The Connection (Shirley Clarke, 1962)

[auess]

The Connection (1962)

Directed by
Shirley Clarke

Writing credits
Jack Gelber (also play)

Genre: Drama, Addiction Drama, Docudrama, Urban Drama, Message Movie
Runtime: 110 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black and White / Color
Sound Mix: Mono
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054763/
reviews: http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/ ... ction.html

Plot Outline: A director tries to film a group of junkies in Leach's room while they are waiting for Cowboy to bring their heroin connection.

Experimental director Shirley Clarke's first feature film is a no-compromise look at the dead-end world of drug addiction in Manhattan. Awaiting their next "connection", eight dopers sit in a bleak New York loft. The addicts agree to allow filmmaker William Redfield to shoot a documentary of their lifestyle—for a price. When their connection arrives, he suspects the filmmaker of being a narc and abruptly runs away. The film ends with Redfield agreeing to try some heroin himself in order to more thoroughly understand his "actors". While it appears totally improvised (especially a supposedly impromptu jam session with four musician junkies), The Connection was adapted from a play by Jack Gelber. Roscoe Lee Browne appears in the cast in one of his earliest movie roles. — Hal Erickson

are all jazz musicians heroin addicts?

It seems every movie that has jazz musicians also portrays them as being heroin addicts. Maybe that's why I don't like jazz. If I shot up and then listened to jazz, maybe it would begin to sound like music to me. Nonetheless the movie was good, better than the best picture Oscar winner of this year (1961) West Side Story. If you don't like "stagey" movies, then stay away from this as the entire movie is set in a small apartment.

P.S. This movie isn't really about jazz; Jazz just happens to be the pastime between shooting up, nodding off and jonesing for the next shot.



A landmark film -- not only for its incredible jazz soundtrack, but also for its careful blending of early 60s experimental cinema, living theater, and documentary film! The movie is based on the famous play The Connection -- a story of a number of junkies waiting to score in a New York loft -- but director Shirley Clarke adds in a new element to the work, by including the character of a cinema verite director -- hanging out with the junkies to make a "real" film of their lives, in a near parodic performance that calls into question many of the conventions of documentary at the time. Throughout the story, Jackie McLean and Freddie Redd hang out as junkies waiting to score -- jamming beautifully on tracks from Redd's famous score for the film (issued on CD by Blue Note.) The whole thing's incredible -- very edgey, musically moving, and one of the most important films of the 60s.

The.Connection.-.Shirley.Clarke.-.1962.-.Jackie.McLean.-.Freddie.Redd-.Divx.avi

(1 full source from france, and another 1 leecher, seems from spain . COME ON EVERYBODY GET THIS NOW!)

[Faeton]

One more leecher

[jemenfous]

8O outstanding 8O

Auess: DXC Dr. Honoris Causa Nominee 2004

[jemenfous]

Any full source?

auess, did you get the complete file?

[Cirlot]

Any full source?
auess, did you get the complete file?

May I ask the same questions, auess? Some 20 downloaders now, almost all are 65 MB away from completing the file, but there has been no full source for quite some time.

Por cierto, pregunté ayer en Fileheaven si alguien podía recompartir esto, pero la ausencia de respuestas me hace pensar que nadie ha llegado a bajárselo completo.

Salud, comas y República.

[jemenfous]

La única fuente completa aparece esporádicamente para repartir como 60 u 80 mbs y luego vuelve a desaparecer durante un tiempo.

Saludos

[jemenfous]

Cirlot, parece ser que estabas en lo cierto, nos quedamos con la miel en los labios, la fuente completa lleva ya como un mes sin aparecer

En su día bajé esto y me parece muy interesante

Ron.Mann.-.Imagine.the.Sound_Cecil.Taylor,.Archie.Shepp,.Paul.Bley,.Bill.Dixon.(1981).Part.1.mpg

Ron.Mann.-.Imagine.the.Sound_Cecil.Taylor,.Archie.Shepp,.Paul.Bley,.Bill.Dixon.(1981).Part.2.mpg

Salut y a ver si hay suerte

[fiddles]

whast a pity, did anyone manage to finally dload this one, right now there aren't any full sources

[jemenfous]

He encontrado esto:

The Connection - Shirley Clarke - 1962 DivFix.avi

Con alguna fuente completa, a ver si ahora hay suerte

[auess]

He encontrado esto:

The Connection - Shirley Clarke - 1962 DivFix.avi

Con alguna fuente completa, a ver si ahora hay suerte

Great! A new rip with one full source!

[NitteZtalker]

Hummm, divFix, me suena a que alguien corrigio el archivo con 98% y los subió (yo hice eso con mi versión, al menos) ¿alguien pudo verificar que se trata de otra copìa?

[carlanga]

Pues yo lo pincho igual mientras se confirma o desmiente tal asunto. Gracias.

[Wagnerian]

Se lo voy a dejar a el_salmonete, no me gusta hacerle sufrir...

[Sr_Flavio]

hay subtitulos de esta peli?
saludos

[4ojos]

¿Hay alguien por ahí que tenga esta peli completa? La tengo estancada desde hace más de un mes a falta de 60Mb de nada y me aparece un 0/9 desalentador