The story takes place during a new ice age. The camera tracks a blank, frozen, seemingly deserted tundra until two blurry, distant figures can just be made out. They are the seal hunter Essex (Paul Newman) and his pregnant companion, Vivia (Brigitte Fossey), the daughter of one of Essex's late hunting partners. They are traveling north, where Essex hopes to reunite with his brother, Francha (Thomas Hill).
Essex and Vivia eventually find Francha's apartment, but the reunion is short-lived. While Essex is out buying firewood, a gambler named Redstone (Craig Richard Nelson) throws a bomb into Francha's apartment, killing everyone inside, including Vivia. Essex sees Redstone fleeing the scene and chases him to the sector's "Information Room." Essex witnesses the murder of Redstone by a Latin gambler named St. Christopher (Vittorio Gassman). When St. Christopher leaves, Essex searches Redstone's pockets and finds a piece of paper with a list of names: Francha, Redstone, Goldstar, Deuca, St. Christopher, and Ambrosia.
Film was a Yugoslavrockgroup founded in 1978 in Zagreb. Film was one of the most popular rock groups of the former Yugoslav new wave in the late 1970s to early 1980s.
History
New wave years (1979-1981)
During 1977 and 1978, bassist Marino Pelajić, guitarist Mladen Jurčić, and drummer Branko Hromatko were Azra members when Branimir "Johnny" Štulić brought Jura Stublić as the new vocalist. Stublić was to become Aerodrom member, but due to his deep vocals it never happened. The lineup functioned for a few months only and after a quarrel with Štulić, on early 1979, Pelajić, Jurčić, Hromatko and Stublić formed the band Šporko Šalaporko i Negove Žaluzine, naming the band after a story from the "Polet" youth magazine, which was soon after renamed to Film. The memories of the Azra lineup later inspired Štulić to write the song "Roll over Jura" released on Filigranski pločnici in 1982.
Saxophonist Jurij Novoselić, who at the time had worked under the pseudonym Kuzma Videosex, joined the band, inspiring others to use pseudonym instead of their original names: vocalist Stublić became Jura Jupiter, bassist Pelajić became Mario Baraccuda and guitarist Jurčić became Max Wilson. Before joining the band, Stublić did not have much experience as a vocalist, however, since his father had been an opera singer, he often visited the theatre and opera, and at the age of 13, he started playing the guitar, earning money as a street performer at seaside resorts.
Film is a 1965 film written by Samuel Beckett, his only screenplay. It was commissioned by Barney Rosset of Grove Press. Writing began on 5 April 1963 with a first draft completed within four days. A second draft was produced by 22 May and a forty-leaf shooting script followed thereafter. It was filmed in New York in July 1964.
Beckett’s original choice for the lead – referred to only as “O” – was Charlie Chaplin, but his script never reached him. Both Beckett and the director Alan Schneider were interested in Zero Mostel and Jack MacGowran. However, the former was unavailable and the latter, who accepted at first, became unavailable due to his role in a "Hollywood epic." Beckett then suggested Buster Keaton. Schneider promptly flew to Los Angeles and persuaded Keaton to accept the role along with "a handsome fee for less than three weeks' work."James Karen, who was to have a small part in the film, also encouraged Schneider to contact Keaton.
The filmed version differs from Beckett's original script but with his approval since he was on set all the time, this being his only visit to the United States. The script printed in Collected Shorter Plays of Samuel Beckett (Faber and Faber, 1984) states:
In 1979, Robert Altman set out to create his passion project. This passion project was entitled Quintet, A sci-fi flick set in a post-apocalyptic world coated in ice and blustery snow. It starred Paul Newman as Essex, a seal hunter who is thrust into the violent world of quintet, a game about life and death. Altman creates a world so convincingly cold, bleak, and harsh I must commend him on his efforts. He surely saw this film through to its end, but by golly, it should have been the end of him too. This film is so bad it makes Battlefield Earth a masterpiece by comparison. At the very least, Battlefield contained a few laughs. Quintet contains as much life as its barren tundra setting.
http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/quintet.html
published: 13 Sep 2010
Quintet (Robert Altman) 1978 film completo in italiano
Immaginate: Robert Altman alla regia e fra gli attori Paul Newman, Vittorio Gasman e Fernando Rey in un profondo film di fantascienza dove l'unica manifestazione di vita intelligente prevede la fine della stessa con un gioco. Buon divertimento.
Interpreti e personaggi
Paul Newman: Essex
Vittorio Gassman: St. Cristopher
Fernando Rey: Gregor
Bibi Andersson: Ambrosia
Brigitte Fossey: Vivia
Nina Van Pallandt: Deuca
David Langton: Goldstar
Craig Richard: Nelson
published: 27 Jan 2013
Siskel and Ebert: Quintet
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review Robert Altman’s Quintet——one of his lesser works.
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published: 06 Dec 2020
Fantasy, escapism and Quintet,,an in-depth film review of the 1979 movie
An in-depth analysis of the 1979 film Quintet, a movie starring Paul Newman and is ahead of time in terms of plot premise but could have been executed better.
