3. The Executioner's Song

Lawrence Schiller

1982

A brilliant made-for-television film on the life of convicted killer Gary Gilmore. The screenplay is by Norman Mailer, who focuses on Gilmore's chronic failure to succeed and his disturbing, doomed affair with a child/mother (Rosanna Arquette). Tommy Lee Jones won an Emmy for his performance. This is the uncut European version.

This American Masters documentary presents a candid, personal look at the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Armies of the Night, The Executioner's Song and other pivotal works of modern journalism and literature. Always outspoken and controversial, Mailer has devoted his career to challenging the media, the public and the political and social status quo. This program captures his maverick spirit.
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10. Norman Mailer

A self-portrait which includes interviews with Mailer's family, and clips from his films, as well as extensive commentary by Mailer about

Ryan O'Neal and Isabella Rossellini star in this tongue-in-cheek sendup of film noir written and directed by Norman Mailer. Taken from his novel about greed, lust, ambition, and corpses without heads in Provincetown. With Wings Hauser, Debra Sandlund and Lawrence Tierney. The title is a quote from a real life mobster.

1. The Angel Levine

Jan Kadar

1970

Jan Kadar's first American film was this touching adaptation of a story by Bernard Malamud. Zero Mostel plays an aging Jewish tailor who does not seem to have luck on his side. When his wife becomes sick and his business is lost in a fire, he begins to lose all hope. Enter the title character, an angel played by Harry Belafonte, who needs to save this troubled man in order to regain his place in Heaven. A parable of faith and racial harmony. The supporting cast includes Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson and Ida Kaminska.
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2. The Assistant

Daniel Petrie

1997

In this powerful drama, based on the novel by Bernard Malamud, a desperate man robs a grocery store during the Great Depression. When his partner in crime attacks the store owner in a fit of anti-Semitic rage, he is plagued with remorse. To redeem himself, he goes to work for the store owner while he recovers from his injuries, without letting the owner or anyone else know that he was involved in the robbery. Gil Bellows, Armin Mueller-Stahl and Joan Plowright star.
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3. The Fixer

John Frankenheimer

1968

John Frankenheimer's "lower depths" adaptation of Bernard Malamud's novel about a Jew who is falsely charged with a crime in Czarist Russia. Alan Bates delivers a deeply moving performance as an individual who stands by his principles when he is detained without a trial and refuses to confess. With Dirk Bogarde, Georgia Brown, Jack Gilford, Hugh Griffith, Elizabeth Hartman and Ian Holm.

4. The Natural

Barry Levinson

1984

Barry Levinson's film makes considerable changes to Bernard Malamud's novel about a gifted baseball player and the mythic ups and downs of his career and personal life. The film is far more sentimental and upbeat than the book and, if one can accept those changes, it's highly enjoyable. Randy Newman's rousing musical score aids immeasurably to this all-American fable, and Robert Redford shines in one of his last "golden boy" roles. Also starring Robert Duvall, Glenn Close and Kim Bassinger.
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5. Notes from a Lady at a Dinner Party

David Angsten

Based on a short story by the great American writer Bernard Malamud (The Fixer), David Angsten directed this elegant, sordid tale about the casual flirtation and deceptive planning when a young architect carries out his seduction of his mentor's wife at a dinner party. With Yvonne Suhor, Tim Gregory and John Kirk.
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1. The Group

Sidney Lumet

1966

Candace Bergen is at the center of this engrossing melodrama featuring James 
Congdon, Larry Hagman and Hal Holbrook. It follows the livelives of eight 
graduates from an exclusive women's college. Bergen's character makes a 
particularly big splash compared to her classmates as a movie star, though 
all lead eventful lives. Based on Mary McCarthy's novel, the result is a 
soapy, enjoyable treat.
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3. Women & Men--Stories of Seduction

Frederic Raphael/Tony Richardson/Ken Russell

1990

Six big name Hollywood performers star in three separate stories of interaction between the sexes in this made-for-HBO anthology. Adapted from the works of Mary McCarthy, Ernest Hemingway, and Dorothy Parker and directed by Ken Russell, Tony Richardson, and Frederic Raphael. Cast includes James Woods, Melanie Griffith, Beau Bridges, Elizabeth McGovern, Molly Ringwald and Peter Weller. Music by Marvin Hamlisch.
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1. Ballad of the Sad Cafe

Simon Callow

1991

Vanessa Redgrave stars in this adaptation of Carson McCullers' novella and the play by Edward Albee. She plays Miss Amelia, a strong-willed and short-haired woman who runs a profitable moonshine business in a small Southern town. When her ex-husband Keith Carradine returns--up to no good--they settle their differences in a most impressive boxing match. With Rod Steiger, Austin Pendleton and Cork Hubbert as Cousin Lymon.

