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Sep 7, 2023 · This generic documentary, subtitled “A Body in the Service of Mind,” is so fixated on canonizing its subject that it skirts around what makes her so intriguing: her peculiar and provocative ideas.
- Beatrice Loayza
- Stig Björkman
Sep 8, 2023 · A Body in the Service of Mind is meticulously woven together. Björkman splices together recent interviews with archival clips and excerpts of Oates’s books read by Laura Dern.
Whether writing novels, short stories, or essays, Oates captures the human mix of good and evil, guilt and innocence, violence and suffering. Her subjects are often dark and difficult, which seems a little odd once you meet her and notice her soft spoken and humble personality in this documentary. A wide-ranging documentary on the life and work ...
Sep 2, 2021 · Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind: Directed by Stig Björkman. With Joyce Carol Oates, Laura Dern. Joyce Carol Oates has written over one hundred novels in a variety of genres over an award-winning career. Years of friendship and tireless research gave director Stig Björkman unprecedented access to the writer's solitude.
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- Documentary, Biography, History
- Stig Björkman
- 2021-09-02
Joyce Carol Oates has remained intensely private, until now. After trying for 16 years, she finally agreed to participate in director Stig Bjorkman intelligent documentary.
This documentary is so fixated on enshrining Oates within the canon of American literary giants that it skirts around the peculiarity and provocation of her ideas. Full Review | Sep 7, 2023 ...
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