This is yet another one of those 70s movies that I’ve heard about all my life, but had never really considered actually watching.
And it’s once again because of something @hazelflag wrote, but I can’t find it now, because Twitter has once again fucked up their search.
It wasn’t this one, in any case.
And this has Art Garfunkel!?
That’s some grade A framing.
Oh yeah, that’s Candice Bergen?
Oh… they’re all supposed to be going to college? So they’re supposed to be like 20? And Jack Nicholson er 34 and Garfunkel is 30?
Movies are confusing.
Art Garfunkel really isn’t a very good actor…
It’s a funny movie.
But it’s like… some of the drama seems pretty… fake.
Oh, OK, now they’re older… then I guess the casting makes sense…
Garfunkel’s still not a better actor.
Oh, I’d forgotten that Mike Nichols had done All These Movies… I’ve seen… at least half? Two thirds? But I haven’t seen Catch-22, for instance.
These shots are really wonderful. They’re not exactly naturalistic, but… better.
Oh, the cinematographer has done a million movies — but more importantly, dozens of movies by Fellini. Now it makes sense.
So great.
Hey! Carol Kane!
I think we’re in the future!
Now I remember where I remember this movie being mentioned… It’s the Comics Journal, of course. Because it’s written by Jules Feiffer.
Anyway, it’s a pretty oddly shaped movie, but it works.
Carnal Knowledge. Mike Nichols. 1971. ⚄
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