2. The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

Robert Ellis Miller

1968

Alan Arkin stars as John Singer, bringing resourcefulness and resonance to the film adaptation of Carson McCullers' well-received first novel. When his lone friend is institutionalized, Singer's enclosed world explodes in anger and newly-awakened confidence as he comes into contact with a town drunk (Stacy Keach), a young, black activist (Cicely Tyson) and Mick (Sondra Locke), a sympathetic young girl.
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3. The Member of the Wedding

Fielder Cook

1997

Carson McCullers' touching 1940s Southern drama stars Anna Paquin (The Piano) as Frankie, a girl who daydreams of escaping her small town life. When her brother comes home for his wedding, Frankie hopes he will take her with him, but her nanny (Alfre Woodard) sees through her fantasies and must help the young girl face the truth.

4. Reflections in a Golden Eye

John Huston

1967

Sexual tensions simmer in the heat of a Georgia army base. A sextet of characters, based on Carson McCullers' novel, try to come to grips with their desires. They include Marlon Brando, Elizabeth Taylor, Brian Keith, Julie Harris and Robert Forster as the soldier who likes to ride bareback.
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2. Big Fella

J. Elder Wills

1937

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Two vintage musicals starring the legendary actor, singer and activist Paul Robeson are included on this disc: Song of Freedom (1936, 80 mins.) stars Robeson as a British-born singing sensation who travels to Africa to trace his roots. Once there, he finds his people have been victimized by spiritual corruption. Robeson sings "Sleepy River," "Lonely Road," "The King's Song" and "The Black Emperor." Big Fella (1937, 73 mins.), loosely based on a novel by Claude McKay, stars Robeson as a dockworker who helps to find a young boy missing from an ocean liner. Songs include "Lazin'," "Roll Up, Sailor Man," "You Didn't Ought To Do Such Things" and more.
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2. Bartleby

Anthony Friedman

1970

Paul Scofield delivers a strong performance as the boss who has empathy with 
Bartleby, the alienated individual of Herman Melville's novel who is slowly 
giving up on life. With John McEnery.
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4. Billy Budd

Peter Ustinov

1962

Herman Melville's classic allegory of treachery, comes to the screen courtesy of director and star Peter Ustinov, who adapted a stage treatment of the novella. Terence Stamp made his screen debut as the title character, a young sailor whose innate goodness is challenged when he is falsely accused of inciting mutiny by the sadistic Claggart (Robert Ryan). A thoughtful and serious treatment of the story, with fine performances from the leads and a supporting cast that includes Melvyn Douglas, John Neville, David McCallum and Ustinov.
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5. Billy Budd

Adapted from Melville's great novel, Benjamin Britten's gripping opera of sadism and injustice on board a British man-of-war. Britain's leading baritone, Thomas Allen, displays his superb abilities as a singer and his phenomenal acting skills in this splendid English National Opera production. 1988, 151 mins.
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At the age of 20, Herman Melville set sail for the first time. It was a fateful step that ultimately led him to write such nautically inspired works as Moby Dick and Billy Budd. Richard Wilbur hosts this incisive documentary which looks at both Melville's life and his life work. From the About the Authors… series.
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John Huston directs Herman Melville's classic tale of a large, albino, water-based mammal and the obsessive sea captain with one real leg. The script is by Ray Bradbury. Gregory Peck stars as Ahab, Richard Basehart is the lucky Ishmael. Other crew members of the Pequod include Leo Genn, Harry Andrews and Frederick Ledebur as Queequeg. Three white whales were used in the filming off the coast of Ireland; two were lost at sea and still frighten the locals.
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24. Moby Dick

Franc Roddam

1998

Patrick Stewart stars as vengeful sea Captain Ahab, who seeks to kill the great white whale who took his leg, in Herman Melville's classic 1851 sea tale. With Gregory Peck as Father Mapple, Henry Thomas as Ishmael, and Pripi Waretin as Queequeeg.
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25. Moby Dick (Animated)

Rod Steiger provides the voice of Captain Ahab in this illustrated adaptation of Herman Melville's literary masterwork. Wonderful oil paintings are the visuals for this presentation aimed at grades 9 and up. 1999, 30 mins.
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This four-part series looks at the different ways that the sea affects humankind today. The imagination, weather, war and even health are broad areas where the sea continues to offer important input into the modern world.

