Review: "Jeremy" (1973) Starring Robby Benson And Glynnis O'Connor; Fun City Blu-ray Special Edition
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By Todd Garbarini
The late Arthur Barron was a New York-based documentary film director perhaps best known for his two-hour Birth and Death film from 1969, followed by the true story of the Wright Brothers and their road to flight. Following these projects but prior to delving into made-for-television documentary fare in the mid-1970’s, he tried his hand at feature filmmaking, employing similar documentary-style techniques that William Friedkin used to startling effect in his masterful 1971 film The French Connection. Instead of following around two police detectives hot on the trail of heroin smugglers, however, Mr. Barron instead turned his attention to a dramatic subject that, almost unbelievably, was for the most part untapped at the time. His feature film directorial debut is the teenage coming-of-age romantic drama filmed in the autumn of 1972 called Jeremy, starring actor Robby Benson as the titular hero and...
By Todd Garbarini
The late Arthur Barron was a New York-based documentary film director perhaps best known for his two-hour Birth and Death film from 1969, followed by the true story of the Wright Brothers and their road to flight. Following these projects but prior to delving into made-for-television documentary fare in the mid-1970’s, he tried his hand at feature filmmaking, employing similar documentary-style techniques that William Friedkin used to startling effect in his masterful 1971 film The French Connection. Instead of following around two police detectives hot on the trail of heroin smugglers, however, Mr. Barron instead turned his attention to a dramatic subject that, almost unbelievably, was for the most part untapped at the time. His feature film directorial debut is the teenage coming-of-age romantic drama filmed in the autumn of 1972 called Jeremy, starring actor Robby Benson as the titular hero and...
- 3/8/2021
- by nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)
- Cinemaretro.com
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