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VN audio & video: Hughes' Interview (fwd)
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EDITOR'S NOTE. Since sending out the information below, I have been
informed that the Hughes VN interview described below can be purchased
(or rented) on video cassette from Indiana University (as well as on film).
Buying the 16mm film costs $250. The video tape (which is reportedly of
much better quality) can be purchased for $165. Either format can be
rented for 12.50 plus shipping.
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The 1966 Robert Hughes interview done for WNET is described
in Brian Boyd's biography II, pp. 501-3.
This interview is available for rental at $12.50 plus shipping from
Indiana University, Instructional & Support Services, Franklin, Room 0001,
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5901. Phone: 1-800-552-8620. A copy can be
purchased for $250. As I recall, the film runs upwards of 30 minutes.
This is an excellent interview in which VN is shown in his daily
activities in Montreux as well as reading his work and commenting on it
and much else. A very partial text of the interview may be found in
_Strong Opinions_, but it is a pale shadow of the full filmed interview.
The 16mm film copy I have seen is, however, in very poor condition.
Although visually adequate, the sound track was sometimes virtually
unintelligible. I am told that a recent video version is of better
quality, but I have not seen it. It is not yet certain that the video
version is for sale.
Michael Juliar's VN Bibliography lists a number of interviews that were
filmed but it is not clear that they are availble.
informed that the Hughes VN interview described below can be purchased
(or rented) on video cassette from Indiana University (as well as on film).
Buying the 16mm film costs $250. The video tape (which is reportedly of
much better quality) can be purchased for $165. Either format can be
rented for 12.50 plus shipping.
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The 1966 Robert Hughes interview done for WNET is described
in Brian Boyd's biography II, pp. 501-3.
This interview is available for rental at $12.50 plus shipping from
Indiana University, Instructional & Support Services, Franklin, Room 0001,
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5901. Phone: 1-800-552-8620. A copy can be
purchased for $250. As I recall, the film runs upwards of 30 minutes.
This is an excellent interview in which VN is shown in his daily
activities in Montreux as well as reading his work and commenting on it
and much else. A very partial text of the interview may be found in
_Strong Opinions_, but it is a pale shadow of the full filmed interview.
The 16mm film copy I have seen is, however, in very poor condition.
Although visually adequate, the sound track was sometimes virtually
unintelligible. I am told that a recent video version is of better
quality, but I have not seen it. It is not yet certain that the video
version is for sale.
Michael Juliar's VN Bibliography lists a number of interviews that were
filmed but it is not clear that they are availble.