Memoirs of a Survivor - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Memoirs of a Survivor or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Memoirs of a Survivor

[tom]

This movie was released seven years after its source novel of the same name by Doris Lessing was published.

[jamie]

This movie was selected to screen at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival in the "Un Certain Regard" strand.

[albert]

One of two filmed adaptations of stories by Doris Lessing released in 1981. The other being Killing Heat (1981).

[marc]

Theatrical movie debut of Leonie Mellinger (Emily Mary Cartwright).

[chad]

The movie won both the Audience Jury Award and the International Fantasy Film Award at the 1982 Fantasporto Film Festival in Portugal.

[beth]

The central character, "D" (Julie Christie), is also this movie's narrator as well.

[christina]

Comeback movie for Julie Christie whose lead performance represented a return to making movies after a three-year hiatus. Christie's previous movie had been Heaven Can Wait (1978).

[bernard]

The source book, "Memoirs of a Survivor" (1974), by Doris Lessing is considered to be a "dystopian novel".

[camila]

The character of Emily Mary Cartwright (Leonie Mellinger) was based on Emily Diski according to her. Diski lived with source author Doris Lessing for several years when she was an adolescent.

[edgar]

Doris Lessing called her novel, this movie's source book, "an attempt at autobiography". Apparently, "Memoirs" was written as a response to book editors wanting Lessing to write an autobiography. According to Tom Sperlinger's "An Interview with Doris Lessing" in "The Reader", author Doris Lessing said that her source novel of this movie developed out of a "very hubristic" ambition to write an autobiography in dreams. The book is commonly described as being a a dystopian novel.

[frederick]

Julie Christie's character is never known by any personal name, and is only referred to as "D".

[ivan]

More known career-wise as an editor than for writing and directing, Director and co-Writer David Gladwell did not perform editing duties on this movie.

[charlie]

Debut produced screenplay for Kerry Crabbe.