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bye, chiquita. bye, little sucker .
swanson, gloria. swanson on swanson. new york: random house, 1980 .
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the main interest of the film, for cassavetes, was the character of gloria .
gloria. 1980. usa. written and directed by john cassavetes. courtesy of columbia pictures / photofest. © columbia pictures
schrader, paul .
notes on film noir .
film comment 8 (1) .
film noir foundation educational resource addressing the cultural, historical, and artistic significance of film noir. urltoken
in the manner of heroes (review), l. a. weekly, michael ventura, 1980
[ … ] new york - based film writer, dan callahan, has written a penetrating article on the films and life of film noir regular, gloria grahame, for the may edition of bright lights film journal, fatal instincts: the dangerous pout of gloria grahame. [ … ]
and then came gloria, in 1980. the film exemplifies the conflict between cassavetes' character - based ,
guerrilla
filmmaking and hollywood' s predilection for action - packed plots. financed by columbia studios, gloria often submerges cassavetes' focus on offbeat, difficult characters within a mainstream production style .
john cassavetes’s gloria (1980) offers a veritable treatise on these questions—and its response is quite unlike any other film that centers on a roughly similar relationship, from peter bogdanovich’s paper moon (1973) to erick zonca’s julia (2008) .
gloria may josephine svensson, gloria mae swanson, josephine swenson, mrs. herbert somborn, mrs. henri the marquis de la falaise de la coudraye
by the time gloria swanson started her own production company, she had already been part of the film industry for over a decade .
in her academy - award nominated role as gloria swenson in
gloria
( 1980), directed by john cassavetes, rowlands played a former mobster' s girlfriend who helps a young boy escape a mob hit on his family, and protects him from underworld elements in pursuit .
i' ve never heard elvis' s version, but linda ronstadt did it on her 1980 album
mad love .
the thirteenth entry in an on - going series of audiovisual essays﻿ by cristina álvarez lópez and adrian martin. mubi will be showing john cassavetes' gloria (1980) march 23 - april 22 in the united kingdom .
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below are lists of other pioneers that are related to gloria swanson by occupation or geography .
mob accountant jack (buck henry) and wife jeri (julie carmen) certain they' re about to be murdered, neighbor gloria (gena rowlands) happens by, called upon to rescue little phil (john adames), opening gloria, 1980, from rowlands' writer - producer - director husband john cassavetes. >
film noir: an introduction essay with links to discussions of ten important noirs; part of images: a journal of film and popular culture. urltoken
still, gloria intermittently reveals some of the director' s subversive inclinations, not to mention rowlands' subtleties. these are visible often enough to make gloria more intriguing than a standard hollywood gangster movie .
the love of sunya. dir. : albert parker (gloria swanson productions us 1927) cas. : gloria swanson, john boles, si, b & w. archive: gbb, usr .
film noir: a bibliography of materials holdings of the uc berkeley library. urltoken
a guide to film noir genre ten deadeye bullet points from roger ebert. urltoken
the original was used in the 1983 film
a night in heaven
.
as for lee, he only has one oscar nomination on his resume: for do the right thing ‘s original screenplay in 1989. rowlands has two oscar noms: for a woman under the influence (1974) and gloria (1980), both directed by her husband john cassavetes. both honorees rep the indie film world which is notable .
clarens, carlos. 1980. crime movies: an illustrated history. new york: w. w. norton. isbn 0 - 393 - 01262 - x .
sadie thompson. dir. : raoul walsh (gloria swanson productions us 1928) cas. : gloria swanson, raoul walsh, lionel barrymore, si, b & w, 35mm. archive: usl, usr .
talking to the slovenian director about his beautifully evocative new film ,
mother .
actresses gena rowlands (left) and juliette lewis (right) arrive with film director mira nair for the premiere of the film
hysterical blindness
at the sundance film festival on wednesday, jan. 16, 2002, in park city, utah .
the nick of time baby. dir. : clarence badger (keystone film co. us 1916) cas. : gloria swanson, bobby vernon, si, b & w. archive: dkk .
buck, julie .
gloria swanson .
in jane gaines, radha vatsal, and monica dall’asta, eds .
sunset boulevard (1950) d. wilder, with william holden, clark, jack webb (costarring gloria swanson )
the term film noir (french for
black film
), was first applied to hollywood movies by french critic nino frank in 1946. many of those involved in the making of the classic noirs later professed to be unaware of having created a distinctive type of film .
the misjudged mr. hartley. (essanay film mfg. co. us 1915) cas. : bryant washburn, ruth stonehouse, gloria swanson, si, b & w, 35mm. archive: usr .
everywoman' s husband. dir. : gilbert hamilton (triangle film corp. us 1918) cas. : gloria swanson, joe king, lillian langdon, si, b & w. archive: usl .
