Jaglom s latest film takes an indepth look at a complex woman trying to make sense of her inner self. The shape is sometimes weird, the flavors unpredictable, and the frosting occasionally overdone. Under contract to columbia pictures, jaglom gueststarred in such tv shows as gidget 1965 and the flying nun 1967, and acted in a number of films which included richard rushs psychout 1968, boris. American actordirectorwriter henry jaglom studied acting at the university of pennsylvania, then completed his training at the actors studio in new york. A film by henry jaglom when a handsome and successful businessman meets an enchanting young nurse on a traintrip to through poland after world war i, he is faced with a lifechanging dilemma when he discovers that the woman he is falling for is fiercely antisemitic.
Judd nelson on religion in movies, breakfast club, and. Queen is fredericks third starring role in a jaglom film, which does not include her lead in his play, just 45 minutes from broadway, or its recently completed screen version. His father was from a wealthy family from russia and his mother was from germany. Henry jaglom trained with lee strasberg at the actors studio in new york, where he acted, wrote and directed offbroadway theater and cabaret before settling in hollywood in the late 1960s. The films of henry jaglom arent so much an acquired taste as they are an eitheror kind of cinematic experience. Orson welles spouts authoritative nonsense in the man. The m word was released in 20 and stars tanna frederick, michael imperioli, frances fisher, mary crosby, gregory harrison, julie davis, eliza roberts, zack norman. The younger man was one of the participants in welles legendary but never completed satire of hollywood, the other side of the wind, and jaglom directed welles himself as an actor in his first film, 1971s with a safe place which costarred jack nicholson, tuesday weld. Turner entertainment, which is part of ted turners broadcasting empire, obtained certain rights to. It was orson welles final live action film appearance, released after his death but produced before his voiceover in the transformers. The director of such films as eating, baby fever festival at cannes and his latest, going shopping, is adamant that he is so strongly jewish and yet. Whether you love or loathe jagloms movies or have yet to test the waters, who is henry jaglom. Love him or loathe him, writerdirector henry jaglom is nothing if not. Film director henry jaglom said welles specifically asked him to protect the movie from coloring two weeks before he died.
Oct 03, 2012 judd nelson on religion in movies, breakfast club, and his new film just 45 minutes from broadway. A safe place is something far behind what is here and what we live in. I remember tv channelflipping one saturday afternoon years ago and finding this film. Someone to love is a 1987 comedy film directed by henry jaglom. From hester street to hollywood due in early 2019 from oxford university press, he has started researching nothing too personal. While daniel kremer edits both his seventh featurelength film, overwhelm the sky due in summer 2018, and his second book joan micklin silver. Henry jaglom celebrity profile check out the latest henry jaglom photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Orson welles hated woody allen cinematheia the film.
Theyll love me when im dead 20 feet from stardom director morgan nevilles dense, formally inventive look at the other side of the wind and the final years. Drama completed 2018 a true story of love and hate auteur film by henry jaglom a compelling love story about a man who falls in love with an antisemitic woman during a train ride through poland after wwi. For the uninitiated, jagloms approach to making movies has been likened to that of john cassavetes, robert altman, alan rudolph, and few others. Orson welles final film, the other side of the wind. Mar 10, 2008 when talented people are interesting, its amazing. The younger man was one of the participants in welles legendary but never completed satire of hollywood, the other side of the wind, and jaglom directed welles himself as an actor in his first film.
Henry jaglom is a londonborn american film director and playwright. We decided this is an important time to rerelease this film, to. Henry jaglom biography, movie highlights and photos allmovie. Henry jaglom directs this indie comedy, which also stars michael imperioli, frances fisher, gregory harrison and julie davis.
Film critic david thomson said of jaglom s can she bake a cherry pie. Director henry jaglom, hollywood dreams in her debut role as margie chezik, the effervescent tanna frederick manages to create a character who is equally zany and tragic. Jun 27, 20 from 1983 until just before his death, in 1985, at the age of seventy, orson welles met his friend, the director henry jaglom, for lunch nearly every week at the hollywood restaurant ma maison. Jagloms lastest film, the m word, is a film that continues both jagloms collaboration with leading lady tanna frederick and his longstanding devotion to writing and directing films that feature richly developed and authentic characters who radiate a naturalness that is compelling and thoughtprovoking. Through his mother, he is a descendant of philosopher moses mendelssohn. Director henry jaglom and the great orson welles knew each other pretty well. The rainbow theatre company presents tanna frederick in henry jagloms new play, just 45 minutes from broadway at the edgemar which opened october 17th and runs through december 20th. Director henry jaglom, author of my lunches with orson director henry jaglom was a close friend of orson welles and with welles permission, he recorded several years worth of. She had two indie films completed, and her last film of note was a costarring role in henry jagloms irene in time. Back in hollywood, jaglom secured his first featurefilm role as a drug addict in. Henry jaglom was bornon january 26, 1938 in london, england, united kingdom, is writer, director, actor. National lampoons movie madness is an american comedy film produced by national lampoon as the second film from the magazine. Rubin and workman have done a terrific job of capturing jaglom and.
Jaglom acted on stage and in tv, marking time in small roles until 1967, when jaglom found a project that could provide his big break. Judd nelson on religion in movies, breakfast club, and his new film just 45 minutes from broadway. Jagloms early films tackled the topics that others shied away from. Henry jaglom was hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and a true maverick of american cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic. Bert schneider called me and said, dennis has completed easy rider and its still nearly three hours long.
