Armando Iannucci in Milton's Heaven and Hell
Armando Iannucci journeys through Milton's life and his great poem Paradise Lost, offering his own passionate and illuminating response to what he feels is a work of genius.
Milton is often considered too difficult and obscure for today's reader, but to Armando Iannucci Paradise Lost is a thrilling work of creative genius that we ignore at our peril.
In this film, Iannucci journeys through Milton's life and his great poem, taking in everything from Satan and the start of spin to farting angels and the questioning of God's existence, offering his own passionate and illuminating response to Paradise Lost.
Along the way, he talks to schoolchildren, politicians and former prisoners to build up a picture of what Milton was like, and why his art may have turned out the way it did.
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Daniel Lanois
The Secret Place
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The Durutti Column
Otis
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The Album Leaf
Window
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Joy Division
Atmosphere
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Armando Iannucci |
| Director | Zoe Silver |
| Producer | Zoe Silver |
| Producer | Mary Sackville-West |
| Executive Producer | Eamon Hardy |
