrad, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, T. S. Eliot, Henrik Ibsen, James Joyce, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Luigi Pirandello, Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf.

How it feels

Earnest, melancholic and dark. Measured and needs your attention.

About

Art, identity, isolation, memory

Content

Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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