WGS/GT/2/2006/2 - W.G. Sebald by Thomas Sipp
Reference code
WGS/GT/2/2006/2
Level of description
Item
Title
W.G. Sebald by Thomas Sipp
Date/s
22/06/2006
Quantity & Format
2 CD
Scope and content
W.G. Sebald documentary in two parts. 'Surpris par la nuit', France (Culture) Radio, 21 & 22 June 2006.
Disc 1 'A la recontre de Winfried Georg Sebald', introduced by Jean Thibaudeau, directed by Ghislaine David, with Jean-Louis Baudry, Patrick Charbonneau and Jan Peter Tripp. Disc 1 (56 mins).
Disc 2 'W.G. Sebald', by Thomas Sipp, directed by Pierre Willer, with Anthea Bell, Anne Beresford, Ralf Jeutter, Ria Loohuizen, Gordon Turner and 'la participation exceptionnelle' of Michael Hamburger. Commentary and voiceover in French of interviews given in English. Disc 2 (30 mins).
Breakdown kindly provided by Scott Bartsch:
In order of first appearance:
TS = Thomas Sipp, the interviewer; speaks in French and English.
GT = Gordon Turner, UEA professor and friend of WGS; speaks in French and English.
RJ = Ralf Jeutter, whose PhD at UEA in 1988-1992 was supervised by WGS; speaks in English.
AB = Anne Beresford, writer and friend of WGS, wife of MH; speaks in English.
MH = Michael Hamburger, writer, translator, and friend of WGS; speaks in French and English.
RL = Ria Loohuizen, writer, translator, and friend of WGS; speaks in English.
AABB = Anthea Bell, the English translator of A, NHD, and CS; speaks in French.
Plus:
WGS = W.G. Sebald; clips from recordings in English and German.
MF = Max Ferber
HS = “Dr Henry Selwyn”
RS = The Rings of Saturn
A = Austerlitz
NHD = The Natural History of Destruction
CS = Campo Santo
UEA = University of East Anglia
Disc 1:
00:00 TS and GT talk in a car outside the Old Rectory, WGS’s home in Poringland, prior to driving the route taken by him on the day of his fatal accident.
03:30 Speaker reads the opening of MF in French.
04:55 TS and RJ tour WGS’s Manchester.
10:10 Speaker reads from a description of Manchester in MF in French.
11:55 GT describes meeting WGS in 1970 and their early years together at UEA.
15:45 RJ describes how WGS told stories that later became fictions, in particular HS.
18:30 Speaker reads from the opening of HS in French.
20:45 TS and GT discuss WGS’s character and the start of his mature writing career (After Nature).
23:50 RJ discusses the start of WGS’s mature writing career.
25:10 Clip from Peter Morgan’s 1998 interview of WGS in English about RS/England.
26:20 RJ discusses WGS’s loss of Heimat.
27:35 Speaker reads the passage regarding the narrator’s entry into Middleton in RS in French.
29:45 TS visits AB and MH in Middleton; MH reads a poem he wrote on the occasion of WGS’s death.
33:10 Speaker reads the passage regarding MH’s arrival in England in RS in French.
34:15 MH and AB discuss their reactions to WGS’s treatment of them in RS.
36:05 Speaker reads WGS’s retelling of a dream AB had had in RS in French.
38:25 GT recounts how a Bavarian writers’ organization sent notice of WGS’s death to his widow.
40:15 TS and GT visit WGS’s grave in St. Andrew’s churchyard in Framingham Earl.
48:00 Archival news reporting in English on the bombing of England during WWII with French narration.
50:25 TS and RL visit UEA and discover that the Sebald Memorial Bench has been removed.
55:40 Recording of WGS reading the opening of MF in German.
Disc 2:
00:00 TS visits AABB, who discusses WGS’s style, A, and her translations of A, NHD, and CS; AABB and GT read from the Wales section of A in English and French, respectively.
09:45 TS and GT visit Dunwich.
11:15 Speaker reads from the Dunwich section of RS in French.
13:20 GT discusses how WGS felt about life in England and their final meeting, in December 2001.
16:25 A portion of “Der Lindenbaum” section of Schubert’s Winterreise is played.
17:40 RL reads remarks on memory made by WGS in the September 2001 Jaggi interview and discusses her final meeting with him, how he had aged, and the manner of his death.
22:45 MH shows TS his garden in Middleton and discusses WGS’s last visit to him and AB, a year prior to his death.
27:45 Closing credits.
28:15 AB describes how a fortuitous break in bad weather allowed her and MH to attend WGS’s funeral.
29:30 Closing credits, cont’d.
