In Search of Hart Crane

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 89 min
  • Premiere: 1966. January 2.

Produced and directed by Hurwitz for National Educational Television (precursor of PBS), Hurwitz uses biographer and Columbia professor, John Unterecker, to help him look for the poet, Hart Crane, in his work and in the memories of many of his contemporaries. In Search of Hart Crane, 1966, is one of the very first interview-driven documentaries and is still a masterpiece of the literary documentary film.

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Gary Merrill

Narrator (voice)

Camera

Manfred Kirchheimer

Director of Photography

Directing

Leo Hurwitz

Director

Production

Leo Hurwitz

Producer

Writing

Leo Hurwitz

Writer

Camera

Manfred Kirchheimer

Director of Photography

Directing

Leo Hurwitz

Director

Production

Leo Hurwitz

Producer

Writing

Leo Hurwitz

Writer