Gilbert Adair

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Gilbert Adair was a Scottish novelist, poet, film critic and journalist. He was critically most famous for the "fiendish" translation of Georges Perec's postmodern novel A Void, in which the letter e is not used, but was more widely known for the films adapted from his novels, including Love and Death on Long Island (1997) and The Dreamers (2003)

29-12-1944

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Capricorn

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Total Films

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Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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29-12-1944

Birthday

Capricorn

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Total Films

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Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

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Cinema, Sex, Politics: Bertolucci Makes ‘The Dreamers’

The making of The Dreamers, its background and relation to the May 1968 student riots in Paris.

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2004

François Truffaut: The Man Who Loved Cinema - Love & Death

A fascinating glimpse into Truffaut’s creative process and how his life informed his art, told from the perspectives of those who knew him best.

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1996

The Sorceror's Apprentice

A thriller in which the characters are Latin-American exiles living in Paris. It is also a comedy about artists who play at revolution rather than actually participate in one

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1977