Jaglom began his hollywood career in the midsixties as an actor, but in 1971 he wrote and. They have alternated between studios paramount, paramount classics, lions gate, mgm and their own rainbow releasing company directly. In many ways the version we see today is a memory of what welles sought to conjure during his improvisational shoot, scripted on. The film was originally produced under the title national lampoon goes to the movies. Henry jagloms just 45 minutes from broadway play opens at. Henry jaglom celebrity profile check out the latest henry jaglom photo gallery, biography. Kramer is a philadelphiabased freelance writer whose work appears on websites including and indiewire, as well as various alternative weeklies across the country. Henry jaglom is a filmmaker who was a pioneer of the independent film. Independent distributor, so when i finished the movie, i showed it to. First presented at numerous film festivals, the documentary premiered on pbss acclaimed documentary series pov 18 and currently has an 86% positive rating on rotten tomatoes. Judd nelson on religion in movies, breakfast club, and his. This was henry jaglom first film he had ever directed and is something so personal and something that is deep inside. Henry jaglom biography, movie highlights and photos.
Aug 29, 2018 the notoriously unfinished final film of orson welles, the other side of the wind, is being screened for the first time at the venice film festival this weekendand will get its north american. Mar 24, 2004 the film could not be completed until former beatle george harrison stepped in to finance it after emi films withdrew, fearing it was too controversial. Independent film director henry jaglom is cleary jewish, but he would be the first to argue that description. To tell the truth henry jagloms cinema of emotional verite radiance, at. A very serious comedy about women and food to the critically acclaimed deja vu. This film is written by his wife, victoria foyt, who also plays in the starring role, dana, and american designer. Jaglom was born to a jewish family in london, england, the son of marie nee stadthagen and simon m. Hailed by some as a cinematic genius, a feminist voice and the only true maverick of american cinema, dismissed by others as a voyeuristic, egomaniacal fraud and the worlds worst director, henry jaglom eating, babyfever obsessively and hilariously confuses and abuses the line between life and art, challenging the boundaries of filmmaking with his unorthodox style. Bbc news entertainment python film to challenge passion. Sep 29, 2018 welles had said in 1979 that his film was 96 percent completed. Aug 04, 20 toward the end of his life, orson welles and director henry jaglom became close in friendship and business. Heres the trailer for orson welless final, neverreleased. In other words, either you appreciate jaglom s relentlessly inward style of filmmaking or you find it pandering, excessive and psychological masturbation to the highest degree. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango.
Henry jagloms just 45 minutes from broadway play opens. Secret cinema is a column dedicated to shining a light on compelling, littlenoticed, overlooked, or fadedfrommemory movies from years past. Jaglom is the subject of henry alex rubins and jeremy workmans praised documentary who is henry jaglom. The film could not be completed until former beatle george harrison stepped in to finance it after emi films withdrew, fearing it was too controversial. And the longtime santa monica resident has, like frank sinatra, done it his way. We decided this is an important time to rerelease this film, to provide some counterprogramming to the passion. While capable of turning out a safe commercial film like always 1985, jaglom has preferred to work in a europeanstyle cinema verite fashion, encouraging his actors to improvise within a party framework. In accordance with the directives of government and health authorities, we have temporarily suspended operations. Jagloms latest film takes an indepth look at a complex woman trying to make sense of her inner self. The life and films of henry jaglom, the first book on the american independent cinema. Under contract to columbia pictures, jaglom gueststarred in such tv shows as gidget 1965 and the flying nun 1967, and acted in a number of films which.
Born january 26, 1941 in london, england to simon and marie jaglom, henry jaglom trained with lee strasberg at the actors studio in new york, where he acted, wrote and directed offbroadway theater and cabaret before settling in hollywood in the late 1960s. As an independent film maker who produces cinema verite style work, henry jaglom is described in this doco by alex rubin and jeremy workman as individual as godard or john cassavetes, however their portrait of jaglom focuses more on the man than his films. They lunched regularly together at ma maison, where the film legend asked jaglom to tape. The rainbow theatre company presents tanna frederick in henry jagloms new play, just 45 minutes from broadway at the edgemar which opened october 17th and runs through december 20th written by henry jaglom. In four years shes done three plays, two movies that have come out. From 1983 until just before his death, in 1985, at the age of seventy, orson welles met his friend, the director henry jaglom, for lunch nearly every week at the hollywood restaurant ma maison. But some chapters of the story draw more attention than others. Henry jaglom is a filmmaker who was a pioneer of the independent film movement long before it had a name. Jaglom began his hollywood career in the midsixties as an actor, but in 1971 he wrote and directed his first feature film, a safe place, which starred his friends orson welles and jack nicholson. Film history isnt a highlight reel of universally agreedupon classics. In addition to many of henry jagloms films from the culthit film eating. A safe place is a very personal film, something deep, the safe place is not the one an average person would say in this consumerist world we live in. Margie isnt just complicated, shes a fullbodied enigma whose cunning is hardly limited to her interaction with the other characters.
Henry david jaglom is an american actor, film director and playwright. Henry has made six films with tanna frederick who became his wife in. Henry jagloms at it again santa monica daily press. The film changed more in the editing room that from script to film. Studio system still alive with henry jaglom hollywood reporter. Henry jaglom made a number of independent films in the 1990s and 2000s about complex, creative women. Tanna frederick, who just completed a yearlong run at edgemar starring in the critically acclaimed the rainmaker, first appeared in jagloms hollywood dreams in 2006 and starred in.