Voices

Name: Voices
Released: 1982-11-03T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Al Alvarez

TV Show · Documentary · Drama

A forum of debate from the early 1980s about the key issues in the world of the arts and the life of the mind.

1982 · 50m

EPISODE 1

The End of the Jewish Example

Al Alvarez hosts a discussion of the Jewish contribution to western culture.
EPISODE 2

A Slow Catastrophe

Frank Kermode argues that our culture seems to be in decline.
EPISODE 4

Mere Passing Fashions

A discussion of how the dictates of commercialism force a new fashion in art each year.
EPISODE 5

Art, Repression and Freedom

Discussing whether an authoritarian system can produce more creativity than the free West.
EPISODE 7

To Tell a Story

John Berger and Susan Sontag exchange ideas on the 'lost art' of story-telling.
EPISODE 8

Sexuality and Identity

Richard Sennett argues that movements defined by sexuality could be diminished.