Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open (2013)

Name: Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2013-04-04

1h 33m

Running Time

Plot.

The American composer and author Paul Bowles was a man with a great deal of charisma and influence. When he moved to Tangier, Morocco, in 1949, half the world followed him to the enigmatic city. His marriage with author Jane Bowles was a loving relationship of opposites, even though both were homosexual. Based on exclusive interviews with Bowles shortly before his death interwoven with anecdotes recounted by his friends and co-workers, the film portrays a daring and visionary life as well as a relationship shaped by an interdependency that encompassed much more than sexuality.

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Paul Bowles: The Cage Door Is Always Open

Details.

Release Date
April 4, 2013

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 33m

Genres
Documentary History

Last updated: 2023-11-26

Wiki.

The Cage Door Is Always Open is a 2012 Swiss documentary film directed by Daniel Young that tells the story of the Tangier-based American writer and composer Paul Bowles.

It had its world premiere at the Zurich Film Festival on 25 September 2012. In February 2013, it was screened at the Berlin International Film Festival and in April of the same year it was released in cinemas in Switzerland.

In addition to the archival footage there are new interviews with John Giorno, Gore Vidal and John Waters among others. It also includes an interview with Bowles conducted by Young two years before Bowles' death.Production of the film lasted 14 years.