The past is myself: Peter Watkins’ Edvard Munch (1973)

John R. Cook

doi:10.7227/CST.2.1.3

The past is myself: Peter Watkins’ Edvard Munch (1973)

John R. Cook

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Abstract

The following article will examine one of those works made in ‘exile’: Watkins’ acclaimed television film, Edvard Munch (1973), which was first transmitted by the Norwegian public television service, NRK (Norsk Riksringkasting), as part of a joint production and telecast with its Swedish counterpart, SR (Sveriges Radio) on 12 and 13 November 1974. At the time, it was generally regarded as Watkins’ greatest film. Ingmar Bergman, after a screening in Sweden, was reported to have remarked ‘the film was made by a genius’ whilst that doyen of English critics, Kenneth Tynan, asserted this of Edvard Munch alongside Culloden and The War Game, following a transmission by BBC TV in March 1976: ‘That makes three masterpieces, more than any other English living director can boast.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2-17
Number of pages	16
Journal	Critical Studies in Television
Volume	2
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.7227/CST.2.1.3
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2007

Keywords

film
Edvard Munch
Peter Watkins

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10.7227/CST.2.1.3

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An Englishman abroad: evening land and the struggles of Peter Watkins within Scandinavian film culture of the 1970s
Cook, J. R., 1 Jun 2024, In: Journal of Scandinavian Cinema. 14, 2, p. 127-141 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Book Review: Utopian television: Rossellini, Watkins, and Godard beyond cinema edited by Michael Cramer Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2017
Cook, J. R., 15 Aug 2019, In: Visual Studies. p. 1-2 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review

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The past is myself: Peter Watkins’ Edvard Munch (1973)

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An Englishman abroad: evening land and the struggles of Peter Watkins within Scandinavian film culture of the 1970s

Book Review: Utopian television: Rossellini, Watkins, and Godard beyond cinema edited by Michael Cramer Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2017

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