Throughout his career, MacNeice's own life was central to his writing. With The Strings Are False, written at the age of 33, nel mezo del cammin of his life, one year after the publication of his memorable Autumn Journal, his autobiographical penchant is clearly asserted.

Does a film about a writer represent a life, an institutional position, or a discourse? Is the goal of literary television programs or on-line critical videos to make literary more accessible? Questions of cultural heritage and education, as well as the "star" status of writers, seem to dominate cinematographic and televisual approaches to ...