In Search of Hart Crane
Produced and directed by Hurwitz for National Educational Television (precursor of PBS), Hurwitz uses biographer and Columbia professor, John Unterecker, to help him look for the poet, Hart Crane, in his work and in the memories of many of his contemporaries. In Search of Hart Crane, 1966, is one of the very first interview-driven documentaries and is still a masterpiece of the literary documentary film.
This film was preserved at the George Eastman Museum.
Leo Hurwitz
Year
1966
Runtime
90 minutes
Format
16mm
Collaborators
NET presents
U.S.A:
Poetry
IN SEARCH
OF Hart Crane
with
friends of Hart Crane
and his biographer
John Unterecker
produced,
directed,
written by
Leo Hurwitz
narrated by
Gary Merrill
Associate producer,
cameraman
Manfred Kirchheimer
Sound recording
Margaret Bradshaw
Lighting
Tom Howard
Production and editing ass’t
Peter Eliscu
Title design
Ursula Suess
Sound Mixer
Richard Vorisek
The Collected Poems of Hart Crane
courtesy: Liveright Publishers
Manuscripts and Memorabilia
courtesy: Dep’t of Special Collections
Columbia University Libraries
