Three short stories filmed by different directors, triggered by well-known paintings.
In 'Soir Bleu', an update of Pagliacchi, circus clown Alan Arkin has affair with ringmaster Dan Hedaya's wife Rosanna de Soto, ends up shooting him. Painting: Hopper.
In the best, 'Language of the Heart', a baker falls for the glamorous proprietor of a saucy lingerie shop newly opened opposite. Peter directs with his usual consummate, simple skill. With George Segal, Sally Kirkland, Brooke Adams (Almost You, The Dead Zone), PB himself, Louise Stratten. Painting: La Primavera by Botticelli. Songs: Edith Piaf.
And inspired by Degas, a ballerina (Tamara Gorski) flirts with maestro Michael Lerner (Barton Fink) to get a chance for talented street musician Joel Bissonnette.
Filmed in Toronto.
Bizarrely when I went to check this in Maltin (it doesn't appear), my eye fell upon the documentary Picture This, a film about Bogdanovich's shooting of Texasville, which I'd never even heard of!
Unfortunately the other three episodes that made up the original series haven't been released on DVD, and include one written by Frederic Raphael and directed by Bob Rafelson, Armed Response (David Hockney, Pool with Two Figures). For the record, the others were Two Nudes Bathing (unknown painting in the Louvre), written and directed by John Boorman and featuring Charley, and Lightning with Brian Keith, directed by Joe Dante, based on a Remington lithograph.
No comments:
Post a Comment