both swanson and kennedy wanted their first film together to be legendary, and consequently hired the most celebrated director of the silent era, erich von stroheim. the film was the famously unfinished
this hungarian film is a careful, compassionate and beautifully acted character drama with a social conscience .
one - time gangster - gal gena rowlands (title character) has snapped, deciding she' ll just abandon newly orphaned phil (john adames) in manhattan, when some of the mobsters (led by frank belgiorno) chasing him arrive, in gloria, 1980, by rowlands' husband john cassavetes. >
gloria is an inexhaustibly rich film. downgraded by some devotees of the director as a merely commercial assignment, it in fact represents a fertile cross - fusion of generic movie elements with the singularity of cassavetes’s style and approach .
whose baby? dir. : clarence badger (keystone film co. us 1917) cas. : gloria swanson, bobby vernon, si, b & w. archive: usr, usl, usf, gbb, frl .
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the sense of place is as pervasive as a character in “moss, ” a film by daniel peddle .
colorized version of the shadow of the vampire seen climbing stairs in the famous film nosferatu (1922) .
an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
sorry to bother you .
though each film was an uphill battle, cassavetes persevered while remaining truly independent. his outsider films were commended by critics, embraced by audiences, and even managed to garner major industry awards. cassavetes was nominated for two oscars—for best director and best original screenplay—and received awards from the venice film festival and the national society of film critics .
rip john cassavetes... i made this trailer because the ones from 1980 dont do the film alot of justice. you know the drill: i do not own the rights to the film, nor the music used herein. also this video in its edited form is of no affiliation to the production company shown herein through their respective logo, which the use of was intended only as a means to add a realistic nature to this trailer
sometimes, the struggle is lost: even as gloria and phil develop a mutual and complex fondness for one another, the narrative eventually pushes gloria to play the standard role of mother. one of her old mob - connected boyfriends tells her ,
i understand. you are a woman. he' s a little boy. every woman is a mother. you love him .
gloria is confused :
i love phil ?
eric von stronheim, gloria swanson (a / p), & walter byron queen kelly (1929) marian ainslee (titles des). pc
the danger girl. dir. : clarence badger (keystone film co. us 1916) cas. : gloria swanson, bobby vernon, si, b & w, 35mm. archive: caq, itg, usr, usl, usf, frl, usw .
station content. dir. : arthur hoyt, sc. : catharine carr (triangle film corp. us 1918) cas. : gloria swanson, si, b & w, 9. 5mm. archive: pc. [ note: 1926 abridged version. ]
at united artists, swanson quickly realized that starting a production company alone would be extremely difficult. her first film ,
beginning from that natural, simple disparity between the respective heights of child and adult, cassavetes in gloria delivers an entire world - view of human relationships .
the sultan' s wife. prod. : mack sennett, dir. : clarence badger (keystone film co. us 1917) cas. : gloria swanson, bobby vernon, si, b & w. archive: usr, usw, itn, usf, frl .
shifting sands. dir. : albert parker, sc. : catherine carr (triangle film corp. us 1918) cas. : gloria swanson, harvey clark, lilian langdon, si, b & w, 35mm. archive: itg, usr, usl, frl .
cassavetes' jazz - scored improvisational film explores interracial friendships and relationships in beat - era (1950s) new york city .
in a lonely place (1950) d. nicholas ray, with bogart, gloria grahame, frank lovejoy, carl benton reid, art smith, jeff donnell
moments such as these between gloria and phil expose both cassavetes and rowlands' mutual interests in the nuances of character. he inserts pauses in the narrative, occasional details that draw attention to the struggle within the film - - between hollywood conventions and the filmmaker' s resistance to same .
another brilliant video essay by cristina álvarez lópez and adrian martin which, amongst other things in the film gloria, captures the tension, bond, love and' elastic band' (at times) nature of the mother / child relationship, all of course dependent on what life presents .
the damned made an english version of this smash hit ,
jet boy jet girl
, around 1980. i don' t know the meaning of the original title nor the lyrics, but i' ve heard that they were kinda nasty .
disco cover version of la bamba done right at the tale end of 1979, charted and was played at clubs for awhile in the spring and summer of 1980. the song is connected to the 80s by the cover version most popular los lobos .
dame helen mirren and jennifer garner also appear in the film. did you get to meet them, what were they like ?
queen kelly. dir. : erich von stroheim (gloria productions us 1928) cas. : gloria swanson, walter byron, seena owen, si / sd, b & w, 35mm. archive: beb, dei, usr, itn, mxn, esm dew, gbb, itt, frc, auc, yub .
hey christina, thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule to talk to me. obviously we’ve got you here to talk about your new film ‘arthur’, coming out in uk cinema on 22nd april 2011. what’s the general plotline surrounding this film ?
