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Post by petrolino on Dec 29, 2023 5:40:32 GMT
When I think of north American directors, I automatically think of Norman Jewison and his late, brilliant friend and fellow Canadian Arthur Hiller who both excelled at comedy as well as genre work and seriocomic dramas.
'Fowl Owl On The Prowl' (this is apparently my mother's 2nd favourite song after 'Georgia On My Mind', which surely tells you something ...)
I feel he's now the last north American man standing, of an era, with the passing of Elliot Silverstein.
'Hurricane' - Bob Dylan (for the record, personally speaking, I love many of the films of Norman Jewison, including 'The Hurricane' (1999) ...)
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Dec 29, 2023 6:34:40 GMT
He’s still alive?
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Post by PaulsLaugh on Dec 29, 2023 6:40:31 GMT
He had a good run in the 1960s. He was more hit and miss later on. He is great at montages.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 29, 2023 7:00:47 GMT
I hope so. I consider him a rare breeed. A director who made classic movies across the decades.
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Post by marianne48 on Dec 29, 2023 12:50:45 GMT
One of my favorite directors--he made my favorite 1960s-era Doris Day comedy, The Thrill of it All, one of the only good musicals in the 1970s, Fiddler on the Roof, and one of the only good, non-irritatingly-dumb rom-coms of the last 40 years, Moonstruck.
Sto lat! (or even more).
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Post by Teleadm on Dec 29, 2023 18:54:56 GMT
A great Canadian icon of cinema.  |
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Post by mikef6 on Dec 29, 2023 19:14:15 GMT
I, too, respect his body of work very much.
He is 97-years old. His next birthday is July 21.
Even though his surname is Jewison and he directed "Fiddler On The Roof," he is not Jewish.
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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Dec 29, 2023 19:39:38 GMT
When I think of north American directors, I automatically think of Norman Jewison and his late, brilliant friend and fellow Canadian Arthur Hiller who both excelled at comedy as well as genre work and seriocomic dramas.
'Fowl Owl On The Prowl' (this is apparently my mother's 2nd favourite song after 'Georgia On My Mind', which surely tells you something ...)
I feel he's now the last north American man standing, of an era, with the passing of Elliot Silverstein.
'Hurricane' - Bob Dylan (for the record, personally speaking, I love many of the films of Norman Jewison, including 'The Hurricane' (1999) ...)
Jewison had wanted to use Little Red Riding Hood by Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs but couldn't get the rights to it so he settled for Foul Owl on the Prowl
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Post by politicidal1 on Dec 30, 2023 2:07:25 GMT
Great filmmaker with quite a few classics under his belt.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 31, 2023 2:43:35 GMT
One of my favorite directors--he made my favorite 1960s-era Doris Day comedy, The Thrill of it All, one of the only good musicals in the 1970s, Fiddler on the Roof, and one of the only good, non-irritatingly-dumb rom-coms of the last 40 years, Moonstruck. Sto lat! (or even more).
Pippen is a big fan of 'Moonstruck'. I think it's beautifully directed, as is 'Only You' (1994), one of my favourite rom coms of the 1990s.
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Post by petrolino on Dec 31, 2023 2:46:48 GMT
I, too, respect his body of work very much. He is 97-years old. His next birthday is July 21. Even though his surname is Jewison and he directed "Fiddler On The Roof," he is not Jewish.
Two of my filmmaking heroes are still with us aged 97 - Norman Jewison, one of the great studio directors, and Roger Corman, one of the great independent filmmakers. I treasure every moment we have with them here, though Jewison is seemingly reclusive these last 20 years - and hopefully happy in retirement - while Corman never stops working (in some capacity).
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Post by petrolino on Dec 31, 2023 2:58:25 GMT
A great Canadian icon of cinema.
He was close friends with Sidney Lumet, though they often were working in different places. With characteristic wit, Lumet once remarked that Jewison had a far kinder face than your typical movie director.
“Sidney Lumet’s focus was always on the screenplay and on the actors. Directors don’t know each other that well, usually, but Sidney and I were close. I think about him every time I’m in New York City.”
- Norman Jewison remembers Sidney Lumet, The New York Times
Steve McQueen & Norman Jewison
I started this topic in the holiday season because I want Mr. Jewison to know his fans out there are always holding him and his work close to their hearts, and because I want to honour Elliot Silverstein, who's left us, in some small way. I appreciate hearing all your thoughts.
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Post by petrolino on Jan 23, 2024 21:33:03 GMT
Well, Norman Jewison has leapt from this mortal coil, and I know there's many movie fans who'll miss him. I've enjoyed reading tributes online today. His passing feels like the end of an era to me; to my knowledge, he was the last of the great north American film directors who cut their teeth in the early days of live television's Golden Age (the 1950s), though there are still directors with us who began in television in the 1960s.
