As long as we're doing "career overview" ..., let's not
forget "Blood and Wine." That's the Rafelson picture with
Nicholson and Judy Davis and Michael Caine and Jennifer
Lopez. Missed it, alas, but it still sounds worthwhile. And,
yes, it *is* a crime picture.
Chris
-----Original Message----- From: Dick Lochte <
dlochte@adelphia.net> Sent: Sep 18, 2003 5:48 PM To:
rara-avis@icomm.ca Subject: RARA-AVIS: RE:Bob
Rafelson
Chris wrote:
"Sounds a lot, to me, like the missing girl played by Lea
Massari in Antonioni's "L'Avventura." She's the character
whose disappearance sets the plot in motion and, after a
while, is forgotten by searchers Monica Vitti and Gabriele
Ferzetti.
Something tells me that, coming from the director of "Five
Easy Pieces" and "King of Marvin Gardens," the losing track
of a crucial character isn't so much careless omission as it
is a deliberate artistic gesture. Lost and forgotten
purposes, etc. It also seems that director Rafelson is of
just the right generation and temperament to make an
Antonioni hommage likely."
----
If memory serves, Rafelson is also responsible for the o.k. movie made from Robert Parker's not so o.k. completion of "Poodle Springs." He also directed the rather good "Black Widow" which is worth catching on its many replays on the Mystery channel. So I guess he's been slowly progressing from the goofus alienation of "The Monkees" to the dark alienation of "Pieces" to full out crime noir, like "The Postman Always ..." and his current flicks.
Lochte
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