Terrence Malick – „In der Glut des Südens“ (1978)

Ein Film, der schon wirkt wie eine frühe Inkarnation eines späteren Mythos. Seine Bilder sind viel klarer als seine Gedanken, die Landschaft spricht lauter als seine Figuren. Und genau darin liegt eine große soziale und politische Unruhe. Für mich ist es ein Meisterwerk überragender Schönheit, das auch deshalb zum Kultfilm wurde, weil sein Regisseur sich danach über Jahrzehnte der Öffentlichkeit verweigert hat. Mit Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, und Sam Shepard. (ARTE, Neu!)

Zum Blog: https://nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/terrence-malick-in-der-glut-des-suedens-1978/
Jeff Wexler Dies: Pioneering Oscar-Nominated & BAFTA-Winning Sound Mixer Was 78

Jeff Wexler, the BAFTA Award-winning and two-time Oscar-nominated sound mixer behind Almost Famous, The Last Samurai and Independence Day, has died.

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One of those films which, cited often through the years since, keeps on being annoyingly relevant and sadly overlooked, which is doubly sad considering the film crew risked their lives to tell their story:

The World Keeps Watching in Medium Cool – South Side Weekly

#cinema #haskellwexler #journalism #medialiteracy #DNC1968Chicago #turtles

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The World Keeps Watching in Medium Cool

A 1969 movie filmed and set during the infamous ‘68 DNC was eerily prescient about the role of media in desensitizing us to violence.

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Peter Bart: How The 1968 Democratic Convention Landed The Lead Role In (And Almost Sank) ‘Medium Cool’
#Commentary #Politics #DNC #ElectionLine #HaskellWexler #MediumCool

https://deadline.com/2024/08/1968-democratic-convention-medium-cool-peter-bart-1236047872/

Peter Bart: How The 1968 Democratic Convention Landed The Lead Role In (And Almost Sank) ‘Medium Cool’

'Medium Cool' won ardent support from critics and (briefly) ticket buyers but almost never saw the light of day at all, Peter Bart writes.

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– Left early. Please come with the money… or, you keep the Rolls. All my love, Tommy.

#OnThisDate, June 9, The Thomas Crown Affair (Norman Jewison, 1968) is the #FilmDuJour

#NormanJewison #SteveMcQueen #FayeDunaway #YaphetKotto #MichelLegrand #HaskellWexler #drama #crime #romance #heist #Boston #USA #1960s #film #cinema #CineMastodon ★★★★☆

#Bales2023FilmChallenge December 7: a Judith/Judy for #NationalJudithDay

#BenMaddow, #SidneyMeyers, & #JosephStrick's The Savage Eye (US, 1959/60) follows divorcée Judith X's lonely exploration of a gritty, hopeless LA. Filmed over 4 years by #HaskellWexler, #HelenLevitt, and #JackCouffer in #CinémaVérité style, Eye feels naked and raw, and broke ground for the American New Wave that came crashing in a decade later ☞ https://write.underworld.fr/settima/the-savage-eye-1959

#film #cinema #CineMastodon @film @art_film

The Savage Eye (1959)

Judith X (Barbara Baxley) relaxing on a sun lounger. #Bales2023FilmChallenge December 7: a Judith/Judy for #NationalJudithDay By times, The Savage Eye has more in common with mondo than with drama. Judith's betr...

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