cult film freak: julia anne robinson

Written by James M. Tate / 3/04/2023 / No comments / bob rafelson , bruce dern , crime , cult , ellen burstyn , gambling , indie , jack nicholson , julia anne robinson , neo noir , scatman crothers , seventies , thriller

JACK NICHOLSON 'THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS' BRUCE DERN

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgADuYZIywSyw6eT4Z89zbHZ5WMsyIaTMTiMtIbfuodxfo1kw84Ym6sl6e9MeLHn9GwFeNiL2JNb7c2z2sYyXVKq2qyU_w-jp-KtgRscENa-HpEC4W6ikFNR19pCo8J9Wr-Mb_iMZF6hDsSC3hSNHSBNBEx0VhfYUt_DoBOMq-TMGiRxZsGKeuJcjg7CbVb/s1985/Screen+Shot+2021-09-26+at+4.57.44+PM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="1985" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgADuYZIywSyw6eT4Z89zbHZ5WMsyIaTMTiMtIbfuodxfo1kw84Ym6sl6e9MeLHn9GwFeNiL2JNb7c2z2sYyXVKq2qyU_w-jp-KtgRscENa-HpEC4W6ikFNR19pCo8J9Wr-Mb_iMZF6hDsSC3hSNHSBNBEx0VhfYUt_DoBOMq-TMGiRxZsGKeuJcjg7CbVb/s16000/Screen+Shot+2021-09-26+at+4.57.44+PM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bruce Dern and Jack Nicholson in THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS Year: 1972 Rating: ***</td></tr></tbody></table>Maybe directors never really outgrow their film school mindset: And in 
that, following what would forever remain their collaborative pinnacle, 
FIVE EASY PIECES director Bob Rafelson gave his close friend Jack Nicholson a break from the stereotype
 of being the feisty rebel type, here a meek Philly-dwelling radio host of melancholy monologues... Then again maybe 
he should have played Bruce Dern's conniving con-man older brother Jason
 Staebler, on the stumbling verge of an Atlantic City land deal with a 
few obstacles including a potentially dangerous kingpin (Nicholson's 
three picture co-star, Scatman Crothers) and especially his women...

bob rafelson, bruce dern, crime, cult, ellen burstyn, gambling, indie, jack nicholson, julia anne robinson, neo noir, scatman crothers, seventies, thriller

JACK NICHOLSON 'THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS' BRUCE DERN

Bruce Dern and Jack Nicholson in THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS Year: 1972 Rating: *** Maybe directors never really outgrow their film school mi...

Written by James M. Tate / 9/28/2016 / No comments / bob rafelson , eighties , ellen burstyn , jack nicholson , jennifer lopez , jessica lange , julia anne robinson , michael caine , neo noir , nineties , remake , scatman crothers , seventies , shark , thriller

JACK NICHOLSON & BOB RAFELSON NEO-NOIR TRIPLE FEATURE

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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jack Nicholson unhitches The Postman Always Rings Twice</td></tr>
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In the late 60's, Jack Nicholson and director Bob Rarelson, when both were relatively unknown, a cinematic partnership was born, and of their five total we'll center on three Neo Noir vehicles, one per decade, ending in the later-1990's and starting in the early-1970's... 
 
THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS: Who knows, maybe directors never really outgrow their primal, rudimentary, symbolic, allegorical, idealistically pretentious, metaphysical, narcissistic, nostalgic mindset of film school: And in that, following what would forever remain their collaborative pinnacle, FIVE EASY PIECES director Bob Rafelson gave his close friend and future multi-collaborator Jack Nicholson a break from the (possible) stereotype of being the discontented, blunt, feisty rebel type, which he's proven... even in early Roger Corman vehicles and Richard Rush biker flicks... which he was perfectly suited for...

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JACK NICHOLSON & BOB RAFELSON NEO-NOIR TRIPLE FEATURE

Jack Nicholson unhitches The Postman Always Rings Twice In the late 60's, Jack Nicholson and director Bob Rarelson, when both were r...

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