tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post9118524607207156730..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: Next Stop, Greenwich Village (1976)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-62955892180396744062020-07-07T04:32:43.126-07:002020-07-07T04:32:43.126-07:00And some more exquisite details of it's recrea...And some more exquisite details of it's recreated Greenwich Village world of 1953: The De Kooning-like abstract expressionist painting hanging on the wall of the illegal abortion clinic waiting room, the copy of John-Paul Sartre's <br />"Being And Nothingness" on an apartment shelf, the argument over The Rosenberg's execution in a coffeehouse, the all-too-real and stunningly accurate acting class scene, showing the new and influential impact of Stanislavsky and The Method on any truly serious and aspiring thespian of the time, Ellen Greene's brassiere and lipstick, the Dylan Thomas reference (he died in The Village at The White Horse Tavern in the same year as the film is set, and the single best line of dialogue in the entire movie: "underneath that pose, there's just more pose")Barry Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573287218366341637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-86908028196634488602020-06-29T16:05:45.279-07:002020-06-29T16:05:45.279-07:00One of the greatest unsung masterpieces of the 197...One of the greatest unsung masterpieces of the 1970's "New Hollywood" era, it briefly and deservedly put Mazursky in the august company of such superstar directors as Scorsese, Coppola, Friedkin, Bogdanovich, and Allen, all of whom suffered gravely at the hands of the early 1980's transitional corporatization of Hollywood in their later years.<br /><br />Of special note is the presence in the cast of Lois Smith, who gives a memorable and affecting performance as a troubled and suicidal young artist.<br />She appeared as a barmaid alongside James Dean in Elia Kazan's "East Of Eden" from 1955, which makes the character extraordinarily resonant, and is part and parcel of the film's deeply personal and exquisitely rendered detail.Barry Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16573287218366341637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-91455494146442469562020-02-23T13:59:02.752-08:002020-02-23T13:59:02.752-08:00For a few years after seeing this film twice on it...For a few years after seeing this film twice on its release, I considered it one of the best movies I had ever seen. The glow has dimmed now, all except for one superb performance, that of Lois Smith as the doomed, suicidal Anita. Miss Smith should have won a supporting Oscar, and if I ever decide someday to add this film to my collection, it will be because of Lois SmithAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13532919555669007677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-10035673198945277762014-04-20T07:46:30.969-07:002014-04-20T07:46:30.969-07:00Love the Milton Glaser poster!Love the Milton Glaser poster!Xtevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13329276070046300299noreply@blogger.com