RIP Bob Rafelson

[toomanyhatz]

Cross-posting this on music and film sections, since he was important in the careers of, not just the Monkees, but Jack Nicholson, Peter Bogdanovich, and Dennis Hopper, among many others. Five Easy Pieces is one of the greatest American movies of all time, imo. A giant. 


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[Charlie O.]

Head is in my personal Top 20, if not Top 10, and it isn't just because of The Monkees.

Thanks, Bob.

[Sneelock]

I met him! The theatre I worked at was showing “Black Widow” (which he directed). He got rattled at the cashier who sold him a Senior Citizen ticket because she thought he looked old enough to need one. He calmed down pretty easy. He seemed a little bummed when he left. The movie got a good reaction and was fairly well attended but it certainly wasn’t packing them in.

I’m a BIG fan. Fans of the great George Stevens will be familiar with hearing three of his key films singled out as his “American Trilogy”. These are “East of Eden, Shane & Giant. It is felt that the three films taken together not only stand alone as good films — they have a cumulative wallop. I feel the same way about Rafelson. I think “5 easy pieces”, “ King of Marvin gardens” & “stay hungry” do a very similar thing and desrve to one day be regarded in a similar way.

[Sneelock]

Anybody ever see “man trouble”?
Same writer, star & director as “5 easy pieces”
It’s hard to recommend but I like it quite a bit. I guess it was intended to be a small personal sort of film until they found out Nicholson expected a big payday.
Too bad they didn’t go with somebody else because I think he sort of phones it in.