Summary
Episodes include an examination of Hemingway's time in the Red Cross during the First World War and his move to Paris, where he started work as a writer.
Hemingway
- 2019
- Season 1
- 6 episodes
- Arts and culture
Episode 4: Hemingway
Summary
Documentary revealing how Hemingway, inspired by the fight against Fascism, reported on the Spanish Civil War. He also began a tempestuous romance with Martha Gellhorn
Review
By this stage in the story, we’re getting a sense of Hemingway’s old-fashioned attitudes, not least to women. “He was a bit of controller… and a bit of a bully,” comments Edna O’Brien. The series doesn’t treat his wives as satellites of the great man, it allows them equal weight, particularly Martha Gellhorn, whose affair with and marriage to Hemingway in the 1930s takes up this chapter.
His devoted second wife Pauline had supported “Papa” creatively and financially, but Martha was a fellow writer and reporter who needed freedom to do her own work. They ended up in danger of stifling each other. The problem, she said, was that they were each essentially “hell on wheels”.
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| role | name |
|---|---|
| Producer | Ken Burns |
| Director | Ken Burns |
| Producer | Lynn Novick |
| Director | Lynn Novick |
| Producer | Sarah Botstein |
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Episode 4
Hemingway
Summary
Documentary revealing how Hemingway, inspired by the fight against Fascism, reported on the Spanish Civil War. He also began a tempestuous romance with Martha GellhornReview
By this stage in the story, we’re getting a sense of Hemingway’s old-fashioned attitudes, not least to women. “He was a bit of controller… and a bit of a bully,” comments Edna O’Brien. The series doesn’t treat his wives as satellites of the great man, it allows them equal weight, particularly Martha Gellhorn, whose affair with and marriage to Hemingway in the 1930s takes up this chapter.
His devoted second wife Pauline had supported “Papa” creatively and financially, but Martha was a fellow writer and reporter who needed freedom to do her own work. They ended up in danger of stifling each other. The problem, she said, was that they were each essentially “hell on wheels”.
Details
- Languages
- Formats
- Colour
Credits
Crew
role name Producer Ken Burns Director Ken Burns Producer Lynn Novick Director Lynn Novick Producer Sarah Botstein