The sea has always held a strong fascination for mankind. This program explores the realm of imagination between Melville's Moby Dick and Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, that is between fear, superstition and reality. 53 mins.
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28. Omoo Omoo, The Shark God

Leon Leonard

1949

A pretty good "B" jungle/voodoo thriller based on the novel by Herman Melville about the curse of a shark god that follows the despoilers of a jungle idol. With Ron Randall, Devera Burton, Trevor Bardette and Pedro DeCordoba.
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Eight years after his monumental ode to all-consuming love, The Lovers on the Bridge, Leos Carax resurfaced with this bold drama based on Herman Melville's Pierre. For the first time in Carax's four features, it is not Denis Lavant as "Alex," but Guillaume Depardieu (son of Gerard) as Pierre who takes center stage. Living with his mother (Catherine Deneuve) in a nearly incestuous relationship, wealthy Pierre decides he must throw off the shackles of his privileged life when he discovers he has a half-sister, hidden from him and living in poverty. His obsession with her turns into a sexual relationship and the course of his life begins to veer toward madness. "...moody, rapturous...visually convulsive" (J. Hoberman, The Village Voice). In French with English subtitles.
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2. Anais Observed

Anais Nin's surrealistic novels, extensive diaries and deep friendships were all formed at the heart of a developing modern consciousnes. Her distinct female persona is especially noteworthy for its overall embrace of human diversity. This portrait captures her life and philosophy. D.H. Lawrence, Otto Rank, Henry Miller, Kenneth Anger and Maya Deren are just some of the personalities captured alongside this singular literary artist.
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3. Dali

Antoni Ribas

1991

Lorenzo Quinn, son of Anthony Quinn, portrays Salvador Dali as a newly arrived visitor to the U.S. who entertains a Time Magazine reporter with his anecdotes and stories about Henry Miller, Andre Breton, Garcia Lorca, Luis Bunuel and others. In the process, the life of the famous surrealistic artist is revealed in amazing detail. In English.

4. The Golden Bowl

James Ivory

2000

The Merchant-Ivory team again tackles Henry Miller with this "gripping drama of love and adultery" (Jonathan Foreman, New York Post). The love between a penniless American socialite and a financially struggling Italian aristocrat becomes a scandalous affair when they both marry others for money. The scenario is complicated further because the spouses of the former lovers are father and daughter. With Kate Beckinsale, James Fox, Anjelica Huston, Nick Nolte, Jeremy Northam, and Uma Thurman.
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5. Henry & June

Philip Kaufman

1990

The story of controversial novelist Henry Miller as seen through the eyes of his lover Anais Nin. Director Philip Kaufman (The UnbearUnbearable Lightness of Being) once again explores the relationship between the erotic and the literate. With Fred Ward, Maria de Medeiros, and Uma Thurman as June Miller. Richard E. Grant and Kevin Spacey are also to be found hanging around Paris. The first film to receive the NC-17 rating due to its adult nature.
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6. Henry Miller Odyssey

Miller describes how he saw his era, his peers and himself. Whether at Big Sur, or on jaunts to old hangouts in Brooklyn and Paris, Miller shares his life in this film. Along the way he describes his painful youth and his art. Lawrence Durrell, Anais Nin, Jakov Gimpel and others appear, adding depth to this intriguing portrait.
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7. Quiet Days in Clichy

Jens Jorgen Thorsen

1970

Based on Henry Miller's erotic novel written in 1956. Joey, a self-indulgent American choreographer living in Denmark, spends most of his time seducing sexy Parisian girls with his buddy Cal. In 1970, English language prints of the film were confiscated on charges of obscenity, although the movie was eventually cleared in a U.S. federal court. "...a relaxed, very sexy outrage..." (Amos Vogel, Film as a Subversive Art). Music by Country Joe McDonald. Dubbed in English.
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8. Tropic of Cancer

Joseph Strick

1970

Joseph Strick's rendering of Henry Miller's autobiographical novel. Set in 30s Paris cafe society, Rip Torn is a disaffected American expatriate novelist searching for meaning and purpose and drifting into a succession of erotic adventures. With James Callahan, David Bauer and Laurence Ligneres. Ellen Burstyn gives a small, remarkable performance as Henry's wife June.
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4. Beloved

Jonathan Demme

1998

Jonathan Demme's film treatment of Toni Morrison's celebrated, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is uncompromising in its faithfulness to the difficult emotional territory and unconventional narrative elements of the book. Oprah Winfrey stars as a mother and former slave whose family is first haunted, and later joined, by a mysterious presence--a primitive female force named Beloved (Thandie Newton) who embodies the mother's darkest and most painful secrets. "Using overwhelmingly potent performances, audacious static close-ups, assertive lighting, and a rigorous yet lyrical interweaving of events set in three different time frames, this terrifyingly beautiful 1998 movie blends metaphor and stark social commentary to achieve a spontaneous grace" (Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader). With Danny Glover, Kimberly Elise and Albert Hall.
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Toni Morrison reads Ida B. Wells in her own words, while Al Freeman narrates the life story of this famed African-American woman. Archival photographs and lithographs, together with expert scholarly opinion, illustrate Wells' activism as a journalist, a suffragist and an anti-lynching crusader. 53 mins.
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1. Kafka: Nabokov on Kafka

