The Moderns
| The Moderns | |
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 Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Alan Rudolph |
| Produced by | David Blocker Shep Gordon Carolyn Pfeiffer |
| Written by | Jon Bradshaw Alan Rudolph |
| Starring | Keith Carradine Linda Fiorentino John Lone Wallace Shawn Geneviève Bujold Geraldine Chaplin Kevin J. O'Connor |
| Music by | Mark Isham CharlElie Couture |
| Cinematography | Toyomichi Kurita |
| Studio | Nelson Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Alive Films (theatrical) MGM Home Entertainment (DVD) |
| Release date(s) | April 15, 1988 |
| Running time | 126 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $5 million |
| Box office | $2,011,497 |
The Moderns is a 1988 film by Alan Rudolph, which takes place in 1926 Paris during the period of the Lost Generation and at the height of modernist literature. The film stars Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino and John Lone among others.
American film critic, Roger Ebert, in his review stated that The Moderns is:
- "sort of a source study for the Paris of Ernest Hemingway in the 1920s; it's a movie about the raw material he shaped into The Sun Also Rises and A Moveable Feast, and it also includes raw material for books by Gertrude Stein, Malcolm Cowley and Clifford Irving."[1]
[edit] Plot summary
Nick Hart (Keith Carradine) is an expatriate American artist living in Paris among some of the great artists and writers of the time, including Ernest Hemingway (Kevin J. O'Connor), Gertrude Stein (Elsa Raven), and Alice B. Toklas (Ali Giron).
Nick is torn between his ex-wife Rachel (Linda Fiorentino) and Nathalie de Ville (Geraldine Chaplin) who hires him to forge her paintings. He must also contend with Rachel's current husband, Bertram Stone (John Lone).
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[edit] External links
- John Walker. (1989) "Art & the art world in films in the 1980s". THES / artdesigncafe.
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