Mark Rappaport

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I, Dalio
7.2

I, Dalio

Apr. 30, 2015

I, Dalio

The great French actor, Marcel Dalio, who has the lead role in Jean Renoir’s THE RULES OF THE GAME, also appears in Renoir’s GRAND ...
Rock Hudson’s Home Movies
6.0

Rock Hudson’s Home Movies

In this revisionist documentary, actor Eric Farr re-creates the character of Rock Hudson in order to take a look back at his films. It compares ...
From the Journals of Jean Seberg
7.2

From the Journals of Jean Seberg

Mark Rappaport’s creative bio-pic about actress Jean Seberg is presented in a first-person, autobiographical format (with Seberg played by ...
The Vanity Tables of Douglas Sirk
6.5

The Vanity Tables of Douglas Sirk

A video essay exploring the frequency and meaning of that particular prop in a wide variety of Sirk movies. Is it a device that traps and keeps ...
Sergei/Sir Gay
7.9

Sergei/Sir Gay

Jan. 27, 2017

Sergei/Sir Gay

As a teenager, Eisenstein signed his drawings with ‘Sir Gay’. Roguish essayist Rappaport sees clear signs of his sexual preferences ...
The Scenic Route
6.9

The Scenic Route

Apr. 15, 1978

The Scenic Route

An experimental drama that spins the tale of a woman, her sister, and the man who completes the triangle. Told through such fertile sources as ...
John Garfield
6.8

John Garfield

Jan. 01, 2002

John Garfield

Mark Rappaport completed his concise portrait of the legendary John Garfield in 2002, comprised (like much of his filmed essays) from existing ...
Local Color
7.4

Local Color

Apr. 19, 1977

Local Color

Mark Rappaport’s off center soap opera parody concerning several characters including a barber, his wife, and a pair of incestuous twins. ...
Chain Letters
6.5

Chain Letters

Sep. 08, 1985

Chain Letters

The story involves nine upwardly mobile Manhattanites, all of whom receive a chain letter. Depending on their decision to either pass the letter ...
Our Stars
6.2

Our Stars

May. 07, 2015

Our Stars

Stars of the 1940s and 1950s, were they cast for their mutual affinities or for their commercial appeal? If and when they were re-starred years ...
Mozart in Love
6.8

Mozart in Love

Nov. 19, 1975

Mozart in Love

An irreverent take on Mozart’s relations with the three Weber sisters: Louisa, whom he loved, but who didn’t love him; Constanza, ...
Exterior Night
6.5

Exterior Night

Jan. 01, 1993

Exterior Night

Shot in high-definition video using rear-screen process plates from classic Warner Bros. films noirs. A young man (in color) searches for his ...
Impostors
6.9

Impostors

Mar. 16, 1979

Impostors

One of Mark Rappaport’s later narratives (which won the Gold Hugo for Best First Feature at the Chicago International Film Festival in ...
Casual Relations
7.2

Casual Relations

Mar. 22, 1974

Casual Relations

In Rappaport’s dazzling and bizarre feature-length debut, he focuses on states of imaginative possession and dispossession, demonstrating ...