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Robert Lax

Born 1915-11-30 Olean, New York, USA 5 films

Robert Lax was an American poet, known in particular for his association with Trappist monk and writer Thomas Merton. Another friend of his youth was the painter Ad Reinhardt.

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Filmography

5 films

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The space of a voice gives what is said its real meaning. In it you can feel what is actually behin…

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Lax Readings

★ 0.0 2006

Why Should I Buy A Bed When All That I Want Is Sleep? poster

Robert Lax (1915-2000) was a poet with a singular vision and style whose quest to live an authentic…

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Why Should I Buy A Bed When All That I Want Is Sleep?

★ 9.0 1999

Filmmakers Nicolaus Humbert and Werner Penzel examine the nature of nomadic existence in this docum…

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Middle of the Moment

★ 7.0 1995

When Robert Lax was approached in the early 1980s about doing a video documentary on him, he had on…

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Robert Lax: Word & Image

★ 0.0 1987

In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social critic…

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Merton: A Film Biography

★ 8.5 1984