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Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry

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Original title

Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry

Year

1976

Running time

100 min.

Country

Canada

Director

Donald Brittain, John Kramer

Screenwriter

Donald Brittain

Cast

Music

Alain Clavier

Cinematography

Douglas Kiefer

Producer

National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

Genre

Documentary | Biography. Alcoholism

Synopsis

A documentary on the life of the alcoholic writer Malcolm Lowry, interspersed with readings of Lowry's work by Richard Burton. Lowry was born and educated in England. He moved to Mexico in 1936, where he lived near the volcano Popocatepetl, on an allowance from his father. There, between drunken bouts, he started writing his one important novel, "Under the Volcano" that takes place on the Mexican day of the dead. He takes eight years to finish it, writing most of it while living in a shack in British Colombia, Canada.

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Volcano: An Inquiry Into the Life and Death of Malcolm Lowry

1976

Donald Brittain, John Kramer