Criterion Reflections – Episode 3 – Spring 1969

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Criterion Reflections is David Blakeslee’s ongoing project to watch all of the films included in the Criterion Collection in chronological order of their original release. Each episode features panel conversations and 1:1 interviews offering insights on movies that premiered in a particular season of a year in the past, which were destined to eventually bear the Criterion imprint. In this episode, David is joined by Jordan Essoe, Trevor Berrett, Keith Enright, John Laubinger, and Robert Taylor to discuss five titles from the Spring of 1969: Ingmar Bergman’s The Rite, Louis Malle’s Calcutta, Dennis Hopper’s Easy Rider, Masahiro Shinoda’s Double Suicide and John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy.

Episode Time Markers:

• Introduction: 0:00:00 – 0:11:00
• The Rite: 0:11:01 – 0:45:20
• Calcutta: 0:45:21 – 1:02:12
• Easy Rider: 1:02:13 – 2:00:17
• Double Suicide: 2:00:18 –  2:33:06
• Midnight Cowboy: 2:33:07 – 3:12:02

The Rite (3/25/69)
Guest: Jordan Essoe

• FilmStruck
• IngmarBergman.se
• Acting Out Politics
• Breaking Down Bergman
• Can’t Stop the Movies
• Derek Winnert
• Films de France

Calcutta (4/16/69)
Guests: Trevor Berrett and Keith Enright (from “The Eclipse Viewer”, 2016)

• Criterion
• A Journey Through the Eclipse Series
• The Eclipse Viewer – Episode 50 – The Documentaries of Louis Malle [Part 2]
• Dharma Documentaries
• Jamuura
• The Film Sufi
• TCM

Easy Rider (5/8/69)
Guests: Jordan Essoe and Jon Laubinger

• Criterion
• AMC FilmSite
• Cinepassion
• Digital Fix
• New York Times
• Ozu’s World
• Roger Ebert
• Variety

Double Suicide (5/24/69)
Guest: Trevor Berrett

• Criterion
• The Criterion Contraption
• Combustible Celluloid
• J-Film Pow-Wow
• Japanese Culture Reflections
• Mondo Digital

Midnight Cowboy (5/25/69)
Guest: Robert Taylor

• Criterion LaserDisc
• Opening and Final Scene Excerpt from Criterion LaserDisc commentary track
• History of the Academy Awards
• AMC FilmSite
• New York Magazine
• New York Times
• Roger Ebert
• Variety
• Washington Post

More!

• Criterion Reflections blog (1922 – 1967)
• Criterion Reflections columns on CriterionCast (1968)
• The Eclipse Viewer
• A Journey Through the Eclipse Series

Contact Us:

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• David Blakeslee [ Twitter / Website ]
• Jordan Essoe [ Twitter / Website ]
• Trevor Berrett [ Twitter / Website ]
• Keith Enright [ Twitter / Website ]
• Jonathon Laubinger [ Twitter / Website ]
• Robert Taylor [ Website ]

Criterion Reflections logo designed by Brandon Blakeslee

Opening theme music: “Going to the Supermarket” by The Maroons (1980)