this tune which opens the film
bill & ted' s excellent adventure
was originally called i can' t break away .
film noir embraced a variety of genres, from the gangster film to the police procedural to the so - called
social problem picture ,
and evidence of a variety of visual approaches, from hollywood mainstream to outré (outside). while many critics refer to film noir as a genre in itself, others argue that it is more of a stylistic approach that can be applied to any genre .
teddy at the throttle. dir. : clarence badger (keystone film co. us 1917) cas. : gloria swanson, bobby vernon, wallace beery, si, b & w. archive: itg, usr, usw, usm, cao, nla, usl, usf, caq, frl .
this list shows all films released in 1980, including films that went direct - to - video, or only got an international theatrical release. for each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic (us / canada) theatrical release .
last week we featured jimmy, m. i. a.' s remake of' jimmy jimmy jimmy aaja' from the 1982 bollywood cult classic disco dancer. the film follows the story of a street performer rising to disco superstardom, showing that while in 1982 disco music was pretty much dead in other parts of the world, in india it was still very much alive. in this brilliant cut from the film, usha uthup and bappi lahiri remake the buggles' classic' video killed the radio star' in true 1980' s bollywood style .
( 1919). securing rights and renting studio space was complicated, and the film took nearly a year to produce. but it’s easy to see why swanson was attracted to the material. she was able to play numerous variations on the character of sunya as she looks into a crystal ball and sees her future. the film also discussed mysticism and reincarnation, and in some ways could be considered the first new age film. though swanson was able to borrow money from united artists to produce the film, she quickly went over budget. the film, which generated a huge amount of publicity, was requested by s. l. “roxy” rothafel to open the just completed roxy theatre in new york. yet when
with kate hudson and john hurt in the spooky 2005 horror film ,
the skeleton key ,
set in the ominous bayous of louisiana .
the film tracks the adventures of gloria swenson (rowlands) with six - year - old phil dawn (john adames), after the boy' s family is murdered by the mafia. phil retains his father' s ledger of the mob' s illegal activities, which might earn him fbi protection. but, because gloria has a criminal past, she cannot go to the authorities, and instead attempts to make a deal with the mob to hand over the ledger in exchange for phil' s life .
the history of film noir criticism has seen fundamental questions become matters of controversy unusually intense for such a field. where aesthetic debates tend to concentrate on the quality and meaning of specific artworks and the intentions and influences of their creators, in film noir, the debates are regularly much broader .
palmer, r. barton .
the sociological turn of adaptation studies: the example of film noir .
in a companion to literature and film. edited by robert stam and alessandra raengo. maiden, mass. : blackwell, 2004. isbn 0 - 631 - 23053 - x .
rowlands starred opposite actor - director josé ferrer as ginny fry in
the high cost of loving
( 1958), her first film role .
silver, alain, and james ursini (eds). film noir reader. pompton plains, n. j. : limelight editions, 2004 .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. what a space it opens…
cameron, ian (ed). 1993. the book of film noir. new york: continuum. isbn 0 - 8264 - 0589 - 4 .
film noir draws from sources not only in cinema but from other artistic forms as well. the low - key lighting schemes commonly linked with film noir is in the tradition of chiaroscuro and tenebrism, techniques using high contrasts of light and dark developed by fifteenth and sixteenth century painters associated with mannerism and the baroque .
the pullman bride dir. : clarence badger (mack sennett productions us 1916) cas. : gloria swanson, mack swain, si, b & w. archive: gbb, usr, usl .
last but not least, we leave you with this incredible anecdote. did you know that acid house, a pivotal electronic subgenre believed to have emerged from chicago in the mid - 1980' s, was actually first recorded and performed in mumbai in 1982? don' t believe us? see for yourself .
we are not so confused, however, as the formula seems unavoidable. worse, emotional interactions between gloria and phil are usually underscored by swelling soundtrack music. or they are just forgotten in the wake of multiple chase scenes through a stunningly filmed manhattan; these dominate the film, creating excitement and suspense that have little to do with tender moments between fully developed characters .
with more than 100 film and tv appearances throughout a remarkable six - decade career, gena rowlands' cinematic presence is wholly singular in its command of the screen .
regarding movies not themselves considered film noir, perhaps none had a greater effect on the development of the genre than america' s own citizen kane (1941), the landmark motion picture directed by orson welles. its sternbergian visual intricacy and complex, voiceover - driven narrative structure have been echoed in dozens of classic film noirs .
hirsch, foster. the dark side of the screen: film noir. new york: da capo, 2001. isbn 0 - 306 - 81039 - 5 .
ottoson, robert. a reference guide to the american film noir: 1940–1958. london: scarecrow press, 1981. isbn 0 - 8108 - 1363 - 7 .
