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Based on John Bayley's memoirs, IRIS tells the moving and extraordinary story of the forty-year love affair between him and the novelist and philosopher Iris Murdoch. From the romance of their early days at Oxford in the 1950s to her devastating decline in the grip of Alzheimer's disease in the late 1990s, IRIS is a tender portrait of a marriage that survives even through life's most tragic and mysterious occurrences. Blurring the boundaries between past and present, IRIS captures the relationship of two brilliant intellectuals, determinedly unworldly, and yet utterly devoted to each other. It is a profoundly affecting study of enduring love. Included in this book are the complete shooting script written by Richard Eyre and Charles Wood, a new introduction by Richard Eyre, interviews with John Bayley, Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, Jim Broadbent and Hugh Bonneville, dozens of stills from the film, biographies of the cast and crew, and complete credits. IRIS has been nominated for three awards at the 2002 Golden Globe Awards.

Product details

Published 15 Feb 2002
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 160
ISBN 9780747560678
Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing
Dimensions 198 x 129 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

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Richard Eyre

Sir Richard Eyre was the Artistic Director of the…

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Charles Wood

Charles Wood was born in Guernsey in 1932. He serv…

Introduction

Richard Eyre

Sir Richard Eyre was the Artistic Director of the…

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