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The film is an examination of Creator/RobertFrost, one of America's most famous and beloved poets. Completed shortly before Frost's death at the age of 88, it mostly intercuts between a lecture he gave to students at Sarah Lawrence College and a private reading he gave for students at Amherst. Also included are scenes of Frost at home on his Vermont UsefulNotes/{{Vermont}} farm, as well of footage of his meeting with UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, who was a Frost fanboy.
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* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Frost is asked a question about his old friend and colleague Creator/EzraPound, later a fan of UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini who made radio broadcasts for UsefulNotes/FascistItaly. Frost says that Pound got off light and should have been shot for treason, then muses that Washington and Jefferson were traitors back in the day. He even quotes Patrick Henry's famous line "If this be treason, make the most of it."
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* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Frost is asked a question about his old friend and colleague Creator/EzraPound, later a fan of UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini who made radio broadcasts for UsefulNotes/FascistItaly. Frost says that Pound got off light lightly and should have been shot for treason, then muses that Washington [[UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington Washington]] and Jefferson [[UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson Jefferson]] were regarded as traitors back in by the British in their day. He even quotes Patrick Henry's famous line "If this be treason, make the most of it.""
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The film is an examination of Creator/RobertFrost, one of America's most famous and beloved poets. Completed shortly before Frost's death at the age of 88, it mostly intercuts between a lecture he gave to students at Sarah Lawrence College and a private reading he gave for students at Amherst. Also included are scenes of Frost at home on his Vermont farm, as well of footage of his meeting with UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, who was a Frost fanboy.
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* TitleDrop: Frost says in an interview that he suggested as his own epitaph a line from his poem "The Lesson for Today": "I had a lover's quarrel with the world." And as it turns out that line actually is the epitaph on his gravestone.
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* TitleDrop: Frost says in an interview that he suggested as his own epitaph a the closing line from his poem "The Lesson for Today": "I had a lover's quarrel with the world." And as it turns out that line actually is the epitaph on his gravestone.
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* ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle: ''Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World''
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* ConversationCut: Multiple times Clarke cuts back and forth between different scenes in such a way that Frost's train of thought is uninterrupted. One scene has Frost meditating on American greatness, saying "The Russians know how good we are," cutting to a completely different conversation before a different audience in which Frost says "Everything the Russians say they say in our direction."
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* HollywoodNewEngland: Frost was a big part of creating the stereotypical Hollywood New England image, and his Vermont farm is a perfect example--a stony field, a rustic cabin, wooden fences, folks riding by on horses.
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* {{Narrator}}: Used relatively briefly in the early going to establish some basic facts about Frost. Most of the film is narrated by Frost himself, when he isn't actually talking onscreen.
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* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Frost reads the poem "[[https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/provide-provide/ Provide, Provide]]", about a "withered hag" washerwoman who was once "the picture pride of Hollywood."
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* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Frost reads the poem "[[https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/provide-provide/ Provide, Provide]]", about a "withered hag" washerwoman who was once "the picture pride of Hollywood."
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Frost is asked a question about his old friend and colleague Creator/EzraPound, later a fan of UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini who made radio broadcasts for UsefulNotes/FascistItaly. Frost says that Pound got off light and should have been shot for treason, then muses that Washington and Jefferson were traitors back in the day. He even quotes Patrick Henry's famous line "If this be treason, make the most of it."
* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Frost is asked a question about his old friend and colleague Creator/EzraPound, later a fan of UsefulNotes/BenitoMussolini who made radio broadcasts for UsefulNotes/FascistItaly. Frost says that Pound got off light and should have been shot for treason, then muses that Washington and Jefferson were traitors back in the day. He even quotes Patrick Henry's famous line "If this be treason, make the most of it."
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* CoolOldGuy: Frost comes off as this, drolly snarking with the students that go to his lectures. At one point he reads a poem about chopping down a tree, and says that his publisher took that as a threat that he was going to write a new book.
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* ShoutOut: Frost reels off a passage he likes from an 18th century poem called "[[https://www.poets.org/poetsorg/poem/task-book-ii-time-piece-excerpt The Task]]": "Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness/Some boundless contiguity of shade."
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* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Frost reads the poem "[[https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/provide-provide/ Provide, Provide]]", about a "withered hag" washerwoman who was once "the picture pride of Hollywood."
* TitleDrop: Frost says in an interview that he suggested as his own epitaph a line from his poem "The Lesson for Today": "I had a lover's quarrel with the world." And as it turns out that line actually is the epitaph on his
* WhiteDwarfStarlet: Frost reads the poem "[[https://www.poemhunter.com/poem/provide-provide/ Provide, Provide]]", about a "withered hag" washerwoman who was once "the picture pride of Hollywood."
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''Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World'' is a 1963 documentary feature (barely, 41 minutes) directed by Shirley Clarke.
It is an examination of Creator/RobertFrost, one of America's most famous poets. The film, completed shortly before Frost died in 1963 at the age of 88, mostly intercuts between a lecture Frost gave to students at Sarah Lawrence and a private reading he gave to students at Amherst. Also included are scenes with Frost at his Vermont farm as well of footage of Frost meeting UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, who was a Frost fanboy.
Compare ''Film/PortraitOfJason'', a much less conventional Shirley Clarke documentary.
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* TheKenBurnsEffect: Clarke only uses this a couple of times, including when she starts a TimePassesMontage by zooming in on a photo of baby Robert Frost.
* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: Ends with Frost climbing into a station wagon and being driven away down a country road.
* RakeTake: His poems weren't all dour! In the movie he recites a little comic poem about Rake Takes, "[[https://allpoetry.com/The-Objection-To-Being-Stepped-On The Objection to Being Stepped On]]."
--> At the end of the row\\
I stepped on the toe\\
Of an unemployed hoe.\\
It rose in offense\\
And struck me a blow\\
In the seat of my sense....
* ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle: ''Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World''
* TitleDrop: Frost says in an interview that he suggested as his own epitaph a line from his poem "The Lesson for Today": "I had a lover's quarrel with the world." And as it turns out that line actually is the epitaph on his gravestone.
It is an examination of Creator/RobertFrost, one of America's most famous poets. The film, completed shortly before Frost died in 1963 at the age of 88, mostly intercuts between a lecture Frost gave to students at Sarah Lawrence and a private reading he gave to students at Amherst. Also included are scenes with Frost at his Vermont farm as well of footage of Frost meeting UsefulNotes/JohnFKennedy, who was a Frost fanboy.
Compare ''Film/PortraitOfJason'', a much less conventional Shirley Clarke documentary.
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!!Tropes:
* TheKenBurnsEffect: Clarke only uses this a couple of times, including when she starts a TimePassesMontage by zooming in on a photo of baby Robert Frost.
* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: Ends with Frost climbing into a station wagon and being driven away down a country road.
* RakeTake: His poems weren't all dour! In the movie he recites a little comic poem about Rake Takes, "[[https://allpoetry.com/The-Objection-To-Being-Stepped-On The Objection to Being Stepped On]]."
--> At the end of the row\\
I stepped on the toe\\
Of an unemployed hoe.\\
It rose in offense\\
And struck me a blow\\
In the seat of my sense....
* ShortTitleLongElaborateSubtitle: ''Robert Frost: A Lover's Quarrel with the World''
* TitleDrop: Frost says in an interview that he suggested as his own epitaph a line from his poem "The Lesson for Today": "I had a lover's quarrel with the world." And as it turns out that line actually is the epitaph on his gravestone.
