Oliver Sacks [videorecording] : his own life / Zeitgeist Films ; director, Ric Burns.

Burns, Ric, (film director.). Sacks, Oliver, 1933-2015 (on-screen participant.). Kino Lorber, Inc., (publisher.). Zeitgeist Films, (production company.). Oliver Sacks, Atul Gawande, Temple Grandin, Christof Koch, Anil Seth. (Cast).

Summary:

A month after receiving a fatal diagnosis in January 2015, Oliver Sacks sat down for a series of filmed interviews in his apartment in New York City. For eighty hours, surrounded by family, friends, and notebooks from six decades of thinking and writing about the brain, he talked about his life and work, his abiding sense of wonder at the natural world, and the place of human beings within it. Drawing on these deeply personal reflections, as well as nearly two dozen interviews with close friends, family members, colleagues, and patients, and archival material from every point in his life.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: New York, NY : Kino Lorber, [2021]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally produced in 2019. Special features: Deleted scenes.
Participant or Performer Note:	Oliver Sacks, Atul Gawande, Temple Grandin, Christof Koch, Anil Seth.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, wide screen, 5.1 surround and 2.0 stereo; region 1.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	For private home use only.