The Portable Phonograph (1977)
1977 · Short film · 23 min · dir. John Barnes
Synopsis
An adaptation of the short story of the same title by Walter Van Tilburg Clark, in which four men who have survived a catastrophic war share memories of their past lives and a civilization which no longer exists. Here, a vintage recording of Debussy's Nocturne played by Walter Gieseking becomes the vehicle by which four lovers of the humanities hover together in a cold post-apocalyptic shack of sandbags to mourn weekly over lost art and loves gone by. Barnes, who must be considered among the…
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- John Barnes
- Released
- 1977-05-01
- Running time
- 23 minutes
Cast & crew
John Barnes Director
Michael Gwynn
William Squire
Philip Locke
David Buck