We talk about fantasy and escapism
published: 13 Feb 2021
Movie Themes for Brass Quintet Sheet Music
Movie Themes, by various composers, arranged by myself for brass quintet + drumset. Performed by 5fanBrass.
published: 20 Dec 2017
A Quintet Official Trailer
A film by Berlinale Talents 2012 Alumni about connections and breaking walls.
published: 01 May 2014
The Quintet
The Quintet
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In 1979, Robert Altman set out to create his passion project. This passion project was entitled Quintet, A sci-fi flick set in a post-apocalyptic world coated ...
In 1979, Robert Altman set out to create his passion project. This passion project was entitled Quintet, A sci-fi flick set in a post-apocalyptic world coated in ice and blustery snow. It starred Paul Newman as Essex, a seal hunter who is thrust into the violent world of quintet, a game about life and death. Altman creates a world so convincingly cold, bleak, and harsh I must commend him on his efforts. He surely saw this film through to its end, but by golly, it should have been the end of him too. This film is so bad it makes Battlefield Earth a masterpiece by comparison. At the very least, Battlefield contained a few laughs. Quintet contains as much life as its barren tundra setting.
http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/quintet.html
In 1979, Robert Altman set out to create his passion project. This passion project was entitled Quintet, A sci-fi flick set in a post-apocalyptic world coated in ice and blustery snow. It starred Paul Newman as Essex, a seal hunter who is thrust into the violent world of quintet, a game about life and death. Altman creates a world so convincingly cold, bleak, and harsh I must commend him on his efforts. He surely saw this film through to its end, but by golly, it should have been the end of him too. This film is so bad it makes Battlefield Earth a masterpiece by comparison. At the very least, Battlefield contained a few laughs. Quintet contains as much life as its barren tundra setting.
http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/quintet.html
Immaginate: Robert Altman alla regia e fra gli attori Paul Newman, Vittorio Gasman e Fernando Rey in un profondo film di fantascienza dove l'unica manifestazion...
Immaginate: Robert Altman alla regia e fra gli attori Paul Newman, Vittorio Gasman e Fernando Rey in un profondo film di fantascienza dove l'unica manifestazione di vita intelligente prevede la fine della stessa con un gioco. Buon divertimento.
Interpreti e personaggi
Paul Newman: Essex
Vittorio Gassman: St. Cristopher
Fernando Rey: Gregor
Bibi Andersson: Ambrosia
Brigitte Fossey: Vivia
Nina Van Pallandt: Deuca
David Langton: Goldstar
Craig Richard: Nelson
Immaginate: Robert Altman alla regia e fra gli attori Paul Newman, Vittorio Gasman e Fernando Rey in un profondo film di fantascienza dove l'unica manifestazione di vita intelligente prevede la fine della stessa con un gioco. Buon divertimento.
Interpreti e personaggi
Paul Newman: Essex
Vittorio Gassman: St. Cristopher
Fernando Rey: Gregor
Bibi Andersson: Ambrosia
Brigitte Fossey: Vivia
Nina Van Pallandt: Deuca
David Langton: Goldstar
Craig Richard: Nelson
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review Robert Altman’s Quintet——one of his lesser works.
I do not own the rights to the film Quintet or the show Siskel and Ebert....
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review Robert Altman’s Quintet——one of his lesser works.
I do not own the rights to the film Quintet or the show Siskel and Ebert.
Thank you for watching! Please like and subscribe.
I also compose written essays or segments about contemporary films and classics on Letterboxd.
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Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review Robert Altman’s Quintet——one of his lesser works.
I do not own the rights to the film Quintet or the show Siskel and Ebert.
Thank you for watching! Please like and subscribe.
I also compose written essays or segments about contemporary films and classics on Letterboxd.
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An in-depth analysis of the 1979 film Quintet, a movie starring Paul Newman and is ahead of time in terms of plot premise but could have been executed better.
...
An in-depth analysis of the 1979 film Quintet, a movie starring Paul Newman and is ahead of time in terms of plot premise but could have been executed better.
We talk about fantasy and escapism
An in-depth analysis of the 1979 film Quintet, a movie starring Paul Newman and is ahead of time in terms of plot premise but could have been executed better.
We talk about fantasy and escapism
The Quintet
Custom motion capture for this work was created with Rokoko's Smartsuit Pro and Smartgloves.
https://www.rokoko.com/
Music and visuals by Cool 3D ...
