Inquiring Nuns

Inquiring Nuns

Directed by	Gerald Temaner Gordon Quinn
Starring	Sister Marie Arné Sister Mary Campion
Music by	Philip Glass
Cinematography	Gordon Quinn
Edited by	Gordon Quinn
Distributed by	Kartemquin Films
Release dates	1968
Running time	66 min.
Country	USA
Language	English

Inquiring Nuns is 1968 Kartemquin Films production directed by Gordon Quinn and Gerald Temaner. In the film, two young nuns visit a variety of locales in the city of Chicago, asking people the question, "Are you happy?" They meet a variety of individuals ranging from hippie musicians to intellectuals, whose responses are everything from the mundane to the spiritual. The film was directly influenced by Jean Rouch's Chronicle of a Summer.^[1]

An Official Selection of the 1969 Chicago International Film Festival, Inquiring Nuns features music by the then relatively unknown composer, Philip Glass (Truman Show, Fog of War).^[2] Recently re-released on DVD, Entertainment Weekly graded Inquiring Nuns an 'A' and applauded the film's "reaffirmation of the virtue of conventional wisdom".^[3]

References

↑ Inquiring Nuns :: Kartemquin Films
↑ "Inquiring Nuns" (1968). The New York Times. Retrieved 26 Jan. 2011.
↑ Video Review Catchpole, Terry. "Inquiring Nuns". Entertainment Weekly. 21 May 1993. Retrieved 26 Jan. 2011.

External links

Kartemquin Films

Founders	Gordon Quinn Jerry Temaner Stan Karter

Producers and Associates	Gordon Quinn (Artistic Director) Steve James David E. Simpson Maria Finitzo Justine Nagan (Executive Director) Joanna Rudnick Usama Alshaibi Bill Siegel Xan Aranda Peter Gilbert Aaron Wickenden Brent Huffman Margaret Byrne Dan Rybicky Dinesh Sabu Judy Hoffman Jerry Blumenthal Kirsten Kelly Anne de Mare Maggie Bowman Leslie Simmer Peter Kuttner Tony Williams Gita Saedi Kiely Liz Kaar Ian Kibbe Fennel Doremus Nora Gully JJ Hanley Tristan Hanson Emily Hart Dana Kupper Peter Kuttner Zak Piper Matt Lauterbach Adam Singer

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