From Postman to the Postmodern, Charles Olson remains today an original American master. The enigmatic and hulking six-foot eight Harvard historian drifts back to the hard-luck New England fishing port of his boyhood summers. There he forges transcendent vision that links his besieged town, caught between tradition and modernity, to all places - in all times.Viewers join Actor John Malkovich in a one hour race for meaning that stretches from antiquity to yesterday, from the local to the universal and from that which is most familiar to that which can only be imagined.Audiences in rough cut screenings have come away wanting to find out for themselves why the place they call home can be both unique and universally connected to the larger world.
Question: Did Charles Olson spend summers or winters in New England?, Answer: summers Question: Is Charles Olson an historian at Harvard or Yale?, Answer: Harvard Question: Is Charles Olson an American or British master?, Answer: American Question: Is Charles Olson an enigmatic person?, Answer: yes Question: What vision does Charles Olson have?, Answer: <No Answer> Question: How tall is Charles Olson?, Answer: He is six foot, eight inches tall. Question: What effect does his movies have on audiences?, Answer: <No Answer> Question: Does Charles Olson drift back to a prosperous or hard-luck fishing town?, Answer: hard-luck Question: Is Charles Olson a short man?, Answer: no