- Collection:
- Big Joy Digital Collection
- Title:
- Edward Guthmann interview, 2009-04
- Creator:
- Guthmann, Edward
- Contributor to Resource:
- Hinkle, Ian
Silha, Stephen
Slade, Eric - Publisher:
- Georgia State University Library
- Date of Original:
- 2009-04
- Subject:
- Experimental poetry, American
Gay couples
Criticism - People:
- Broughton, James, 1913-1999
Kael, Pauline - Location:
- United States, California, City and County of San Francisco, San Francisco, 37.77493, -122.41942
- Medium:
- interviews
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- Topics discussed: Broughton as an ecstatic soul, disseminating wisdom, merriment and joy; A mentor to younger gay men, as well as a flirt; Broughton told a film critic, "Critics are in a conspiracy against the imagination."; Pauline Kael as much more famous than James; Broughton's films as beloved by a niche audience; Broughton's love life / Joel Singer as spirit incarnate; Relevance of Broughton's work today; Broughton as not interested in his children; Reads many poems, some from Graffiti for the Johns of Heaven; Broughton's birthday parties at San Francisco Art Institute, and the Radical Faeries; Why Broughton isn't more famous; His scholarship, craftsmanship, and hard work; Magnified beauty after meeting Joel Singer; Broughton's Native American approach to death.
Edward Guthmann, a friend and colleague of James Broughton, was born in Chicago and grew up in Southern California. He earned a B.A. in journalism from Humboldt State University and has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1972. He was a staff writer and film critic at the San Francisco Chronicle for 25 years, winning awards from the California Newspaper Publishers Assn. and the American Society of Feature and Sunday Editors. Also a filmmaker, Edward wrote, directed and produced "Return to Cameroun," a one-hour documentary about his grandparents' lives as missionaries in Africa. His writing has been published in several publications and anthologies, and he continues to work as a freelance writer. See www.edwardguthmann.com. - Local Identifier:
- W146_GuthmannE_200904
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/bigjoy/id/25
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Edward Guthmann, interviewed by Stephen Silha and Eric Slade, April 2009, Big Joy Collection. Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University.
- Extent:
- 00:45:29
- Original Collection:
- Big Joy Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights: