A film that takes it's time and lets the poet tell much of his story through hearing his poetry read. It is a film that flows like a stream and allows patience and thought.
A Late Style of Fire is a very rich and substantive documentary. The images and soundtrack weave in and out of the story line of the full and sometimes uneasy life of Larry Levis, but at the same time the viewer is always directed to the word, to the work of a passionate poet who lived for his poetry, his own story.
I had the immense pleasure of listening to filmmaker Michele Poulos, as well as Gregory Donovan (the voice of Levis) speak. I agree with Donovan that this documentary is not afraid to sit with language.