The Quintet
Custom motion capture for this work was created with Rokoko's Smartsuit Pro and Smartgloves.
https://www.rokoko.com/
Music and visuals by Cool 3D World
https://cool3dworld.com
https://instagram.com/cool3dworld
https://twitter.com/cool3dworld
https://cool3dworld.bandcamp.com
The Quintet
Custom motion capture for this work was created with Rokoko's Smartsuit Pro and Smartgloves.
https://www.rokoko.com/
Music and visuals by Cool 3D World
https://cool3dworld.com
https://instagram.com/cool3dworld
https://twitter.com/cool3dworld
https://cool3dworld.bandcamp.com
In 1979, Robert Altman set out to create his passion project. This passion project was entitled Quintet, A sci-fi flick set in a post-apocalyptic world coated in ice and blustery snow. It starred Paul Newman as Essex, a seal hunter who is thrust into the violent world of quintet, a game about life and death. Altman creates a world so convincingly cold, bleak, and harsh I must commend him on his efforts. He surely saw this film through to its end, but by golly, it should have been the end of him too. This film is so bad it makes Battlefield Earth a masterpiece by comparison. At the very least, Battlefield contained a few laughs. Quintet contains as much life as its barren tundra setting.
http://www.theparallaxreview.com/on_cable/quintet.html
Immaginate: Robert Altman alla regia e fra gli attori Paul Newman, Vittorio Gasman e Fernando Rey in un profondo film di fantascienza dove l'unica manifestazione di vita intelligente prevede la fine della stessa con un gioco. Buon divertimento.
Interpreti e personaggi
Paul Newman: Essex
Vittorio Gassman: St. Cristopher
Fernando Rey: Gregor
Bibi Andersson: Ambrosia
Brigitte Fossey: Vivia
Nina Van Pallandt: Deuca
David Langton: Goldstar
Craig Richard: Nelson
Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review Robert Altman’s Quintet——one of his lesser works.
I do not own the rights to the film Quintet or the show Siskel and Ebert.
Thank you for watching! Please like and subscribe.
I also compose written essays or segments about contemporary films and classics on Letterboxd.
Letterboxd: https://boxd.it/P4D5
An in-depth analysis of the 1979 film Quintet, a movie starring Paul Newman and is ahead of time in terms of plot premise but could have been executed better.
We talk about fantasy and escapism
The Quintet
Custom motion capture for this work was created with Rokoko's Smartsuit Pro and Smartgloves.
https://www.rokoko.com/
Music and visuals by Cool 3D World
https://cool3dworld.com
https://instagram.com/cool3dworld
https://twitter.com/cool3dworld
https://cool3dworld.bandcamp.com
The story takes place during a new ice age. The camera tracks a blank, frozen, seemingly deserted tundra until two blurry, distant figures can just be made out. They are the seal hunter Essex (Paul Newman) and his pregnant companion, Vivia (Brigitte Fossey), the daughter of one of Essex's late hunting partners. They are traveling north, where Essex hopes to reunite with his brother, Francha (Thomas Hill).
Essex and Vivia eventually find Francha's apartment, but the reunion is short-lived. While Essex is out buying firewood, a gambler named Redstone (Craig Richard Nelson) throws a bomb into Francha's apartment, killing everyone inside, including Vivia. Essex sees Redstone fleeing the scene and chases him to the sector's "Information Room." Essex witnesses the murder of Redstone by a Latin gambler named St. Christopher (Vittorio Gassman). When St. Christopher leaves, Essex searches Redstone's pockets and finds a piece of paper with a list of names: Francha, Redstone, Goldstar, Deuca, St. Christopher, and Ambrosia.
Mother embraces her animal side in thought-provoking film ... I did not know that Pentatonix— a cheery, Grammy-winning a cappella vocal quintet — was a real group before seeing this movie (sorry, I don’t ...
Radio observations of Stephan's Quintet at different frequencies ...First observed nearly 150 years ago, Stephan's Quintet is famous for appearing as angelic figures at the beginning of the 1946Christmas film 'It's a Wonderful Life'.
But in “The Apprentice,” his provocative if not quite shocking, entertaining if not quite illuminating, impeccably acted and inherently controversial film, Ali Abbasi takes it farther ...BardWindQuintet performs in Saugerties on Sunday.
The HeritageWinds, a quintet of airmen-musicians, will visit Latrobe on Oct. 13 to present selections from the world of films and classical and military traditions.
Jumping on that “Bye Bye Bye” resurgence, Justin Timberlake is planning to say Hi Hi Hi to his NSYNC bandmates for a 30th anniversary project ... Also read ... First, the quintet hopes to film and sell their teased live comeback show to a streaming network.
Choosing a name that means “country atelier,” based on a popular practice in South Korea of filming students studying or playing music, this quintet is bringing the country-folk-roots musical genre ...
In the new film, the five protagonists all talk the same shit, with barely a whiff of characterization or personality ...The Rosses seem to think their film is emblematic of the milieu, when in fact it says nothing new and barely even says that.
GasolineRainbow, a generous film that’s ragged at the edges but manages bursts of the sublime, convinces you that the quintet have gotten some glimpse of those future selves while making their way across the state to the ocean.
Also joining are Moroccan filmmaker Asmae El Moudir, and American film critic and writer Todd McCarthy. ... The quintet will watch 18 films as part of the Un Certain Regard selection, including eight debut films.
Daily Press
15 Sep 2024
Daily Press
15 Sep 2024