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MEDIUM COOLUnited States | 1969 | BD | 110 minutes | Color | English
Director: Haskell Wexler
Cast: Robert Forster, Verna Bloom, Peter Bonerz, Marianna Hill, Harold Blankenship, Charles Geary, Robert Blankenship, Sid McCoy, Christine Bergstrom, William Sickinger, Robert McAndrew, Marrian Walters, Beverly Younger, Edward Croke, Doug Kimball, Peter Boyle, Georgia Todda, Janet Langhart, Jeff Donaldson
It’s 1968, and the whole world is watching. With the U.S. in social upheaval, famed cinematographer Haskell Wexler decided to make a film about what the hell was going on. MEDIUM COOL, his debut feature, plunges us into the moment. With its mix of fictional storytelling and documentary technique, this depiction of the working world and romantic life of a television cameraman (Robert Forster) is a visceral cinematic snapshot of the era, climaxing with an extended sequence shot right in the middle of the riots surrounding the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. An inventive commentary on the pleasures and dangers of wielding a camera, MEDIUM COOL is as prescient a political film as Hollywood has ever produced.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Madison Public Library, 201 W Mifflin St,Madison,WI,United States