this gem was written by berry gordy, jr & janie bradford and was released by barrett strong on 1960. also covered by... jennell hawkins in' 62, kingsmen in' 64, jr. walker in' 68 and finally the lizards in 1980. all other version never made the charts in the us .
so i had all this footage and i go back to school. a teacher there … encouraged me to make a documentary out of all this footage. from there, my junior and senior year, i was an a + student. i didn’t get smarter, i was just interested. i didn’t find film — film found me .
naremore, james. more than night: film noir in its contexts. berkeley: university of california press, 1998. isbn 0 - 520 - 21294 - 0 .
when a young boy' s family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. in possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in new york .
the humming bird. dir. : sidney olcott (famous players - lasky corp. us 1924) cas. : gloria swanson, edward burns, si, b & w, 35mm. archive: usw, nla .
stage struck. dir. : allan dwan (famous players - lasky corp. us 1925) cas. : gloria swanson, lawrence gray, gertrude astor, si, b & w. archive: usr, gbb .
went into wide release, it received only a middling response. while certainly not an outright failure, the film had to be sold to the overseas market to break even .
christopher, nicholas. somewhere in the night: film noir and the american city. new york: free press, 1997. isbn 0 - 684 - 82803 - 0 .
zaza. dir. : allan dwan (famous players - lasky corp. us 1923) cas. : gloria swanson, h. b. warner, si, b & w, 35mm. archive: usr, usw .
fine manners. dir. : richard rosson (famous players - lasky corp. us 1926) cas. : gloria swanson, eugene o’brien, si, b & w. archive: usr, usw. itg, usm .
the inaugural star wars videogame, the empire strikes back (parker brothers, 1982) was based on the second film in the series and made for the atari 2600 and intellivision .
his new job. dir. : charles chaplin (essanay film mfg. co. us 1915) cas. : charlie chaplin, ben turpin, gloria swanson, si, b & w, 35mm. archive: frb, rob, caq cuh, usb, itg, dkk, esm, usr, usw, hub, usm, gbb, itn, usl, usf, itt, yub, frl .
gloria grahame was born on this day, november 28, 1923, in los angeles. we tip our hat to this incomparable star by reposting dan callahan’s pithy profile of “the girl with the novocaine lip” – and so much more .
the great moment. dir. : sam wood, st. : elinor glyn (famous players - lasky corp. us 1921) cas. : gloria swanson, milton sills, si, b & w. archive: gbb .
i play the role of tiffany, which is reminiscent of the character of gloria (originally played by the talented anne desalvo). i am…for lack of a better word…a gold digger who has a one - night stand with arthur bach .
film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation. hollywood' s classic film noir period is generally regarded as stretching from the early 1940s to the late 1950s. film noir of this era is associated with a low - key black - and - white visual style that has roots in german expressionist cinematography, while many of the prototypical stories and much of the attitude of classic noir derive from the hardboiled school of crime fiction that emerged in the united states during the depression .
biesen, sheri chinen. 2005. blackout: world war ii and the origins of film noir. baltimore: johns hopkins university press. isbn 0 - 8018 - 8217 - 6 .
by the time gloria swanson started her own production company, she had already been part of the film industry for over a decade. many actresses started their own production companies in the 1920s and ’30s in an effort to gain more artistic freedom and a bigger percentage of the profits. rarely, however, were actresses involved in the day - to - day workings of such an arrangement. directors, husbands, or studio heads usually handled details. gloria swanson, however, remains an exception as she handled the business side of her first company; she did it not for “artistic freedom” but, according to swanson herself, in retaliation against jesse lasky (swanson 261) .
when a young boy' s family is killed by the mob, their tough neighbor gloria becomes his reluctant guardian. in possession of a book that the gangsters want, the pair go on the run in new... see more »
phil' s feelings for gloria are similarly messy; he sees her as a substitute mother, a tough broad, and a potential sexual interest. his efforts to perform as
the man
in their relationship expose the absurdities of standard hetero - masculine assumptions and behaviors. when, early on, gloria tries to convince him to leave the murder scene, he resists, repeating while pounding his chest ,
i am the man. i am the man. do you hear me? not you. i am the man. i do anything i can .
gloria wipes the blood trickling from his nose and says ,
you are not the man. you don' t listen. you don' t know anything .
phil dawn: you' re my mother. you' re my father. you' re my mother. you' re my whole family. you' re even my friend, gloria. you' re my girlfriend too. see more »
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for once, his characters aren' t all over the map in nonstop dialogue, as they were in
husbands ,
the talkathon he made in 1970 with peter falk, gazzara and himself .
gloria
is tough, sweet and goofy .
