Is That All There Is?
An exhibition of archive material from the Lindsay Anderson Collection
17 February - 31 January

Is That All There Is? was the first public exhibition of material from the extensive Lindsay Anderson Collection held by University of Stirling.  It represented a unique and idiosyncratic overview of the life and career of one of Britain’s greatest filmmakers.  

The exhibition included letters, memorabilia, storyboards, diaries and other objects from the collection to provide insights into particular aspects of Anderson’s work. It was not a straight biographical display. Instead, using the artefacts as interesting items in their own right and when viewed as a whole, provide a wider context of Anderson’s life and career. Anderson’s extensive correspondence is used to illustrate influences on his own work, such as Hollywood director John Ford, as well as attributing Anderson’s influence on subsequent generations of filmmakers, writers and actors.

Anderson began his career by making documentary films in the 1950s and was a founder of the ‘Free Cinema' movement.  He made a string of critically acclaimed films in the 1960s and 1970s including This Sporting Life, starring Richard Harris and If…. starring Malcolm McDowell. Anderson remains a unique figure in British culture; his attitude to art and life was committed, personal and socially engaged. He made some of the most remarkable films in the history of the British cinema and was one of this country's leading theatre directors. An eloquent and perceptive critic, he edited ‘Sequence’, still widely regarded as one of the most influential film magazines ever published in Britain.

Lindsay Anderson Collection
www.is.stir.ac.uk/libraries/collections/anderson/index

Lindsay Anderson Memorial Foundation
www.lindsayanderson.com

Selected material from the Lindsay Anderson Collection at University of Stirling


Lillian Gish and Lindsay Anderson on the set of Whales of August, Maine, 1986


(Left to right) Ralph Richardson, John Gielgud, Lindsay Anderson, during rehearsals for the play Home, London, 1970.

All images courtesy of Lindsay Anderson Collection and University of Sirling


Installation View


Installation View