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Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter sits down with Charlie Rose for an exclusive hour-long conversation about his life and work. During the conversation, Pinter discusses his performance in Samuel Beckett's "Krapp's Last Tape," his experiences as a playwright, a screenwriter, a poet, and an actor, his Nobel lecture, his political activism and writing, and his thoughts on the arc and legacy of his career. Also included are thoughts on Pinter and his work by fellow dramatists, actors, and directors.
Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: CharlieRose
Length: 56:41
Rating: 4.93
Views: 5742
Tags: charlie_rose entertainment tvshow
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roarkarch (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
The poem is Pinter's "Laughter". Here it is:
Laughter dies out but is never dead/ Laughter lies out the back of its head/ Laughter laughs at what is never said/ It trills and squeals and swills in your head/ It trills and squeals in the heads of the dead/ And so all the lies remain laughingly spread/ Sucked in by the laughter of the severed head/ Sucked in by the mouths of the laughing dead.
seneca1297 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
What poem is that that CR reads at the end? Does anyone know, and where can I find it? Much thanks. RIP to one of the ever best. Thanks for being.
ha39377w (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
People do not realize that Harold Pinter was Jewish and heartily condemned Israel's illegal occupation of Palestine and Israel's current brutal treatment of Gaza. Pinter was one of 105 prominent Jews who signed a We're not celebrating Israel's Anniversary petition in April of 2008.
The final paragraph of this petition reads as follows " We cannot celebrate the birthday of a state founded on terrorism, massacres and the dispossession of another people from their land.
JPZ1987 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
It would seem that the most anti-American man that resided in Europe was not very well-informed.
If he were, or if he had spent even a fraction of his playwright time researching events in Iraq, he would know that almost all people who die in Iraq do so to islamist terror.
As he spoke, Sderot was getting bombed. No tears for them I guess? Pinter's premise here seems to be that who has bombs doesn't matter. It is those with the most bombs, or the biggest bombs that matters to him, no more.
PortlandsTransport (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Harold Pinter, gone from the face of the earth forever, the conscience of the world, what a figure, what a writer, what a speaker.
KoroOutbreak (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Pinter did a lot for a lot of people who suffered under our cold war policies. It shames me that under Bush we have returned to them.
KoroOutbreak (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I agree that Rose is a mediocre interviewer, but I love Pinter too much to hate this.
triggrfingr (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Charlie Rose is a fool. If you have a knowledge of him as an interviewer, you will notice that the man has no sense of deference. He is a professional question asker, but he has no sense of how to listen. It is highly frustrating to watch one of his interviews. I get the particular sense a lot of the times that Rose feels he should be the one being interviewed. I shall like to punch him in the face.
milkyfrog (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
RIP Pinter. You remain the greatest modern playwright. Thanks for your brilliance.
kirtokosseamrica (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
lets wait and see - he might be the same shit but a few shades darker |