), to see if he could direct a few added sound sequences to finish the film. shooting with a different director, however, proved to be impossible as von stroheim’s style was so distinctive .
for the lowly protagonist, david mann, spielberg hand - picked character actor dennis weaver because he loved his performance as the jittery and feeble hotel night manager in orson welles’s 1958 film touch of evil .
i recently got the chance to interview one of the cast from ‘arthur’. here, christina calph talks about the film, about her thoughts on remakes and about how to develop a good web series .
a street - wise, middle - aged moll named gloria stands up against the mobs, which is complicated by a six - year - old urchin with a will of his own who she reluctantly takes under her wing after... see full summary »
rowlands, celebrated for her collaborations with her actor - director husband john cassavetes in movies like
a woman under the influence
and
gloria ,
accepted her oscar from her son, filmmaker nick cassavetes, who directed her in
the notebook .
british pop outfit the korgis scored an international hit in 1980 with
everybody & apos; s got to learn sometime
– a forlorn ballad about love lost. the theme leant itself perfectly to the soundtrack of michel gondry & apos; s 2004 film, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind. and in the skillful hands of beck and composer jon brion, it becomes a swelling orchestral number that would fit neatly on beck & apos; s 2002 masterpiece, sea change. with somber piano and layers of wistful vocals, it & apos; s required listening for anyone in the midst of their own heartbreak .
would never be finished. two years later, a few additional scenes were shot and an abbreviated version of the film was released in europe. kennedy’s failure led to the breakdown of his affair with swanson .
borde, raymond, and etienne chaumeton. a panorama of american film noir, 1941–1953. translated by paul hammond. san francisco: city lights books, 2002. isbn 0 - 87286 - 412 - x .
chopra - gant, mike. 2005. hollywood genres and postwar america: masculinity, family and nation in popular movies and film noir. london: ib tauris. isbn 1 - 85043 - 838 - 2 .
in 1954, rowlands married legendary actor / director john cassavetes. in addition to appearing together on television in cassavetes' series ,
johnny staccato
( left), the couple would make 10 films together, many directed by him :
a child is waiting
( 1963) ,
faces
( 1968) ,
machine gun mccain
( 1969) ,
minnie and moskowitz
( 1971) ,
a woman under the influence
( 1974) ,
two - minute warning
( 1976) ,
opening night
( 1977) ,
gloria
( 1980) ,
tempest
( 1982), and
love streams
( 1984) .
a middle - aged man leaves his wife for a younger woman. shortly after, his ex - wife also begins a relationship with a younger partner. the film follows their struggles to find love amongst each other .
in
a child is waiting
( 1963), gena rowlands made her first appearance (apart from a small, unaccredited role in
shadows
) in a film directed by her husband, john cassavetes .
manhandled. dir. : allan dwan (famous players - lasky corp. us 1924) cas. : gloria swanson, tom moore, lilyan tashman, si, b & w. archive: itg, usw, usl, usr, usb, esm, usi, auc .
rowlands as one of the taxi passengers whose encounter with driver winona ryder may lead to a career - changing decision, in maverick independent filmmaker jim jarmusch' s anthology film ,
night on earth
( 1991) .
this is the meaning of the great speech by little phil (john adames) when he comes around to admitting all possibilities in his tie to gloria (gena rowlands), including the forbidden: “you' re my mother, you' re my father, you' re my whole family. you' re even my friend, gloria. you' re my girlfriend, too. ” the word that, in some sense, covers all these possibilities in cassavetes' s cinema is family —but family comes to mean many things, both as an ideal and as a reality .
for better, for worse. dir. : cecil b. demille, sc. : jeanie macpherson (famous players - lasky corp. us 1919) cas. : gloria swanson, elliott dexter, tom forman, si, b & w, 35mm. archive: usr, usf .
her husband' s trademark. dir. : sam wood, adp: lorna moon, st. : clara beranger (famous players - lasky corp. us 1922) cas. : gloria swanson, richard wayne, stuart holmes, si, b & w. archive: usr, rur .
enter joseph p. kennedy. the father of the future president was a successful boston banker who was desperate to conquer the movie world. he had taken over the film booking office and had merged it with the keith - albee - orpheum to create rko pictures. kennedy made millions off the merger while many stockholders lost considerable investments. but kennedy wanted to be more than a banker in the film industry; he wanted to be a high - powered producer .
cassavettes, who had broken out as an independent filmmakers, made two films in the hollywood studio system. after clashing with his producer, who edited his cut, cassavettes disowned the film and returned to shooting movies on his own .
a woman under the influence
received two academy award nominations (to gena rowlands for best actress and john cassavetes for best director). in 1990 it was selected for preservation on the library of congress' national film registry .
