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I beautiful and the inside is very calming cuz it so quiet

I think it’s a beauty

I have no problem with free speech especially when its delivered in Emma stone by Alasdair gray's prose and dialogue!

Nice work 👏🏼

The problem with scotland....

This was heartbreaking

Love this and Grays work but why the subtitles you would need to be stupid if you can’t understand the accents. The man was a genius

So, the novel is about necropedophilia? Okay!

That mate is an expert smalltalker. Get him out of your life.

This is a really excellent documentary. 👍

Great vid!

I live there! Carbrain aint that bad 😭😭

So thankful for the subtitles.

It's called an adaptation, the original text is just an inspiration that leads to the film. The film isn't Alasdair Gray's Poor Things, it's Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things.

Just returned home from Glasgow I think the motorways (M8+M73) constriction causes the irrecoverable damage to the old Glasgow city What an eyesore with the flyovers right next to the poor old buildings which left alone.

Looking at my copy of 'Unlikely Stories, Mostly', found in a 2nd hand bookstore in St Andrews. I'm Scottish myself and when discovering Gray's body of work, I was amazed and proud to be a fellow Scot. What an achievement in life this man is. His books are a wonderland, go explore it. Great video, tell the world about Alasdair Gray! P.S. saw the film and Gray aside I personally didn't enjoy it.

Nice!! Thig Ar Latha

Thank you very much for making this documentary - it is a great contribution to all too small a pool. Now, do one on MacDiarmid and the Renaissance!

Wow, didnt expect Jack the fandan from North East to axtually turn up on my YT suggestions. Once a wank, always a wank.

Yassssss!!!!!

Glasgow council Demolished Glasgow Best logo great video

Thank you for this wonderful profile of the man and his work. I've only read Lanark, Poor Things and 1982 Janine, but each one sparkles with his own very singular vision; each one is strange and funny and dark, and also has something to say about politics and Scotland's place in the world. I wasn't so aware of his visual art though... What an amazing artist - his paintings often tell stories, and his stories are incredibly visual, he's like he's constantly crossing boundaries to express what he wants to express. I wonder about whether he could have been a film director himself, and what kind of films he would have made.. I think something that's often missed is how beautiful his work was, how sensitive he was to how we treat each other, and how hard it is to be the persons we wish to to. I think your film captured some of that - thank you

The algorithm just dropped this video in my feed. Thanks for making this. I've much to learn about Gray.

Thank you. My Glasgow tenement on Argyle Street was demolished and prefabs erected. The prefabs didn't last, I saw they have built more flats there now. The tenements on St Vincent St were not demolished, they are still going strong and look lovely. I watched them dig up the graves on North Street cemetery prior to the foundations for the motorway being laid. Interesting wee tale......they moved all the official graves then found more bodies buried just inside the cemetery. Families who could not afford a proper funeral and headstone crept in at night and buried their relative as they wanted them buried in consecrated ground and not in the paupers graves. The Anderston of my youth is unrecognniseable now.

Poor things the movie was amazingly funny..it’s a wonderful homage to its writer. Proud to have my connection to Glasgow vicariously. Born in Shettleston.

excellent video!! after feeling a little underwhelmed watching Poor Things i really want to read Gray's work and this is an amazing intro we love Rodge <3

Glasgows depopulation and de-densification was a political choice of the UK government, the city was seen as too radical and socialist and had to be scaled back. The tower blocks and peripheral schemes were the city's attempt at retaining population and a tax base when the government wanted to move people to new towns.

Brilliant! Last week I was in Glasgow for the first time and your documentary has given me a better understanding of the places that I visited there, and also I'm astonished by the high quality of this production, it's not only insightful but also very entertaining, congratulations 👏

Webshop is closed when does it open? Greetings from the Netherlands.

Thank you so much for this!

Fantastic documentary!

Read lanark back in 80s sorry to say only reading Poor Things now it is an absolute masterpeice i am not bothered that scottish content was taken out as for me a book and a movie are two entirely different creatures .sadly Alisdair is no longer with us to know what he would thought , what i tjhnk is really sad is that no scot or brit fillllmakers have attemptedcto tackle it and now complain of how a Greek does sorry we need to ditch this victom mentality and fight with the same creative energy as mr Gray, was also recently at the atchive poor things was mentioned not sure anyone mentioned the movie though it was probablu the reason for, well it has been so lets celebrate by talking about him with every chance can, i smell a renaissance on the wind

liked the movie? go check Alasdair's Work!!!