"Norman Jewison remembers a meeting with Judy Garland backstage at an ice rink in the early '60s. She asked Jewison to wait a moment while she made a phone call. He sat there as she sang "Over the Rainbow" to someone at the other end of the phone and then added, "Happy birthday, Mr. President" before hanging up. She'd called John F. Kennedy in the White House and given him a gift only she could possibly have given."
- Tom Shales reviews the documentary 'Judy Garland : Beyond The Rainbow' (1997), Washington Post
Judy Garland & Norman Jewison
One of the many strings to his bow was directing one-off entertainment specials for television. In 1960, Jewison directed a pair of specials that were crucial to his creative development. One of these was 'An Hour With Danny Kaye' (1960).
"Norman Jewison had a remarkable instinct for casting, but also an appreciation for the texture of a community, embracing the ethnic details that made his characters so specific. Jewison insisted on shooting on location as much as possible (filming “Jesus Christ Superstar” in Israel and “Fiddler on the Roof” in eastern Europe, as close as he could get to Russia).
Jewison was not Jewish — though he got that a lot, on account of the name. Truth be told, he was a Protestant kid from Toronto, and he demonstrated a kind of conscientious civility throughout his career that’s more consistent with our northern neighbors. Jewison was soft-spoken in life, but ever the activist in his work.
Even the least issue-driven of his films, 1975 smash-’em-up special “Rollerball,” makes a political statement. Watching it now, you see Jewison anticipating a culture run by corporations, where televised bloodsports serve to distract the masses. Set in 2018, it’s among the more prophetic science fiction films of its time."
- Peter Debruge, Variety
Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra & Norman Jewison
Excerpt from 'An Hour With Danny Kaye (aired October 30, 1960) [Library Of Congress]
In the same year, Jewison directed the influential television special, 'Belafonte, New York 19' (1960), showcasing the talents of musician Harry Belafonte.
"My first job with a camera was for a Canadian star named Bernie Braden, the first late-night star of British television. I just went to London and saw him, did my pitch — I’m a Canadian kid and I want to learn — and he was very kind to me. I did that until 1952, when CBC television first went on the air. The cameras they had, great big bloody things, but you start playing around … I fell in love with the idea of television. That it was going to change the world. Anything this powerful, where you could see both the Atlantic and the Pacific with the push of a button, it was like a miracle. We had no television in Canada until 1952.
I went to New York and started working. Wayne and Shuster, Danny Kaye, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra. I worked on the first black special on American television with Harry Belafonte, and we lost 26 stations while we were on the air. They were offended by the fact that a black entertainer was on their station in Montgomery, Ala., or Mississippi. America was so filled with racial hatred. I was excited about what I was doing, but frustrated by the idea that it was all over after “roll credits, bring up the music, bring up the applause, fade to black.” Film was different. Film is forever. Like books. Like art. Like sculpture."
- Norman Jewison, National Post
Dean Martin, Judy Garland & Frank Sinatra
'Hava Nagila' - Harry Belafonte [Excerpt from 'Belafonte : New York 19' (1960)]
In 1965, Danny Kaye would perform 'Hava Nagila' on 'The Danny Kaye Show', a song recorded by Harry Belafonte for the album 'An Evening With Belafonte' (1957).
"I had seen "In the Heat of the Night" when I was a teenager and loved it. He made "The Cincinnati Kid." He made the one about the rich guy who was a thief for the fun of it, "The Thomas Crown Affair." A terrific filmmaker, and he’d already made a hell of a lot of films.
"In the Heat of the Night" was certainly up there, for Rod Steiger and Sidney Poitier’s performances, and for just really good storytelling. It’s a character piece, and it’s of its time, but I think it holds up. He was always experimenting. Even as late as when he was doing "The Hurricane," with Denzel Washington, there’s a scene with Rubin Carter in prison where Norman kind of splits Denzel up into four different personas and has them agonize and argue in a cell. Sensational filmmaking, with a lot of confidence behind it."
- John Patrick Shanley remembers working with Norman Jewison on 'Moonstruck' (1987), Rogerebert.com
Norman Jewison, Steve McQueen & Faye Dunaway
Norman Jewison's friend Dyan Cannon performing 'Come Rain Or Come Shine' & 'Have I Stayed Too Long At The Fair' as a singing ghost on 'The Danny Kaye Show' [13th January, 1965]
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Post by politicidal1 on Jan 23, 2024 21:40:54 GMT
petrolino, yeah it's a shame. But he left behind an incredible body of work.
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Post by Pippen on Jan 23, 2024 23:59:19 GMT
petrolinoAnother wonderful TRIBUTE THREAD for a terrific film (and tv) director from an era where it was the story that made the movie ! Thank you !
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