as the truck rams the car over the cliff and falls off in the final film, there is a low roar sound effect that the filmmaker included to emphasize the death of the truck. spielberg, who wanted the truck to seem
dan callahan is a film writer based in new york. he' s the former arts editor of show business weekly and book editor at urltoken. he has written for slant magazine, time out new york, and senses of cinema .
so i graduate. and i knew that story about working your way up from the middle doesn’t work for black people. so i said, “i’m going to try and got o film school. ” i applied to usc and afi and i don’t get in there because i didn’t have an astronomical score on the gre. fortunately for me, they had more forward - thinking people at nyu who said, whether you get into film school shouldn’t be determined by a standardized test .
as familiar as this set up may sound, gloria doesn' t represent the relationship between gloria and phil in clichéd terms. her ambivalent feelings toward this boy, so suddenly imposed on her life, emerge when they' re in a tight spot, and she instructs him ,
run as fast as you can .
she accompanies him for a few steps, then turns, telling him to go on by himself .
i' m not taking care of you any more ,
she says .
i' ve been in jail .
we get a sense here of her frustration with this impossible situation .
i’m going take my time, as they say in church, take your time. how did i get here? i was born in atlanta and moved to brooklyn and my late mother, who died when i was in film school — she was the one who intro me to film. my father, a great jazz musician, hated movies. so i was my mother’s date, drag me to movies. she introduced me to scorsese when she took to me to see mean streets .
ben gazzara, gerard depardieu and gena rowlands in the
latin quarter
segment of the anthology film ,
paris, je' taime
( 2006), a cinematic portrait dedicated to love in, and for, the city of paris .
silver, alain, and elizabeth m. ward (eds). film noir: an encyclopedic reference to the american style, 3rd edition. woodstock, n. y. : overlook press, 1992. isbn 0 - 87951 - 479 - 5 .
don' t change your husband. dir. : cecil b. demille, sc. : jeanie macpherson (famous players - lasky corp. us 1919) cas. : gloria swanson, elliott dexter, lew cody, si, b & w, 35mm. archive: caq, beb, usr, ses, usf .
why change your wife? dir. : cecil b. demille, sc. : jeanie macpherson (famous players - lasky corp. us 1920) cas. : gloria swanson, thomas meighan, bebe daniels, si, b & w, 35mm. archive: beb, usr, usm, rur, auc, usf .
in the end, cassavetes said that he agreed to do the film largely as a favor to rowlands, who relished the idea of playing a larger - than - life role. the role deeply appealed to her. it tapped into a side of her that captured the way she sometimes thought of herself – the
sexy but tough woman who doesn' t really need a man
personality type that described many of the actresses she had idolized over the years. or one might say that cassavetes was having fun with her love for marlene dietrich (whom gloria resembles in many subtle ways) .
cassavetes began his career as an actor in the nascent days of television. by the time he began work on his first feature film, shadows, in 1959, he had already helmed episodes of alfred hitchcock presents, the philco - goodyear playhouse, and playhouse 90. this immersion in television production as both a director and actor provided both the money needed to finance his own films and valuable experience working nimbly with a small budget, limited equipment, and a like - minded cast. according to shadows producer seymour cassel, the film was shot so economically that the 16mm camera equipment was borrowed from fellow new york filmmaker shirley clarke. while some of shadows was improvisational, much was fully scripted by the time the film was shot—including scenes filmed right here in the museum of modern art .
brilliant movie. the original version of luc besson' s leon. . only it' s called gloria. obviously besson' s leon is technically far superior, however this movie has much more engaging characters and a more plausible relationship between the child and it' s adopted minder. great movie and a great score by bill conti .
beyond the rocks. dir. : sam wood, aut. : elinor glyn, adp. : jack cunningham, cost. : lucy duff - gordon (famous players - lasky corp. us 1922) cas. : gloria swanson, rudolph valentino, si, b & w, 7 reels; 6740 ft. archive: nla .
the 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the
classic period
of american film noir. the movie most commonly cited as the first
true
film noir is boris ingster' s stranger on the third floor (1940). while city streets and other pre - wwii crime melodramas such as fury (1936) and you only live once (1937), both directed by fritz lang, are considered full - fledged noir by some critics, most categorize them as
proto - noir
or in similar terms .
something to think about dir. : cecil b. demille, st. : jeanie macpherson, cost. : clare west, natacha rambova (famous players - lasky corp. us 1920) cas. : gloria swanson, thomas meighan, theodore roberts, si, b & w, 35mm, 7 reels. archive: usr, nla .
in
an early frost
( 1985), rowlands starred opposite ben gazzara and aidan quinn in the groundbreaking tv film that was one of the first to deal candidly with the aids crisis. rowlands was nominated for an emmy award and golden globe for her performance .
the remake is just as good as the original. the cover version was done in 1982, and today it is considered a classic. it has a different sound from the original, and it works. it is was used in the film
the wood .
