The Gaze of the Gorgon (1992)

Film poem by Tony Harrison which takes the figure of the Gorgon as a metaphor for the "freedom-fixing politics" which have been responsible for so much conflict this century. It starts in 1992 Frankfurt where Harrison speaks through the mouth of the statue of the German Jewish poet Heinrich Heine. At Corfu in Greece he tells of the link between Heine, the Greek Gorgon and Kaiser Wilhelm II.

Released

1992-10-03

Genres

History, Documentary

Runtime

40 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Peter Symes