Poets & Writers Theater
Every day we share a new clip of interest to creative writers—author readings, book trailers, publishing panels, craft talks, and more. So grab some popcorn, filter the theater tags by keyword or genre, and explore our sizable archive of literary videos.
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"What makes something 'Kafkaesque?'... It's not the absurdity of bureaucracy alone." This TED-Ed animated short film, created by educator Noah Tavlin and narrated by Addison Anderson, explains the combination of external circumstances and human tendencies that characterize a situation as truly "Kafkaesque."
Tags: short film | animation | TED-Ed | Franz Kafka | The Metamorphosis | The Trial | Kafkaesque | Noah Tavlin | A Hunger Artist | Poseidon | Fiction -
This clip is taken from the opening sequence of Orson Welles's 1962 film adaptation of Franz Kafka's 1925 novel, The Trial. The scene, narrated by Welles and animated by Alexandre Alexeieff, depicts the book's opening parable, "Before the Law."
Tags: animation | film adaptation | Franz Kafka | Orson Welles | The Trial | 1925 | Before the Law | 1962 | Fiction