orson welles' s touch of evil (1958) is frequently cited as the last noir of the classic period. some scholars believe film noir never really ended, but has continued to transform even as the characteristic noir visual style began to seem dated and changing production conditions led hollywood in different directions. in this view, post - 1950s films made in the noir tradition are seen as part of a continuity of classic noir. a majority of critics, however, regard comparable movies made outside the classic era to be something other than genuine film noir. they regard true film noir as belonging to a temporally and geographically limited cycle or period, treating subsequent films that evoke the classics as fundamentally different due to general shifts in movie - making style and latter - day awareness of noir as a historical source for allusion .
as the title character in' gloria' gena rowlands gives a subtle yet powerful performance which gives this john cassavettes film its soul and its focal point. on the advent of sharon stone' s re - characterization of' gloria' in the 1999 sidney lumet re - make it bares mentioning that while ms. stone is wonderfully talented the passionate yet understated performance that gena rowlands gives in the original can' t & won' t be topped. as a woman confronted with a life or death decision, to save her own or that of a child orphaned by the mafia, ms. rowlands brings us a character that we can all relate to, a woman caught at the crossroads of her life. if you' ve ever had to make any sort of' should i stay or should i go' life changing desicion and you' re thinking of seeing the current re - make i encourage you to rent the original as well, you won' t be disappointed !
male and female. dir. : cecil b. demille, sc. : jeanie macpherson (famous players - lasky corp. us 1919) cas. : gloria swanson, thomas meighan, theodore roberts, si, b & w, 35mm. archive: plw, usr, usm, itn, usw, usl, usf, yub, frl .
it is nearly impossible to create a proper list of gloria swanson’s early films. her biographers and her own autobiography states she started working as an extra at essanay in 1914; the titles of said films appear to be lost. swanson is listed as appearing in sunshine, a keystone comedy, in various sources as one of the bathing beauties, but this can’t be confirmed. though she is not credited in any source, swanson appears to be a maid in the extant film the misjudged mr. hartley. nearly every published source lists the nick of time baby as being released in 1916, with the exception of fiaf, which states 1917 .
lee, a champion of independent film and an inspiration to young filmmakers, made an auspicious debut with his nyu thesis film, “joe’s bed - stuy barbershop: we cut heads, ” which won a student academy award in 1983. he proceeded to blaze a distinctive trail with such features as “she’s gotta have it, ” “school daze” and “do the right thing, ” which earned him a 1989 oscar nomination for original screenplay. his work as a director ranges from the oscar - nominated documentary feature “4 little girls” to such mainstream successes as “malcolm x” and “inside man. ” lee’s other feature credits include “mo’ better blues, ” “jungle fever, ” “crooklyn, ” “he got game, ” “25th hour, ” “miracle at st. anna” and “red hook summer. ” he currently serves as the artistic director of the graduate film program at nyu .
working generally with much smaller budgets, brothers joel and ethan coen have created one of the most substantial film oeuvres influenced by classic noir, with movies such as blood simple (1984) and fargo (1996), considered by some a supreme work in the neo - noir mode .
eagle - eyed viewers will catch the word “flammable” scrawled across the back of the truck, yet when it careens off the cliff at the end of the movie it doesn’t go boom. the studio wanted a big explosion, but the director wanted a slower demise for his film’s villain .
last on our list is a great example of the cyclical nature of music, a topic we love so much here at whosampled! last week we highlighted black eyed peas' s 2005 hit' don' t phunk with my heart' as one of our top 10 bollywood samples, showing how it was conjured up out of two brilliant samples from 1970' s bollywood action flicks. a year later, film composer srikanth deva decided to nod back to the song' s bollywood roots by remaking it in the soundtrack to the tamil film saravana. what goes around comes around !
the snakerama gas station seen in the film also appears in spielberg' s 1979 world war ii comedy, 1941, with actress lucille benson again appearing as the proprietor. the two elderly people weaver tries to flag down in a car also appear as helpless motorists in close encounters of the third kind .
on december 3, 2017, the kennedy center held its 40th annual national celebration of the arts – the kennedy center honors. the 2017 recipients include american dancer and choreographer carmen de lavallade, cuban american singer - songwriter and actress gloria estefan, american hip hop artist and entertainment icon ll cool j, american television writer and producer norman lear, and american musician and record producer lionel richie .
though film noirs were not known to be especially uplifting or spiritually redeeming, they did serve a moral purpose in that they brought to light the ambiguity of good and evil as well as how the underlying presence of temptation can disturb one' s fair intentions, even those related to the pursuit of justice .
