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The Big Shot
Hungary | 2018 | 28 min • Narrative Short
Hal
Mary D. Fisher Theatre
Tue, Feb 26, 2019 10:00 AM
Although Hal Ashby directed a remarkable string of acclaimed, widely admired classics throughout the 1970s — "Harold and Maude", "The Last Detail", "Shampoo", "Coming Home", "Being There" — he is often overlooked amid the crowd of luminaries from his generation. Amy Scott’s exuberant portrait explores that curious oversight, using rare archival materials, interviews, personal letters, and audio recordings to reveal a passionate, obsessive artist.
Ashby was a Hollywood director who constantly clashed with Hollywood, but also a unique soul with an unprecedented insight into the human condition and an unmatched capacity for good. His films were an elusive blend of honesty, irreverence, humor, and humanity. Through the heartrending and inspiring "Hal", you feel buoyed by Ashby’s love of people and of cinema, a little like walking on water.
Hal
Mary D. Fisher Theatre
Fri, Mar 1, 2019 7:00 PM
Although Hal Ashby directed a remarkable string of acclaimed, widely admired classics throughout the 1970s — "Harold and Maude", "The Last Detail", "Shampoo", "Coming Home", "Being There" — he is often overlooked amid the crowd of luminaries from his generation. Amy Scott’s exuberant portrait explores that curious oversight, using rare archival materials, interviews, personal letters, and audio recordings to reveal a passionate, obsessive artist.
Ashby was a Hollywood director who constantly clashed with Hollywood, but also a unique soul with an unprecedented insight into the human condition and an unmatched capacity for good. His films were an elusive blend of honesty, irreverence, humor, and humanity. Through the heartrending and inspiring "Hal", you feel buoyed by Ashby’s love of people and of cinema, a little like walking on water.
When Tamas, the young first time film director realizes that Mihaly, his burnt-out has-been movie star is unable to convincingly perform the movie's key underwater drowning scene, as a last attempt he proposes him to do the sequence for real.
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