Poem

Poem — Plot

A poignant short film set to the fourth part of Samuel Beckett's Quatre Poèmes, as narrated by frequent BS Johnson collaborator William Hoyland. The poem is read against a backdrop of associative shots: the head and sholders of a woman, a crumbling Victorian chimney stack, a forlorn row of houses, cobblestones, discarded rubbish, and a final tracking shot of a high wall.

• Release date
• November 15, 1971
• Runtime
• 1 min
• Director
• B. S. Johnson

Poem — Cast

William Hoyland voiceover