Poem
1971, English. Directed by B. S. Johnson.
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.
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- 0h 1m
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- English
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Poem isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 November 1971. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Poem?
Poem (1971) was directed by B. S. Johnson and stars William Hoyland.