Category Archives: Documentaire

A Journey Into the Mind of P (Thomas Pynchon)

A documentary, written & directed by Donatello Dubini & Fosco Dubini, mostly on the authors reclusivness, how it’s been delt with by some hysterical fans, old friends, critics… containing some interesting interviews & speculations on the themes of Gravity’s Rainbow & how they relate to the historical realities of the american fifties & sixties, the paranoid politics of cold war logic, megalomaniac experimental psychology, the callous mindset of military engineering, & so on…

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwXLDvAk5LA?rel=0&w=853&h=480]

A global guide to the first world war – interactive documentary

Ten historians from 10 countries give a brief history of the first world war through a global lens. Using original news reports, interactive maps and rarely-seen footage, including extraordinary scenes of troops crossing Mesopotamia on camels and Italian soldiers fighting high up in the Alps, the half-hour film explores the war and its effects from many different perspectives. You can watch the documentary in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Arabic or Hindi thanks to our partnership with the British Academy.