Excellent documentary. Celebrating culture is a great topic.

Im that person! I saw poor things now i want to read about Glasgow

So many people that Criticise this film from a Feminist perspective say things like 'the Brothel Sequence is Portrayed as Empowering!😮 Urrggh! Clearly this is a Man's Perspective of what a Woman could Enjoy!' This TOTALLY MISSES THE POINT. She neither views the Brothel as Destructive or Empowering: it is Useful, but Disappointing. What she really enjoys in Paris are the Anatomy Classes and the Socialism.

Smart move putting Emma stone november born to play a frankenstieness. The symbol of chrysalis and phoenix rising from the ashes. Transmutation. A stroke of brilliance in casting. Also co starring a november born Bark Ruffalo in the jealous sex maniac control freak jealous character Duncan Wedderburn aristocrat playboy ruclips.net/video/K_RXucDKBoU/видео.html

Brilliant video, having recently moved to Glasgow and part way through my Masters in Architecture course at Strathclyde, being introduced to the devastation to original architecture throughout the city with such amazing craft in traditional Scottish architecture, it really saddens me to see what has happened to some of these buildings. I find myself in a weird place having taught about 'the greatness of modern contemporary architecture' down south and now starting to loathe the manotenous repetition in new builds and new architecture arising around the city. Interestingly unexpected from Rem Koolhaus in an interview he explained that the randomness in postmodern architecture must come to an end, a realisation that rhythm will need to be introduced back into the future of architecture. I find myself in this difficult stage of understanding the future of architecture and have realised the mistakes and selfishness of postmodernism. Learning from this and starting my master's project in Govan, I hope to bring back some of the character and charm of the buildings people remember from Glasgow through a trades education centre focusing on traditional methods such as stonemasonry in which the building should reflect the importance in the quality of their own work. I'm interested to hear other people's thoughts on the future of architecture as ultimately an architect should work with the public to achieve a design enjoyed by everyone.

This documentary was needed and I’m glad a fellow Glaswegian brought this to the fore. Gray has loomed large for me since I left Glasgow for England for my studies. I read Lanark on those long journeys up and down one winter, as ironically I was researching and writing about Scotland but could only find funding in southern England. Lanark changed my view of Scotland and Glasgow, turned it wonderfully upside down and made me love the city all the more. It felt like I had lived parts of it, growing up in Scotstoun in the flats. I always come back to Gray when I struggle. Poor Things I feel is so entrenched in Scottish identity that this interpretation is diminished by not encompassing that. It was still good but parts didn’t quite make sense and I’ve seen some critiques of it which would have been explained by keeping it as an allegory for Scottish nationhood. Thanks man, subscribed and look forward to seeing more.

Brilliant. I've only today done a deep dive into this amazing writer and artist who I'd not heard of before I saw Poor Things last week. Already I've read a number of his poems, watched several interviews, looked at many images of his artworks and ordered Lanark, Poor Things and his essay collection. I was sad to discover the only available copy of his collected verse was about £150! I plan to travel to Glasgow to see as much of his art up close as I can. I love discovering a writer or artist I can feel passionate about. He doesn't seem to be very widely known outside Scotland but the film will hopefully change that. I'm very late, but I'm catching up fast!"

This is such a fantastic video! You're extremely good at this, I hope you keep going 😊

Thank you. A wonderful documentary. And a big shout out to Rodge who is senior lecturer in Creative Writing at Strathclyde University, who is such a kind and generous person. (I took a career break to explore creative writing)

I understand the criticism but for some of us it's heritage. The Cooncil's planned replacement looks dreadful.

This is awesome since seeing the movie I'm become obsessed with the story. I can't wait to reads hos books. I'm Native Hawaiian and Scottish (my great grandmother is from Scotland) and try to learn as much as possible about Scotland.

thankyou, wonderful overview of Alisdair's work and great introduction to him. Must read more of his work!

Just started listening, but this guy's accent is super charming! The complaint about it not being filmed in Glasgow with Scots is misguided though - much better that it got made than not having been made and the director had every right to cast who he wanted to cast. In fact, the amazing cast is integral to the success of the film & a large part of why anyone is watching this video. Also, that kind of thinking is really extreme gatekeeping. Who is to say when a work should be "allowed" to be performed / filmed by the non-preferred group? That said, at halfway through, I can see that this is a high quality and informative documentary - thanks!

Thank you for this wonderfully produced video.

great stuff man