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Much ado about dying [videorecording] / written and directed by Simon Chambers.

Chambers, Simon, 1960- (film director,, on-screen participant,, screenwriter.). Gale, David N., (on-screen participant.). First-Run Features (Firm), (publisher.). Simon Chambers, David N. Gale. (Cast).

Summary:

When the filmmaker Simon Chambers receives a call from his elderly gay uncle "I think I may be dying!" he takes it as a summons. As it turns out, eccentric Uncle David, a retired actor living alone in a cluttered, mouse-infested London house, is being dramatic, sort of: For the next five years, Chambers both cares for and documents him, through all his performative exuberance (constantly acting out passages of King Lear) and anarchic charisma (swinging from boisterous humor to short temper), as various people (including a sexy young hustler) possibly take advantage of him. As their lives become encumbered by hospital visits, a house fire, and Britain's inadequate eldercare system, the younger man (also single and queer) reflects with aching honesty on what may await him in the years to come, in this moving yet hilarious film.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (84 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
  • Publisher: New York : First Run Features, [2024]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a documentary film in 2023.
Title from container.
Participant or Performer Note:
Simon Chambers, David N. Gale.
Target Audience Note:
E.
System Details Note:
DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
Audio track in English, with optional subtitles in English.
Subject: Gale, David Newlyn.
Terminally ill > England.
Older gay men > England > Biography.
Older people > Care.
Shakespearean actors and actresses > England > Biography.
Uncles.
Genre: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Biographical films.
Documentary films.
Nonfiction films.
Personal narratives.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Stroud Branch DVD 306.7660846 Gale-M 31681010403491 NFDVD Available -

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