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Director: Shirley Clarke
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
The gimmicky premise of Jack Gelber's play - that those were real junkies up on the stage waiting for their fix, killing time by improvising jazz and making with street-jive monologues - probably makes more sense as a movie than it ever did in the theatre. Clarke films it as if it were documentary (so that when the cameraman himself takes a fix, the camera-work goes to pieces), and the Living Theatre actors are convincing enough to sustain this close a scrutiny. Some creaky business with a Salvation Army sister recalls the piece's stage origins, but the music and the sense of 'dead time' retain a 'beat' authenticity.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Shirley Clarke
Producer: Lewis M Allen, Shirley Clarke
Cast: William Redfield, Warren Finnerty, Garry Goodrow, Jerome Raphael, James Anderson, Roscoe Lee Browne, Carl Lee full cast
Duration: 110 mins
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