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.

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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

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2016 The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

Christopher Roth

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2016 The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

Bartek Dziadosz

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2016 The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger

Tilda Swinton

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2016 The Seasons in Quincy: Four Portraits of John Berger