Apr 06, 2017 le film medium cool 1969 vostfr admin 20170406t00. Cronins second docu sooner or later is a followup about harold blankenship, the film s child actor. Medium cool is still the most oneofakind movie ever made. In medium cool, wexler forges back and forth through several levels. Aug 25, 2012 stars leonard mann, woody strode, peter martell and george eastman. December 14 john lennon and yoko ono film up your legs forever with 367 participants in new. Medium cool is an awkward and even pretentious movie, but, like the report of the presidents national advisory commission on civil disorders, it has an importance that has nothing to do with. Though it stumbles in its second acts focus on personal relationships rather than those of macroscale entities like government and the news media, medium cool sandwiches its lesser, more traditional narrative with several statements that earn the film more than enough merit as a whole.
Check out medium cool and youll have trouble finding it. Medium cool follows television news cameraman john cassellis played by robert forster as he shoots hardtoget footage of. Funding medium cool partly out of his own resources, wexler had free reign during production, but when the execs at paramount saw the result, they were not pleased. Schaffners film does not gloss over these incongruities, and portrays patton warts and all. Complete national film registry listing film registry. Medium cool is my favorite example of genreblurring in film. Pioneering cinematographer haskell wexler got the bright idea that the 1968 democratic national convention would be a hotbed of riots. Patton was a classical scholar, a poet and mystic who firmly believed in the doctrine of reincarnation.
In fact there are scenes, such as the riot sequences, where there is a genuine sense of danger. Medium cool on dvd 097360690743 from paramount pictures. The unholy four 1970 spaghetti western full movie youtube. With its mix of fictional storytelling and documentary technique, this depiction of the working world and romantic life of a television cameraman robert forster. The film utilises both professional actors and nonprofessionals, to very good effect. More than any other american film of that time, medium cool learned from johnluc godard how to blur the line between fact and fiction and how to. But for people who love chicago, the film may be most valuable as a cultural document, recording a much younger city in the midst of a turbulent summer. Five years ago, this film would have been considered incomprehensible to the general movie audience.
Maybe there could be another film just like medium cool now, but theres no reason for one. A movie that astutely and consistently interrogates the power of wielding a camera, medium cool makes its most searing impression during its. The film has a lot of pointless scenes, and the outer story is rather mundane, but the. Medium cool is one of those films that shows cinematic footage of a nonfictional event in the movie the 1968 democratic national convention protest activity. Laidback tv cameraman robert forster finds his consciousness raised by romance with verna bloom and meetings with militants, climaxing memorably in reallife chicago 68. It is most likely medium cool, which features sveral moi tunes. Medium cool 1998 john cassellis robert forster is a hardened tv news cameraman who manages to keep his distance while he captures daring footage of a nation in the throes of violent change. Italy 23 september 1970 sorrento film festival west germany 23 october 1970. Dec 17, 2016 hills enthusiasm for medium cool remains undiminished as she recalls her experience working with director haskell wexler, medium cool was produced by paramount, and i remember going out there to meet with haskell wexler, who was a completely marvelous man. Medium cool is a 1969 american drama film written and directed by haskell wexler and. Test your sport trivia knowledge with these 100 carefully selected sports trivia questions and answers, this is actually one of the largest collection of sports trivia quizzes you can find. John has to walk a fine line in his work, especially in this day and age of increasing public disenfranchisement due to antiestablishment feelings, with frequent civil rights protests, antiwar protests or other civil unrest taking place. Its a film which decries the fact impotently, for the.
Sep, 2015 more than any other american film of that time, medium cool learned from johnluc godard how to blur the line between fact and fiction and how to interrogate the film making process in the course. October 24 joan crawfords final film, the lowbudget horror picture trog, opens in theaters. Watch full episodes of mash and get the latest breaking news, exclusive videos and pictures, episode recaps and much more at. If he were to return in a hollywood guise, patton would just have to come back as george c. And thats why medium cool is a very visual film, where the images speak for themselves and the. Moreover, medium cool doesnt include a bibliography, something which seems impossible given all the material it covers.