. according to swanson, von stroheim’s relentless attention to detail, his opulence, and his need for numerous retakes led to the film going over budget within weeks of shooting (374). but swanson and kennedy’s lack of experience were also to blame. according to cari beauchamp, kennedy put everyone from the cast to the director’s assistant on salary months before principal photography started, and while they knew the film would probably need talking sequences, they had not hired anyone who was qualified or understood early sound techniques. as costs spiraled out of control, swanson finally had to fire von stroheim when she realized much of his footage would not pass the censors. at that point, less than half of the film had been shot. kennedy would spend the next few years trying to salvage the footage and cut it into something remotely useful. he hired director edmund goulding, an early fan of talking pictures (who would go on to direct
swanson’s first sound film, a musical she produced titled the trespasser (1929), was directed and written by goulding. it was a smash hit and very well received by the critics (kennedy, 86). swanson starred and produced a few additional sound films in the early ’30s to complete her contract with united artists, but the advent of the great depression made her glamorous, clotheshorse characters seem dated, and her popularity began to wane. she would have some success in early television, but ultimately would be remembered for her brilliant portrayal of fading former silent film star norma desmond in sunset boulevard (1950) .
the affairs of anatol / five kisses, anatol. dir. : cecil b. demille, sc. : jeanie macpherson (famous players - lasky corp. us 1921) cas. : wallace reid, gloria swanson, elliot dexter, elinor glyn, si, b & w, 35mm. archive: beb, dei, plw, usr, usw, usl, rur, auc, dkk .
cassavetes' father, to whom he was very close, died on 26 april 1979, during the final weeks of preparations to shoot, which possibly contributed to the film' s autumnal feel and its striking emphasis on death. three weeks were reserved for rehearsals. shooting began at the former concourse plaza hotel on 161st street in the south bronx, which was the set for the seedy apartment building at the beginning of the film. in the 1960s, it had become a home for welfare families, but it had been abandoned for four years at the point cassavetes found it. an apartment house at 800 riverside drive (at 158th street) served as the location for three of the nice apartments: gloria' s sister' s place; the final hotel room phil waits in; and mob leader tony tanzini' s headquarters. cassavetes loved the history both locations wore on their walls and had to struggle to keep rene d' auriac and the columbia set - design crew from cleaning them up or retouching the graffiti on the concourse plaza .
absolutely scrumptious cover version presented with gorgeous ott flair by neil tennant and chris lowe. just wonderful. the music video is taken from their
it couldn' t happen here
film, and features joss ackland as a blind psychotic member of the cloth from their childhood (
i smell youth. vintage youth
)
say her name out loud, and it even sounds like her: gloria grahame, fancy and earthy at once, tart, ungraspable. she generally makes her entrance on - screen accompanied by a wail of hot jazz, eating candy, applying lipstick to that puffy mouth, flipping her dirty hair and cheap hoop earrings, extending her toned legs so we can see her shapely feet tied up in ankle - strap high heels .
2005' s kaal (' the time of doom') is a bollywood horror film set in a wildlife park where the tigers are believed to be killing humans. fittingly enough, title track' ankhiyan teriya ve' replays survivor' s classic' eye of the tiger' into an up - to - date bhangra monster .
swanson was looking for someone to deal with her finances so she didn’t have to worry about the day - to - day stresses of producing and could focus on acting and choosing scripts. so kennedy stepped in. he soon took over all of her accounts, fired her entire staff on the spot, and started a new production company called gloria productions. they also started an affair that would eventually break up her marriage to henri .
opening the seventh annual governors awards on saturday evening in hollywood, film academy president cheryl boone isaacs pointed to the event' s guests of honor - - actresses gena rowlands and debbie reynolds and filmmaker spike lee - - noting she was
pleased that this year two of our honorees happen to be women and one an african american man .
new trends emerged in the post - classic era. the manchurian candidate (1962), directed by john frankenheimer, shock corridor (1962), directed by samuel fuller, and brainstorm (1965), directed by experienced noir character actor william conrad, all treat the theme of mental dispossession within stylistic and tonal frameworks derived from classic film noir.
gloria is a 1980 american crime thriller film written and directed by john cassavetes . it tells the story of a gangster 's girlfriend who goes on the run with a young boy who is being hunted by the mob for information he may or may not have . it stars gena rowlands , julie carmen , buck henry , and john adames . 
gloria is a 1980 american crime thriller film written and directed by john cassavetes. it tells the story of a gangster's girlfriend who goes on the run with a young boy who is being hunted by the mob for information he may or may not have. it stars gena rowlands, julie carmen, buck henry, and john adames.
gloria is a 1980 american crime thriller film written and directed by john cassavetes. it tells the story of a gangster's girlfriend who goes on the run with a young boy who is being hunted by the mob for information he may or may not have. it stars gena rowlands, julie carmen, buck henry, and john adames.