Robert Frost (1961)

This lovely color film from 1961 was shot over the course of a year mostly in the region of Robert Frosts solitary mountain cabin in Vermont Probably the most celebrated American poet of the twentieth Century Frost in his mid eighties is seen in three seasons walking the landscape while he is heard reading from about twentyfive of his poems inspired by what is shown We hear all or part of October The Sound of Trees Unharvested Birches The Road Not Taken Gathering Leaves FlowerGathering GoodBye and Keep Cold The Onset Two Tramps in Mud Time Mending Wall and The Pasture among others In one sequence Mr Frost is seen in a college seminar answering questions from students The nature photography of New England is outstanding as is the quality of this print mastered in high definition from the original negative