A segment from my last episode, concluding my interview with legendary photographer-filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg. Here he talks about his work with '60s rock icons Dylan, Nico, the Mothers, and the Stones. Schatzberg's site is definitely worth checking out for samples of his work in all genres:
www.jerryschatzberg.com
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Showing posts with label Jerry Schatzberg. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jerry Schatzberg. Show all posts
Friday, October 12, 2007
Thursday, August 30, 2007
"Panic in Needle Park" behind the scenes -- the Funhouse interview with Jerry Schatzberg
Had a great time talking with filmmaker/photographer Jerry Schatzberg about his fascinating career. Here we speak about probably his best known film (besides Scarecrow), The Panic in Needle Park, the film that launched the movie career of Al Pacino.
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Friday, August 24, 2007
A "lost" Sixties gem: "Puzzle of a Downfall Child"
As a supplement to this week's on-air Funhouse episode, in which I present the first part of my interview with filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg, I offer three clips from his first film, which has yet to see a release on either VHS or DVD (c'mon Universal, let it outta the vault!). The film stars Faye Dunaway as a "past her prime" model who's had a nervous breakdown. It is a brilliantly subtle and underplayed character study, drawing on Mr. Schatzberg's own background as a fashion photographer, that features several visually dazzling moments, three of which are below.
In which a classic photographer-shoots-model-in-NYC-setting montage is interwoven with narrative info:
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In which our heroine talks about an early affair (and appears very cute in a Catholic schoolgirl outfit):
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and a wonderfully edited "roleplay" scene in which Dunaway's character leads her photographer friend into a motel tryst:
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For the full picture of Mr. Schatzberg's accomplishments, I highly (highly!) recommend you check out The Panic in Needle Park and Scarecrow on DVD (plus his later titles, available on both DVD and some old VHS releases). Also, visit his website, and check out his work as a photographer, which includes several iconic portraits he took during the Sixties, including the cover of Blonde on Blonde. The "personalities" portion of his site reads like a "Who's Who" cross-section of Sixties celebs from Nico, Andy, and Edie, to Catherine Deneuve, Polanski, and Claudia Cardinale, to Hendrix, the Stones, and Zappa (he also did the cover of We're Only In It for the Money), to Fidel Castro, the Duke of Windsor, and Funhouse all-time fave Terry Southern.
www.jerryschatzberg.com
In which a classic photographer-shoots-model-in-NYC-setting montage is interwoven with narrative info:
Click here if the above doesn't work.
In which our heroine talks about an early affair (and appears very cute in a Catholic schoolgirl outfit):
Click here if the above doesn't work.
and a wonderfully edited "roleplay" scene in which Dunaway's character leads her photographer friend into a motel tryst:
Click here if the above doesn't work.
For the full picture of Mr. Schatzberg's accomplishments, I highly (highly!) recommend you check out The Panic in Needle Park and Scarecrow on DVD (plus his later titles, available on both DVD and some old VHS releases). Also, visit his website, and check out his work as a photographer, which includes several iconic portraits he took during the Sixties, including the cover of Blonde on Blonde. The "personalities" portion of his site reads like a "Who's Who" cross-section of Sixties celebs from Nico, Andy, and Edie, to Catherine Deneuve, Polanski, and Claudia Cardinale, to Hendrix, the Stones, and Zappa (he also did the cover of We're Only In It for the Money), to Fidel Castro, the Duke of Windsor, and Funhouse all-time fave Terry Southern.
www.jerryschatzberg.com
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