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Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

2000 ★ 0.0 1 Seasons Documentary

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Overview

To his guests – artists, scientists, writers, philosophers and musicians – Wim Kayzer in Of Beauty and Consolation asks the philosophical question: What makes this life worth living?

Episodes

Seasons 1

Seasons 1

Fathers Roses: Wole Soyinka

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E01 2000-01-02

Fathers Roses: Wole Soyinka

The African Nobel Prize winner for literature 1986 reflects on beauty and consolation during the ci...

Homecoming: Roger Scruton

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E02 2000-01-09

Homecoming: Roger Scruton

Reactionary, contrary, controversial: all labels that have been stuck on the British philosopher Ro...

Alone on the mountain: Jane Goodall

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E03 2000-01-16

Alone on the mountain: Jane Goodall

Interview with Jane Goodall, British writer and ethologist (in a studio). Goodall left for Africa a...

The Code of Pasternak: George Steiner

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E04 2000-01-23

The Code of Pasternak: George Steiner

Interview with George Steiner, British literary critic and writer (in his home in Cambridge, Great...

The End of the Thirteenth: Vladimir Ashkenazy

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E05 2000-01-30

The End of the Thirteenth: Vladimir Ashkenazy

Interview with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian pianist and conductor (in the large rehearsal hall of th...

Thor, Newton, Einstein: Steven Weinberg

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E06 2000-02-06

Thor, Newton, Einstein: Steven Weinberg

Interview with Steven Weinberg, American theoretical physicist (in his office at the University of...

Guilt: Martha Nussbaum

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E07 2000-02-13

Guilt: Martha Nussbaum

Interview with Martha Nussbaum (in her Chicago apartment, located on Lake Michigan, near Harold Was...

You Are There and You Are Not: Karel Appel

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E08 2000-02-20

You Are There and You Are Not: Karel Appel

Interview with Karel Appel, Dutch painter. Appel has specially selected eight of his paintings for...

The Greatest Mystery Is Not the Universe: Edward Witten

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E09 2000-02-27

The Greatest Mystery Is Not the Universe: Edward Witten

Interview with Edward Witten, American theoretical physicist (in a room at the Institute for Advanc...

Dear Mother: Elizabeth Loftus

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E10 2000-03-05

Dear Mother: Elizabeth Loftus

Interview with Elizabeth Loftus, American psychologist (in her home in Seattle, overlooking Union B...

When My Father Was Still Big: Rutger Kopland

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E11 2000-03-12

When My Father Was Still Big: Rutger Kopland

Interview with Rutger Kopland, Dutch poet (pseudonym of Rudy van den Hoofdakker, psychiatrist) (in...

What's Mary Doing in the Cave: Gary Lynch

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E12 2000-03-19

What's Mary Doing in the Cave: Gary Lynch

Interview with Gary Lynch (in a converted workspace trailer next to the buildings of the Center for...

John the Myth: Stephen Jay Gould

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E13 2000-03-26

John the Myth: Stephen Jay Gould

Interview with Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist (in his office...

The Poetics of the Album: Dubravka Ugrešić

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E14 2000-04-02

The Poetics of the Album: Dubravka Ugrešić

Interview with Dubravka Ugresic, Croatian writer. Using photos and excerpts from her books, Ugresic...

Ugly Ears: Simon Schama

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E15 2000-04-09

Ugly Ears: Simon Schama

Interview with Simon Schama, British historian (in a room at The Ritz hotel on Piccadilly in London...

True Love Gives Trust: Catherine Bott

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E16 2000-04-16

True Love Gives Trust: Catherine Bott

Interview with Catherine Bott, British soprano and interpreter of medieval songs and operas (in the...

Innocence?: John M. Coetzee

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E17 2000-04-23

Innocence?: John M. Coetzee

Interview with John Coetzee, South African writer (in a hotel room in downtown Cape Town and on Dia...

The Unanswered Question: Richard Dufallo

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E18 2000-04-30

The Unanswered Question: Richard Dufallo

Richard Dufallo, American conductor, gave a concert entitled 'The concert of beauty and consolation...

After the Death of Sophia Loren?: Leon Lederman

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E19 2000-05-07

After the Death of Sophia Loren?: Leon Lederman

Interview with Leon Lederman, American experimental physicist (in the main building of the Fermi La...

Greetings from Medemblik: Rudi Fuchs

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E20 2000-05-14

Greetings from Medemblik: Rudi Fuchs

Interview with Rudi Fuchs, art historian (in the study of his home). Fuchs shows various postcards...

Don't Look Back: Tatjana Tolstaja

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E21 2000-05-21

Don't Look Back: Tatjana Tolstaja

Interview with Tatjana Tolstaja, Russian writer and granddaughter of Leo Tolstoy. Tolstaja talks ab...

Freeman Dyson

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E22 2000-05-28

Freeman Dyson

Interview with Freeman Dyson, British/American theoretical physicist (in the living room of his hom...

Other States of Consciousness: Richard Rorty

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E23 2000-06-04

Other States of Consciousness: Richard Rorty

Interview with Richard Rorty, American philosopher (in a studio and in nature). Rorty talks about h...

Scoundrel: Györgi Konrád

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E24 2000-06-11

Scoundrel: Györgi Konrád

Interview with György Konrád, Hungarian writer (standing in a room of a canal house on the Zeedijk...

Three Times Australia: Germaine Greer

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E25 2000-06-18

Three Times Australia: Germaine Greer

Germaine Greer, Australian writer, captures her native Australia with a camera for 'Of Beauty and C...

The Ninth: Yehudi Menuhin

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E26 2000-06-25

The Ninth: Yehudi Menuhin

Interview with Yehudi Menuhin (at his home in Chester Square, London, and at a concert hall). Menuh...

The Gathering

Van de Schoonheid en de Troost

S01E27 2000-07-09

The Gathering

This episode consists of the gathering. Twenty of the portrayed guests come together for an evening...

Cast

Wim Kayzer

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