Robert Frost

Reflexão visual sobre o poema de Robert Frost publicado em 1923.

After her parents death, newly orphaned Cath travels up north to her recently inherited lake house where she meets Ryan, a likeable man happy to fill the void her parents left.

Um drama autobiográfico centrado na complexidade dos relacionamentos, especialmente depois que a família enfrenta uma inesperada tragédia. Para comemorar a tardia graduação de sua mãe Lisa (Julia Roberts), o escritor Michael (Ryan Reynolds) retorna à casa de sua tumultuada infância. O pai de Michael, Charles (Willem Dafoe), discute com a mulher no carro e acaba causando um acidente no qual Lisa morre. Entre novos acontecimentos – como a descoberta da infidelidade da mãe – e lembranças do passado, o jovem escritor precisa decidir se vai publicar seu livro "Fireflies in the Garden", expondo assim as memórias de sua infância difícil, ou aproveitar a oportunidade de rever o passado, o que, talvez, o leve a uma reconciliação com o intransigente pai.

Scenes of autumn in New England in relation to the poetry of Robert Frost. The film features Frost's reading of his popular poetry.

Scenes of autumn in New England in relation to the poetry of Robert Frost. The film features Frost's reading of his popular poetry.

The acclaimed poet is examined in this film completed just prior to his death at age 88, with his speaking engagements at Amherst and Sarah Lawrence Colleges intercut with studies of his work, as well as with scenes of his life in rural Vermont and personal reminiscences about his career. He is also seen receiving an award from President Kennedy and touring an aircraft carrier.

This lovely color film from 1961 was shot over the course of a year, mostly in the region of Robert Frost’s solitary mountain cabin in Vermont. Probably the most celebrated American poet of the twentieth Century, Frost in his mid eighties is seen in three seasons walking the landscape while he is heard reading from about twenty-five of his poems inspired by what is shown. We hear all or part of “October,” “The Sound of Trees,” “Unharvested,” “Birches,” “The Road Not Taken,” “Gathering Leaves,” “Flower-Gathering,” “Good-Bye and Keep Cold,” “The Onset,” “Two Tramps in Mud Time,” “Mending Wall,” and “The Pasture,” among others. In one sequence Mr. Frost is seen in a college seminar answering questions from students. The nature photography of New England is outstanding, as is the quality of this print, mastered in high definition from the original negative.