Roberts Blossom

  • Robert Frank – The Sin of Jesus (1961)

    Robert Frank1961-1970Amos Vogel: Film as a Subversive ArtArthouseDramaUSA
    The Sin of Jesus (1961)
    The Sin of Jesus (1961)

    Quote:
    The Sin of Jesus was based on the story of Isaac Babel, a woman on a chicken farm who spends her days working at an egg-sorting machine. “I’m the only woman here.” She is pregnant, her husband spends his days lying in bed, and his friends encourage him to go out on the town with them. The woman talks to herself as she works, lost in the monotony of human existence. She counts the passing days in the same way she counts eggs. Even extraordinary events, such as the appearance of Jesus Christ in the barn, go under the stream of this melancholy solipsism.Read More »

  • Don Siegel – Escape from Alcatraz (1979)

    1971-1980CrimeDon SiegelThrillerUSA

    The true story of three inmates who attempt a daring escape from the infamous prison, Alcatraz Island. Although no one had managed to escape before, bank robber Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood) masterminded this elaborately detailed, and, as far as anyone knows, ultimately successful, escape. In twenty-nine years, this seemingly impenetrable federal penitentiary, which housed Al Capone and “Birdman” Robert Stroud, was only broken once by three inmates who were never heard of again.Read More »

  • Alan Ormsby – The Great Masquerade AKA Murder on the Emerald Seas (1974)

    USA1971-1980Alan OrmsbyCampExploitationQueer Cinema(s)

    Quote:
    After a series of mysterious murders, a Miami detective goes undercover to try and solve the crimes, but there’s one small catch: in order to find the killer the detective must infiltrate a drag ball on a cruise ship dressed in full female garb.Read More »

  • Jeff Gillen & Alan Ormsby – Deranged AKA Deranged: Confessions of a Necrophile (1974)

    1971-1980Alan OrmsbyCanadaCultHorrorJeff Gillen

    Synopsis:
    A man living in rural Wisconsin takes care of his bed-ridden mother, who is very domineering and teaches him that all women are evil. After she dies he misses her, so a year later he digs her up and takes her home. He learns about taxidermy and begins robbing graves to get materials to patch her up, and inevitably begins looking for fresher sources of materials. Based closely on the true story of Ed Gein.Read More »

  • Robert Ellis Miller – Reuben, Reuben (1983)

    1981-1990ComedyDramaRobert Ellis MillerUSA

    TV Guide writes:
    Gowan McGland (Tom Conti) is a Scottish poet who is finding life something of a burden since his inspiration evaporated about five years ago. Now he is reduced to performing readings of his work to groups of adoring middle-aged women and bored college students, doing his best to take away the pain by sleeping with as many of his female fans as possible and drinking himself into a stupor. At the moment he is living in New England where his readings have gone down well, and his list of conquests has grown – but what if McGland were to actually fall in love, would that make him a changed man?Read More »

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