I imagine it would make a good double bill with Noah Baumbach's Marriage Story. It was based on a novel by Avery Corman.
Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep and Justin Henry are fabulous in the lead roles. How they did the stitching scene with the boy I have no idea. Hoffman and Streep reportedly got on extremely badly. With Jane Alexander, Howard Duff, George Coe.
Oscars for Film, writer, Director, Streep and Hoffman. Henry, Almendros, Greenberg and Jane Alexander nominated. Interestingly it received no BAFTAs but David di Donatello presented a special prize for the boy.
Loved the second breakfast scene - dialogue free I think - they're settled into a routine. And Hoffman throwing the glass - he only told Almendros he was going to to do it - to get the right look of shock on Streep.
The music (Purcell and Vivaldi) is a point of difference.
Beautifully photographed by Truffaut regular Nestor Almendros on location. Benton asked him to use Piero della Francesca as an inspiration, but Almendros found this wasn't matching so well and instead began to reference David Hockney more - who it tuned out, was a Francesca fan!
Well edited by one of 'Dede's boys', Jerry Greenberg. I like the way scenes suddenly fade to black, or cut quickly.
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