Athens International Film Festival
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FIVE EASY PIECES

The recently deceased Bob Rafelson, in the biggest moment of his career, imagined the American status quo as a character. Jack Nicholson embodies the alienation of a society that ended up living in the gap between the baby boomers and the failed flower revolution. Bobby Eroica Dupea can easily play the five most complicated piano pieces, however he is unable to endure the basics of social behaviour. A top role among the best roles of New Hollywood, Bobby is a heartbreaking reminder of a generation which woke up after the end of innocence and was led to isolation, where the conservatve values they inherited have no meaning at all. Nominated for four Oscars.

Introduction by director Giorgos Tsemperopoulos


USA / 1970 / COLOR / DCP / 98’ / ENGLISH

If we sometimes tend to forget that Nicholson is much more than ‘Jack’, maybe it’s because we forget about this cornerstone, the first major film welcoming New Hollywood in the ‘70s. Which is not only about auteur signature, great actors, or anti-heroic themes. It’s about the aesthetics of new cinema -which is summed up here. In Robert’s face you can see the middle class defiance, the abrupt awakening from the ‘60s dream of liberalism, the end of romance. However the film is elevated and different because it denies the plot, it insists on not psychologizing and dares an ending which makes ‘Easy Rider’ seem didactically romantic. In merely a year cinema was already decades ahead. I.D.

DIRECTOR: Bob Rafelson
SCREENWRITER: Carol Eastman
DoP: László Kovács
EDITORS: Christopher Holmes, Gerald Shepard
PRINCIPAL CAST: Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Susan Anspach

BOB RAFELSON (1933-2022)
American director, key-figure in the ‘70s rebirth. He co-produced ‘The Mother and The Whore’ by Jean Eustache, and Bogdanovich’s ‘Last Picture Show’ (also screened at AIFF this year) while his relationship with Jack Nicholson led to three more collaborations of the two.

FILMOGRAPHY (SELECTED)
1981 The Postman Always Rings Twice
1976 Stay Hungry
1972 The King of Marvin Gardens
1970 Five Easy Pieces
1968 Head



        : New Hollywood

        MIDNIGHT COWBOY

        MIDNIGHT COWBOY

        29/09/22, 22:00, ASTY

        CHINATOWN

        CHINATOWN

        30/09/22, 19:00, DANAOS 1

        CARRIE

        CARRIE

        30/09/22, 22:00, TRIANON

        MANHATTAN

        MANHATTAN

        01/10/22, 18:00, IDEAL

        THE LAST DETAIL

        THE LAST DETAIL

        01/10/22, 22:00, ASTY

        DAYS OF HEAVEN

        DAYS OF HEAVEN

        02/10/22, 22:00, ASTOR

        HEAVEN’S GATE

        HEAVEN’S GATE

        03/10/22, 19:00, ASTY

        AN UNMARRIED WOMAN

        AN UNMARRIED WOMAN

        03/10/22, 19:00, TRIANON

        KILLER OF SHEEP

        KILLER OF SHEEP

        04/10/22, 17:15, ASTOR

        DELIVERANCE

        DELIVERANCE

        04/10/22, 19:30, TRIANON

        NIGHT MOVES

        NIGHT MOVES

        04/10/22, 22:00, ASTY

        TAXI DRIVER

        TAXI DRIVER

        05/10/22, 22:00, IDEAL

        A NEW LEAF

        A NEW LEAF

        06/10/22, 17:15, ASTOR

        ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN

        ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN

        06/10/22, 19:00, ASTY

        DOG DAY AFTERNOON

        DOG DAY AFTERNOON

        06/10/22, 22:00, ASTY

        BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA

        BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA

        07/10/22, 22:15, ASTY

        THE FRENCH CONNECTION

        THE FRENCH CONNECTION

        08/10/22, 17:30, IDEAL

        NASHVILLE

        NASHVILLE

        08/10/22, 20:30, ASTY

        THE GODFATHER

        THE GODFATHER

        09/10/22, 18:00, IDEAL

        THE LAST PICTURE SHOW

        THE LAST PICTURE SHOW

        09/10/22, 22:00, TRIANON