The Gaze of the Gorgon 1992 Directed by Peter Symes
Film poem by Tony Harrison which takes the figure of the Gorgon as a metaphor for the "freedom-fixing politics" which have been responsible for so much conflict this century. It starts in 1992 Frankfurt where Harrison speaks through the mouth of the statue of the German Jewish poet Heinrich Heine. At Corfu in Greece he tells of the link between Heine, the Greek Gorgon and Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Country
USA
Production Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Production Company
BBC
Release Date 3 October 1992
40 mins
