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The worthy effort to emphasize that much of the artist’s inventive genius — unfurling in thousands of manuscript pages, rather than oil paint and tempera — makes the dull staging a perhaps unavoidable conceit.

“I have rarely worked with such an inventive, focused and technically brilliant actor,” said Jeremy Howe – the editor of the programme, "or with such a lovely person".

Looking back on his career, Jones bristled at the idea that his later achievements were due to his stature and connections rather than consistently inventive musicianship.

In his formally inventive graphic novel, McGuire used frames within frames to visually represent different time periods within one panel.

The film’s inventive visual style made the surreal seem mundane and everyday.