Medium cool, american film drama, released in 1969, that captured the fractious spirit of its day and highlighted the many social and ethical issues of the late 1960s. The national magazines are full of photos of his characters. Cameraman john cassellis and his sound man gus work for whjptv news chicago, channel 8 on the dial. The most compelling extra is medium cool revisited, haskell wexlers new documentary about his return to chicago to compare the demonstrations in his 1969 film with the occupy movements protests against the 2012 nato summit meetings. Medium cool is a 1969 american drama film written and directed by haskell wexler and starring robert forster, verna bloom, peter bonerz, marianna hill and harold blankenship. The main flaw in the film is that the love story is not wellhandled and often quite dull, the far more interesting events are happening elsewhere. Many books about sixties cinema include dozens of pictures that compliment the text well. Download pdf copies of the entire list of registry titles sorted alphabetically or by year of release.
First scenes from medium cool, the 1969 film classic by haskell wexler which mixes documentary and feature film footage in the cinema verite style. Medium cool 1969 original trailer hd 1080p youtube. Getting straight is a 1970 american comedydrama motion picture directed by richard rush, released by columbia pictures the story centered upon student politics at a university in the early 1970s, seen through the eyes of nonconformist graduate student harry bailey elliott gould. Robert forster and harold blankenship in medium cool 1969 robert forster.
March 17 the controversial film the boys in the band, directed by william friedkin and based on mart crowleys hit offbroadway play, opens in theaters. Understanding your aircooled volkswagen engine medium. The best thing about this film is its ability to plunge us back into the unhinged summer of 68 in america where memories of kennedy and kings. Medium cool, his debut feature, plunges us into the moment. To summarize quickly and as well as i possibly can, haskell wexler was an established documentarian when he was assigned to his first feature film, which later morphed into medium cool. Haskell wexlers acclaimed film may have made its first minor mistake by combining a fictional story or two with the actual presence of the upcoming democratic national convention in chicago 1969.
The original trailer in high definition of medium cool directed by haskell wexler and starring robert forster, verna bloom, peter bonerz and. The scenes in medium cool in which harold unleashes pigeons may be a comparatively trite metaphor for the wish for escape, yet his performance, and the film altogether, remains one of american cinemas few efforts to illustrate the unquenchable appetite for liberation amidst the entanglements of class and the encroachment of the powers that be. Medium cool, to my surprise, does not attain enough of the importance of said document to be praised as must see viewing. Despite the timely subject matter, paramount delayed and then curtailed the film s release, tempering its impact on critics and audiences. Staring harold blankenship, peter bonerz, robert forster and mariana hill. Merging exhilarating, often brutal documentary footage shot by wexler with casselliss story, medium cool is a film remarkable for its insistence that no one exists outside of politics, whether one experiences it as a backdrop to daily life a wrinkled bobby kennedy poster in a cramped apartment or as a nightstick to the gut. I use morris golden film sae 30 oil in my t2 and tend to do an oil change. Sports trivia is a great way to exercise your brain, keep your mind sharp and learn a few things about sports you never knew before.
For me, medium cool is the epitome of these kinds of movies. It was notable for wexlers use of cinema veritestyle documentary filmmaking techniques, as well as for combining fictional and nonfictional content. Complete national film registry listing sort films by title, year of release, and year inducted into the registry by using the up and down arrows at the top of each column. Medium cool by haskell wexler haskell wexler, robert forster. We had a long interview with wexler six weeks ago in the suntimes. Apr 24, 2014 10 great overlooked films from the 1970s. With authorit, and wit, ethan mordden explores american film and filmmakers in a crucial decade, the 1960sthe decade in which the way hollywood made moviews and the way audiences perceived them were transformedshowing readers how film reflected, rather than gilded everyday life. So whats going on when an experimental, radical film like medium cool can get this sort of exposure. Aug 27, 2014 medium cool is still the most oneofakind movie ever made. Summaries are essential, but a book about film an entirely visual medium also needs photos of film.
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