Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant [a discussion]

Jocelyn Terry leads a discussion with Val Kent of Huntingdale Technical School and Dr. Alan Diknot of Monash University to provide some explanations of the puzzling aspects of Anne Tyler’s novel. The program discusses why the novel opens with Pearl’s death; our sympathy for Pearl and for Beck; the effect of their upbringing on the children; and the role of the subsidiary characters.

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Credits

director

David Zweck

producer

Daryl Wayland

production company

Country Education Project

TV Ed Productions

Duration

00:29:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1984

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

509202

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Discussion

Literature → English literature - History and criticism

Literature → Literature

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1984

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