Vladimir Nabokov, widely considered one of the greatest writers of the 20th century, was also a remarkable and legendary professor of literature at Cornell University for many years. Here Christopher Plummer portrays a witty Nabokov providing entertaining insights into Franz Kafka's perplexing novella The Metamorphosis. 30 mins.
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2. Lolita

Stanley Kubrick

1961

Kubrick's adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's classic novel captures the author's black humor with ghoulish understatement. James Mason plays the college professor who marries the lonely widow Shelley Winters purely out of lust for her adolescent daughter. With Peter Sellers playing several characters--all delightfully sinister.
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3. Lolita (1997)

Adrian Lyne

1997

Adrian Lyne's version of Vladimir Nabokov's great novel about a middle-aged man's obsession with a young girl was the target of both great praise and criticism. Some defenders of the film say it has a more suitably serious and erotic tone than Stanley Kubrick's 1962 version, while critics claim director Lyne's treatment of the material is nearly as shallow as his other sexually charged features (Fatal Attraction, Indecent Proposal). The film also caused a ratings controversy (with a few cuts it finally managed to earn an "R") and squeamishness also chased distributors away. The film ultimately premiered on cable TV's Showtime, later receiving a limited theatrical release. Jeremy Irons, Melanie Griffith, Frank Langella and Dominique Swain star. This is the "R" rated version of the film.
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4. Lolita

By Richard Corliss. Corliss looks at the Nabokov/Kubrick classic in the context of 1962 society and the state of the film business, and provides biographical sketches of the writer and director, as well as analysis of the actors' performances. 1995, 96 pp., 25 b/w photos.
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5. The Luzhin Defense

Marleen Gorris

2000

John Turturro and Emily Watson star in this adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's novel from the director of Antonia's Line. Turturro is a troubled chess master who finds unexpected romance. But the chance for love is blocked by the erratic genius' inability to deal with a world outside of the game he has perfected. Also starring Stuart Wilson.
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6. The Stanley Kubrick Collection

Stanley Kubrick

1962-1987

Eight amazing films from one of the true giants of the last 50 years of film history, collected in one deluxe, boxed set. Includes Kubrick's unforgettably odd adaptation of Nabokov's novel Lolita (1962, 152 mins.); the great military and political satire Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964, 93 mins.); the landmark, experimental science fiction epic 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968, 148 mins.); the controversial exploration of cultural violence A Clockwork Orange (1971, 137 mins.); the richly textured historical drama Barry Lyndon (1975, 185 mins.); the horror masterpiece The Shining (1980, 144 mins.); the searing war film Full Metal Jacket (1987, 116 mins.); and the strange erotic odyssey of Eyes Wide Shut (1999, 59 mins.). The set also includes the acclaimed documentary, Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (Jan Harlan, USA, 2001, 140 mins.).  
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1. Anais Nin: Her Diary

Novelist and poet Anais Nin reads from her then just-published diary in this 1966 television appearance. Nin's diary propelled her into the limelight and made her an icon of the emerging women's liberation movement. Here she reads from sections involving her childhood, Europe in the 1930s, her relationship with Henry Miller and other literary figures, and her fascination with surrealism and psychoanalysis. 27 mins.
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2. Anais Observed

Anais Nin's surrealistic novels, extensive diaries and deep friendships were all formed at the heart of a developing modern consciousnes .. Her distinct female persona is especially noteworthy for its overall embrace of human diversity. This portrait captures her life and philosophy. D.H. Lawrence, Otto Rank, Henry Miller, Kenneth Anger and Maya Deren are just some of the personalities captured alongside this singular literary artist. #S26714

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3. Delta of Venus

Zalman King

From the guru of erotic films comes this sensuous portrait of a beautiful young writer (Audie England, Red Shoe Diaries) on a path of sexual awakening, inspired by the eroticism of renowned author Anais Nin. With Costas Mandylor (Picket Fences). "Tender, passionate and erotic" (Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times).  
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4. Henry & June

Philip Kaufman

1990

The story of controversial novelist Henry Miller as seen through the eyes of his lover Anais Nin. Director Philip Kaufman (The Unbearable Lightness of Being) once again explores the relationship between the erotic and the literate. With Fred Ward, Maria de Medeiros, and Uma Thurman as June Miller. Richard E. Grant and Kevin Spacey are also to be found hanging around Paris. The first film to receive the NC-17 rating due to its adult nature.
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5. Henry Miller Odyssey

Miller describes how he saw his era, his peers and himself. Whether at Big Sur, or on jaunts to old hangouts in Brooklyn and Paris, Miller shares his life in this film. Along the way he describes his painful youth and his art. Lawrence Durrell, Anais Nin, Jakov Gimpel and others appear, adding depth to this intriguing portrait.
#S26713

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