BIB_ID
414455
Accession number
MA 9266
Creator
Ivory, James, author.
Display Date
London and Oxford, England, and New York, New York, 1971.
Credit line
Gift of James Ivory, 2017.
Description
1 item (approximately 35 pages), bound ; 18.2 x 11.5 cm
Notes
A travel diary used as a notebook by James Ivory during the editing of his documentary film about the Indian writer Nirad Chaudhuri, titled Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization.
With a note in James Ivory's hand adhered to the upper cover: ""Adventures of A Brown Man in Search of Civilization" Notes while shooting an unscripted film 1971."
Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization was shot in London and Oxford; it was produced by Ismail Merchant for Merchant Ivory and first released in the United Kingdom on 1 April 1972.
Part of a collection of film director James Ivory's heavily annotated shooting scripts, editing notebooks, and small scripts. Each of the thirty-one films he directed for Merchant Ivory Productions is represented in the collection, beginning with the production company's first film, The Householder (1963), and including, among others, The Europeans (1979), A Room with A View (1985), Howards End (1992), The Remains of the Day (1993), The Golden Bowl (2000), and The City of Your Final Destination (2010). The collection also includes two films directed by Ivory's partner, Ismail Merchant (In Custody (1994) and The Mystic Masseur (2002)). Items in the collection have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
With a note in James Ivory's hand adhered to the upper cover: ""Adventures of A Brown Man in Search of Civilization" Notes while shooting an unscripted film 1971."
Adventures of a Brown Man in Search of Civilization was shot in London and Oxford; it was produced by Ismail Merchant for Merchant Ivory and first released in the United Kingdom on 1 April 1972.
Part of a collection of film director James Ivory's heavily annotated shooting scripts, editing notebooks, and small scripts. Each of the thirty-one films he directed for Merchant Ivory Productions is represented in the collection, beginning with the production company's first film, The Householder (1963), and including, among others, The Europeans (1979), A Room with A View (1985), Howards End (1992), The Remains of the Day (1993), The Golden Bowl (2000), and The City of Your Final Destination (2010). The collection also includes two films directed by Ivory's partner, Ismail Merchant (In Custody (1994) and The Mystic Masseur (2002)). Items in the collection have been cataloged individually; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Gift of James Ivory, 2017.
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