Disc 1 'A la recontre de Winfried Georg Sebald', introduced by Jean Thibaudeau, directed by Ghislaine David, with Jean-Louis Baudry, Patrick Charbonneau and Jan Peter Tripp. Disc 1 (56 mins).
Disc 2 'W.G. Sebald', by Thomas Sipp, directed by Pierre Willer, with Anthea Bell, Anne Beresford, Ralf Jeutter, Ria Loohuizen, Gordon Turner and 'la participation exceptionnelle' of Michael Hamburger. Commentary and voiceover in French of interviews given in English. Disc 2 (30 mins).
Breakdown kindly provided by Scott Bartsch:
In order of first appearance:
TS = Thomas Sipp, the interviewer; speaks in French and English.
GT = Gordon Turner, UEA professor and friend of WGS; speaks in French and English.
RJ = Ralf Jeutter, whose PhD at UEA in 1988-1992 was supervised by WGS; speaks in English.
AB = Anne Beresford, writer and friend of WGS, wife of MH; speaks in English.
MH = Michael Hamburger, writer, translator, and friend of WGS; speaks in French and English.
RL = Ria Loohuizen, writer, translator, and friend of WGS; speaks in English.
AABB = Anthea Bell, the English translator of A, NHD, and CS; speaks in French.
Plus:
WGS = W.G. Sebald; clips from recordings in English and German.
MF = Max Ferber
HS = “Dr Henry Selwyn”
RS = The Rings of Saturn
A = Austerlitz
NHD = The Natural History of Destruction
CS = Campo Santo
UEA = University of East Anglia
Disc 1:
00:00 TS and GT talk in a car outside the Old Rectory, WGS’s home in Poringland, prior to driving the route taken by him on the day of his fatal accident.
03:30 Speaker reads the opening of MF in French.
04:55 TS and RJ tour WGS’s Manchester.
10:10 Speaker reads from a description of Manchester in MF in French.
11:55 GT describes meeting WGS in 1970 and their early years together at UEA.
15:45 RJ describes how WGS told stories that later became fictions, in particular HS.
18:30 Speaker reads from the opening of HS in French.
20:45 TS and GT discuss WGS’s character and the start of his mature writing career (After Nature).
23:50 RJ discusses the start of WGS’s mature writing career.
25:10 Clip from Peter Morgan’s 1998 interview of WGS in English about RS/England.
26:20 RJ discusses WGS’s loss of Heimat.
27:35 Speaker reads the passage regarding the narrator’s entry into Middleton in RS in French.
29:45 TS visits AB and MH in Middleton; MH reads a poem he wrote on the occasion of WGS’s death.
33:10 Speaker reads the passage regarding MH’s arrival in England in RS in French.
34:15 MH and AB discuss their reactions to WGS’s treatment of them in RS.
36:05 Speaker reads WGS’s retelling of a dream AB had had in RS in French.
38:25 GT recounts how a Bavarian writers’ organization sent notice of WGS’s death to his widow.
40:15 TS and GT visit WGS’s grave in St. Andrew’s churchyard in Framingham Earl.
48:00 Archival news reporting in English on the bombing of England during WWII with French narration.
50:25 TS and RL visit UEA and discover that the Sebald Memorial Bench has been removed.
55:40 Recording of WGS reading the opening of MF in German.
Disc 2:
00:00 TS visits AABB, who discusses WGS’s style, A, and her translations of A, NHD, and CS; AABB and GT read from the Wales section of A in English and French, respectively.
09:45 TS and GT visit Dunwich.
11:15 Speaker reads from the Dunwich section of RS in French.
13:20 GT discusses how WGS felt about life in England and their final meeting, in December 2001.
16:25 A portion of “Der Lindenbaum” section of Schubert’s Winterreise is played.
17:40 RL reads remarks on memory made by WGS in the September 2001 Jaggi interview and discusses her final meeting with him, how he had aged, and the manner of his death.
22:45 MH shows TS his garden in Middleton and discusses WGS’s last visit to him and AB, a year prior to his death.
27:45 Closing credits.
28:15 AB describes how a fortuitous break in bad weather allowed her and MH to attend WGS’s funeral.
29:30 Closing credits, cont’d.
Conditions governing reproduction
Under copyright. All rights reserved.
Language/scripts of material
French, English
Existence and location of copies
A digital copy has been created by the Archives (in 2 files).
1 Digital file for Disc 1.
1 Digital file for Disc 2.
1 Digital file for Disc 1.
1 Digital file for Disc 2.
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WGS - W.G. Sebald Audio-Visual Collection
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WGS/GT - W.G. Sebald Audiovisual Collection compiled by Gordon Turner
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WGS/GT/2 - Audio material about or based on WGS
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WGS/GT - W.G. Sebald Audiovisual Collection compiled by Gordon Turner