JORGE LUIS BORGES in "A FONDO", from.September 8, 1976 REVISITED in MILLENNIUM in 2004, with the title of THE POET OF ALEPH..
This COMPLETE EDITION lasts 2 hours and 57 minutes, and is divided into three parts. To facilitate viewing, the start and end times of each part are indicated.
Gonzalo Herralde is responsible for editing and subtitling in Spanish and English.
Three subtitling options have been included:
1 - Spanish (Latin America). Only the interventions in Catalan have been translated and subtitled in Spanish.
2 - Spanish (Language of the video): The complete edition. Both the interventions in Catalan and Spanish have been translated and subtitled in Spanish.
3 - English: The Complete Edition
After the success of the five MILLENIUM programs dedicated to "APOSTROPHES monographs" in the 9th season of Ramón Colom's show, the following year and to celebrate the start of the 10th season, the first two programs were dedicated to "IN DEPTH" by JOSEP PLA and JORGE LUIS BORGES.
Francesc Escribano Royo was the new Director of TV3 (2004-2008) and the format was modified.
In the two programs produced, the broadcast was also divided into three parts, but the interview was relegated to the end, as the third part, although 5 minutes of the interview were included at the end of the first part.
The MILLENNIUM dedicated to IN DEPTH did not have continuity. Surely one of the reasons was that the interviews, very long, were in Spanish.
1 - (from 0:00:00 to 28:06) INTRODUCTION by RAMÓN COLOM and MARÍA KODAMA, widow of JORGE LUIS BORGES
I got María Kodama, whom I met in Buenos Aires in 1999, on the occasion of Borges' centenary, to participate in various activities related to IN DEPTH in Spain.
She was the protagonist, with Iñaki Gabilondo, of the presentation of the collection GREAT PERSONS IN DEPTH at Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid in 2004. It is a collection of 68 characters on 35 DVDs, and the first issue is dedicated to JORGE LUIS BORGES .
That same year, 2004, she agreed to participate in Ramón Colom's MILLENIUM, which presented her:
MARÍA KODAMA, widow of Borges.
She was born in Buenos Aires. She has a degree in literature from the University of Buenos Aires. She is a translator from English and Icelandic.
She met the writer at sixteen, whom she married after years.
She chairs the Jorge Luis Borges International Foundation.
(from 0:20:42 to 0:25:43) A 5-minute edition of the interview with Borges in IN DEPTH acts as a bridge between the introduction and the gathering.
2 - (from 0:28.06 to 1:23:28) GATHERING
RAMÓN COLOM, director and presenter of the MILLENIUM program, moderates the gathering with the guests who accompany María Kodama, and describes them:
ANTONIO FERNANDEZ FERRER
He is a tenured professor in the Department of Philology at the University of Alcalá de Henares.
He is a doctor for the University of Barcelona. He is a specialist in textual criticism, Latin American and Caribbean literature, and Afro-American cultures.
He editor of the "Book of Ruins", editor of Antonio Machado, the prologues of 'The Library of Babel', the edition of "Juan de Mairena" by Antonio Machado, in Cátedra. "The hand of the ant", the shortest stories in the world and in Hispanic literature, published by Fugaz.
LOUIS LEFT
Professor of Spanish literature at the University of Barcelona, scholar of European literature.
He has prefaced authors such as Joan Vinyoli, Pere Quart and Ángel González.
He is the author of a poetic work: "There is no need to return", "The absentee", "Signs of snow".
CARMEN RIERA
Writer. PhD in Hispanic Philology. Professor at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
As a scholar of contemporary Spanish literature, she has published "The School of Barcelona", "The poetic work of José Agustín Goytisolo" and "The poetic work of Carlos Barral".
Her last book that year, "La meitat de l'ànima (Half of the soul)", won the 2003 Sant Jordi Prize.
CARLOS DUARTE
Poet, linguist. His poetry is based on the Mediterranean landscape and culture.
Among his latest books, "Triptic hebreu (Hebrew triptych)" and "El center del temps (The center of time)" stand out.
He has also published books on historical linguistics, legal and administrative language.
He worked with Joan Coromines for ten years and lived very thoroughly the world of historical linguistics,
3 - THE INTERVIEW of JOAQUÍN SOLER SERRANO to JORGE LUIS BORGES in IN DEPTH (from 1:23:28 to 2:56:48)
As a prologue we have included a presentation by JOAQUÍN SOLER SERRANO in 2001, produced by EDITRAMA and directed by Gonzalo Herralde for the RTVE Thematic Channels.