Orson Welles’ Venice
Clip: Season 3 Episode 5 | 2m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
Lawrence Lipton's description of Venice, California is captured on film by Orson Welles.
In poet Lawrence Lipton’s imaginings, Renaissance-era mathematician Giordano Bruno visits 20th-century Venice, California. The poet's vivid imagery links Renaissance Italy (where Bruno was persecuted by the Inquisition) and also gives us a lyrical description of Orson Welles’ Venice, captured in his film “Touch of Evil” where the beach town became a stand-in for a Mexico border town.
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Orson Welles’ Venice
Clip: Season 3 Episode 5 | 2m 59sVideo has Closed Captions
In poet Lawrence Lipton’s imaginings, Renaissance-era mathematician Giordano Bruno visits 20th-century Venice, California. The poet's vivid imagery links Renaissance Italy (where Bruno was persecuted by the Inquisition) and also gives us a lyrical description of Orson Welles’ Venice, captured in his film “Touch of Evil” where the beach town became a stand-in for a Mexico border town.
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