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Impressions

A summer series from the early 1970s, each week of Impressions featured Ramsay Cook in conversation with a prominent Canadian. The CBC Digital Archives has selected nine episodes from the series featuring rare and unfiltered conversations with some of Canada's most creative people. The producer of Impressions was Judith Walle, and the executive producer Ain Soodor.
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Impressions of Allan King

Broadcast Date: Sept. 23, 1973

"I'm really interested in stories about people." Ramsay Cook interviews documentary filmmaker Allan King about his unique approach to making movies in a style called, "cinema verité". King also talks critically about his movies including Skid Row, his first documentary produced for the CBC in 1956. They also discuss A Married Couple, Warrendale and A Bird in the House, adapted from a story by Margaret Laurence.

Impressions of Allan King

• Allan King was born in Vancouver in 1930.

• In the early 1960s, he relocated to London, England to open a film studio with cinematographer Richard Leiterman, and editor Peter Moseley, making documentaries for the BBC, Granada Television, PBS and CBC. The team developed a technique known as "cinema verité", a blend of natural story telling with dramatic re-enactments often using the camera as the main protagonist.

• King's films were considered controversial for their subject matter and the boldness of the topics he explored, including mental illness, poverty, alcoholism and terminal illness. In 2002 the Toronto International Film Festival featured 17 of his works, including Who Has Seen The Wind, a drama based on W.O. Mitchell's novel of the same name.

Impressions of Allan King

Medium: Television

Program: Impressions

Broadcast Date: Sept. 23, 1973

Guest(s): Allan King


Interviewer: Ramsay Cook

Duration: 26:19

Last updated:
Jan. 28, 2009


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5:04 		Sept. 1, 1974
Michel Tremblay: a high school dropout 		Tremblay on why he decided to leave school.
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26:06 		Sept. 1, 1974
Michel Tremblay, Canada Reads author 		32-year-old Michel Tremblay gives a long, thoughtful interview to Ramsay Cook.
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25:45 		July 14, 1974
Hubert Aquin, a 'writer against his will' 		CBC-TV's Impressions hosts novelist Hubert Aquin.
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25:21 		July 7, 1974
Impressions of Claude Jutra 		Ramsay Cook talks to one of Canada's best storytellers, filmmaker Claude Jutra.
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26:19 		Sept. 23, 1973
Impressions of Allan King 		Canadian documentary filmmaker Allan King talks about his unique style of making movies, known as "direct cinema".
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26:15 		Sept. 16, 1973
Impressions of Veronica Tennant 		In this conversation from 1973, Veronica Tennant talks about her life as prima ballerina as a member of the National Ballet of Canada.
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26:35 		Sept. 2, 1973
Impressions of Northrop Frye 		In this rare conversation from 1973, Northrop Frye talks about his unique approach to literary criticism.
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26:54 		Aug. 19, 1973
Impressions of Arthur Erickson 		In this rare interview from 1973, Canadian architect Arthur Erickson talks about design, environment and tradition in his trade.
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26:50 		Aug. 3, 1973
Impressions of George Grant 		Canadian philosopher George Grant talks about his unique way of looking at the world in this conversation with Ramsay Cook.
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24:42 		July 22, 1973
Impressions of Margaret Atwood 		In this interview from 1973, author Margaret Atwood talks about her writing career and the struggles of Canadian literature to find its own identity.
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26:47 		July 8, 1973
Impressions of Robertson Davies 		Literary great Robertson Davies reflects on being Canadian, writing and life at Massey College.
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