The filmmaking process of portrait of jason deliberately interacts with the subject. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. Thats excellent advice, but not with portrait of jason. The same uncertainty lies at the heart of shirley clarkes portrait of jason, an extraordinary 1967 nonfiction film thats just been rereleased in a fabulous restored version from milestone films. A stuffy room at the chelsea hotel is the stage for the magnetic jason holliday and his profound discourses on sexuality, race, and class. Holliday, a gay black man, had an eventful, tumultuous life with experiences that ranged from domestic servant to male prostitute to stage performer. This is the first clip from the newly restored portrait of jason, the classic documentary by shirley clarke. Portrait of jason is a 1967 documentary film directed, produced and edited by shirley clarke and starring jason holliday ne aaron payne, 19241998. He starts the movie by saying his name is jason holliday, which sounds rather upbeat, but we quickly learn thats not his real name he was. As he reminisces about his life, holliday discusses his homosexuality and the gay subcultures in san francisco and new york. Portrait of jason and the life of movies the new yorker. Portrait of jason is a film that plays with complexities. Clarke was hip to all this, which is why the movie is titled portrait of jason and not simply jason.
The eponymous jason introduces himself at length, but later contradicts himself, admitting his real name is aaron payne. The lead actor has the emotional range of a wet sock, other than the overthetop crying scene towards the end. This movie has attractiveness going for it, i will say that. Portrait of jason a film by shirley clarke official trailer youtube. In portrait of jason, holliday is given the entire screen for nearly two hours, during which time he makes probably as candid a selfrevelation as has ever been seen on film or read in books. I am so glad that tcm had the bravery to screen this film. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Heartland the complete thirteen season dvd amber marshall horses reg1 us sell. Shirley clarkes portrait of jason by brecht andersch i started out that evening with hatred, and there was part of me that was out to do. Voir en portrait of jason 1967 vf gratuit film complet. Was clarke giving holliday a stage on which to perform in what he calls his moment.
The junkies then talk the director into trying heroin to better understand the subject. Youll have to complete your refund and exchange before the posted showtime indicated on your ticket. In portrait of jason, putting something on film changes the dynamic intensity what was. Cinematography jeri sapanen jeri sopanen sound recordist jim hubbard produced and directed by shirley clarke. Terminator genisys 2015 full movies hd arnold schwarzenegger, jason clarke, emilia clarke. Essentially, the picture consists of an interview with jason, a young black homosexual and male prostitute. Interview with jason holliday aka aaron payne, house boy, would be cabaret performer, and self proclaimed hustler giving one mans ginsoaked pillpopped, view of what it was like to be coloured and gay in 1960s america. I started out that evening with hatred, and there was part of me that was out. Portrait of jason 1967 cast and crew a black male prostitute and aspiring entertainer recounts his life story for filmmaker shirley clarke. Shirley clarkes portrait of jason slant magazine film. There, for twelve straight hours they filmed the oneandonly jason holliday as he spun tales, sang, donned costumes and reminisced about good times and bad behavior as a gay hustler, sometime houseboy and aspiring cabaret performer. The following is an excerpt from the 2009 essay film as a battleground.
Harry potter complete 8 film collection dvd 2011, 8disc set free shipping. In 2015, the united states library of congress selected the film for preservation in the national film registry, finding it culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. Kate is a 2015 sundance creative producing summit fellow, a san francisco film society krf grant winner and an sffs film house resident. She has a masters degree from the uc berkeley graduate school of journalism. A restored print of shirley clarkes 1967 documentary starts a weeklong engagement at the museum of fine arts wednesday.
Portrait of jason 1967 stream and watch online moviefone. Read the full synopsis of portrait of jason, 1967, directed by shirley clarke, with jason holliday, at turner classic movies. And yet, how much is true and how much is performance. Portrait of jason is a disturbing but fascinating 90minute exercise in the avant garde earlier prints ran 105 minutes. So when milestone decided to rerelease portrait of jason as part of its series of restored films by shirley clarke, cofounder dennis doros had his work. He jokes with the offscreen filmmaker and crew and.
The star of shirley clarke s unforgettable portrait of jason is black, gay, hilarious, heartbreaking and on screen for every one of the film s 107 minutes. I havent seen this film in many years and i greatly enjoyed watching it again. In portrait of jason, a campy queen and naturalborn. Hustler jason holliday slips seamlessly from comedy to tragedy, and back again, in marathon allnight session filmed at clarkes chelsea hotel pad. Portrait of jason is a disturbing but fascinating 90minute exercise in the. Portrait of jason dvd surrey libraries bibliocommons. Black gay prostitute jason holliday is rigorously interviewed on his story and character, revealing nuanced truths about life and art. Portrait of jason is a 1967 experimental documentary film directed by shirley clarke it is a feature length interview of jason holliday, aka aaron payne 19241998, a friend of clarkes. A black male prostitute and aspiring entertainer recounts his life story for filmmaker shirley clarke. The evening of december 3, 1966, director shirley clarke and crew filmed jason for twelve straight hours as he told stories about his life, loves and work. This portrait of jason holliday, a black gay prostitute who dreams of a career as a nightclub performer, is drawn from twelve consecutive hours of filming in a new york city apartment. Its an intense, commanding film, though clarkes wholesale appropriation of jason s life and pain for the purposes of art causes a moral queasiness that, typically for the verite movement, is.
On the night of december 2, 1966, clarke and a tiny crew convened in her apartment at the hotel chelsea to make a film. Clarkes portrait immortalizes jason holliday in the same sense that a death mask might preserve its subjects uncanny likeness. In other words, movies that are any good save peoples lives, and the 1967 film portrait of jasonwhich opened at ifc center on friday, in a. Dapper, blazered jason hollidayhes on camera, drinks and cigarettes in hand, for the entire film is unlike any gay man who had ever been seen in a movie before. She is also the producer of jason sussberg and david alvarados films bill nye. Portrait of jason is a film in which jason holliday is given the entire screen for an hour and 45 minutes, during which time he makes probably as candid a selfrevelation as has been known in the history of motion pictures or literature.
Filmmaker shirley clarke interviews a male hustler full of stories, in the cinemaverite style. Its so important for alternative voices to be heard. Ive never seen anyone in this movie in other things, other than frances fisher. I thought it was more important to be some kind of goddamned junkie who felt alienated rather than to say i. Portrait of jason 1967 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
Thank you shirley clarke for bringing us jason s story and thank you tcm for sharing it with a national audience. Portrait of jason full frame documentary film festival. A budding filmmaker has agreed to pay for the fix if the addicts will allow him to film them. Reviews a rawedged sketch of furiously extended takes a masterwork of grandscale intimacy. Shirley clarkes portrait of jason is an extremely significant movie which must be seen by anyone with serious regard for the medium. A portrait of jason holliday, a black gay prostitute who dreams of a career as a nightclub performer, is drawn from twelve consecutive hours of filming in. For years id felt like an outsider, so i identified with the problems of minority groups. Watch portrait of jason online stream full movie directv. Over the course of a long december night auteur shirley clarke crafts a singular commentary on cinematic spectatorship as she and her partner, carl lee, train the cameras gaze on. Experimental filmmaker shirley clarke, produced, edited, directed and provided voiceover for this landmark film. From todays perspective, as the movie begins, portrait of jason seems less like a vacation from american reality than a rocket ship into the future of gay liberation. Not to manipulate truth, but to elicit a deeper truth. John powers, npr says more about race, class, and sexuality than just about any movie before or since.