The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

In 1973, the revered British art critic and writer John Berger abandoned the metropolis to live in the tiny Alpine Village of Quincy. In this unique documentary journey, Berger’s close friends, including Colin MacCabe and Tilda Swinton, collaborate on four very different film essays, interweaving ideas from the artist’s life’s work with the atmosphere of his mountain setting. Conceived as “exercises in thinking in film” and presented together in this feature film they offer up an appropriately innovative portrait of the recently deceased intellectual giant.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Script: Christopher Roth, Tilda Swinton (with the collaboration of: Ben Lerner)
Cinematography: Bartek Dziadosz, Christopher Roth
Editing: Christopher Roth, Bartek Dziadosz
Sound: Walter Stabb, Lily Ford & Sally Mumby Croft, Simon Fisher Turner
Music: Simon Fisher Turner
Production: Derek Jarman Lab
Producers: Lily Ford, Colin MacCabe
Format: Color
Production Country: UK
Production Year: 2016
Duration: 89
Contact: Derek Jarman Lab sales@jarmanlab.org

Colin MacCabe

Filmography

2016 The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

Christopher Roth

Filmography

2016 The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

Bartek Dziadosz

Filmography

2013 The Trouble with Being Human These Days
2016 The Seasons In Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger (co-direction)
2021 Nothing Exists Until You Sell It (short)
2024 The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze (co-direction)

Tilda Swinton

Filmography

2008 The New Ten Commandments (co-direction)
2016 The Seasons In Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger (co-direction)
2024 The Hexagonal Hive and a Mouse in a Maze (co-direction)