Minimalist, visually innovative and distinctly arthouse sally potters the gold diggers is all of these, meaning its audience is also distinctly limited. The film starred elle fanning and alice englert as the title characters and received its premiere at the telluride film festival. Now playing as part of the women at work series at bam, the film is both an avantgarde musical and surreal silent melodrama, tackling philosophical issues with a surprising sense of play. Made with an allfemale crew including cinematographer babette mangolte jeanne dielman, the gold diggers is a beautiful, poignant landmark work of. Ruby julie christie is an enigmatic film star in quest of her childhood. Drawing from the same well of avantgarde antistructure as enfant terrible jeanluc godard and playwright bertolt brecht, sally potters whipsmart the gold diggers is brimming with cultural and political signifiers that. Watching this film for the first time in a new york public library basement, no less, i was surprised by its reputation of animosity.
Actrices et acteurs the gold diggers 1983 the gold diggers, casting du film. You can watch the gold diggers online on videoondemand services netflix, hbo now, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. These two storylines interweave unexpectedly through ingenious, inventive musical set pieces and brilliant set design. The cult success of her short 16mm film, thriller 1979 brought sally potter the opportunity to direct her first 35mm feature. Sally potters film the gold diggers 1983 occupies an important place in the cultural politics of feminism. Gold diggers of 1937 1936 official trailer dick powell, joan blondell musical movie hd stageproducer j. You might even go so far as to say its the kind of pretentious twaddle that gives arthouse movies a bad name, though potter did manage to draw an oscarwinning actress, julie christie. Gelsey, james seymour, david boehm and ben markson based on avery. Aesthetically, the film occupies the territory between experimental cinema and, with its stunningly lit blackandwhite cinematography redolent of ingmar bergmans films, european art cinema. There she takes up tango lessons and forms a relationship with the dancer. An exploration into the relationship between gold, money and celebrity. The gold diggers 1983 letterboxd your life in film. The gold diggers uk, 1983 directed by sally potter.
An analysis of the gold diggers 1983 by sally potter. Here are the 10 of the best gold digger pranks of youtube. Both the play and the film were produced by david belasco. George antoni, julie christie, kassandra colson, siobhan davies, maedee dupres, juliet fisher, david gale, colette laffont, jacky lansley, marilyn mazur, vera murray, thom osborn, sheba, trevor stuart et hilary. Celeste colette laffont is a computer clerk in a bank who becomes fascinated by the relationship between gold and power. The gold diggers ganze filme deutsch, ganzer the gold diggers 1983 film deutsch, the gold diggers 1983 ganzer film deutch schauen, the gold diggers 1983 ganzer film stream, ganzer film the gold diggers kostenlos legal gucken. An early film by the great british writerdirector stephen poliakoff.
The groundbreaking first feature from the director of orlando and the tango lesson, the gold diggers is a key film of early 80s feminist cinema. The gold diggers 1983 posted on august 4, 2014 by rosie sally potters feature film directorial debut, the gold diggers, is a strange yet stunning black and white curiosity piece written from a feminist perspective was the film that begun potter on a path of intelligent and creative works. The groundbreaking first feature from the director of orlando and the tango lesson, the gold diggers is a key film of early eighties feminist cinema. In the opening song for her 1983 debut feature the gold diggers, singing in tones that recall those of dagmar krause, potter sings of violence particularly maleperpetrated violence as manifested in both film and literature, and how it messes with her head, and pleads, please give me back my pleasure. This film is not currently playing on mubi but 30 other great films are. It poses the question of female subjectivity through a critical exploration of the structuring linearity of classic narrative film. Vedere the gold diggers film i streaming oltre a una trama eccitante ed una grande storia d, the gold diggers contiene caratteri uniche che il film a prescindere da altri lo stesso genere. Its an apt question, for the gold diggers is a work thats much concerned with history cinema history, in particular, and, more particularly still, the role of women therein. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1983 movies 1983. Gelsey, with additional dialogue by david boehm and ben markson. For most of its running time, gold diggers of 1933 is a standard crowdpleaser. Wikiproject film rated stubclass this article is within the scope of wikiproject film. In the opening song for her 1983 debut feature the gold diggers, singing in tones that recall those of dagmar krause, potter sings of violence particularly maleperpetrated violence as manifested in both film and literature, and how it messes with. The gold diggers is a valuable addition to an increasing number of films by female directors.
The gold diggers, her first feature, got a monstering from critics comparable to michael powells peeping tom, and probably some of this was down to misogyny, and antiintellectualism, and other unworthy reasons to reject such an ambitious, sincere film. The gold diggers and hester street ucla school of tft. Made with an allwoman crew, featuring stunning photography by babette magolte and a score by lindsay cooper it embraces a radical and experimental narrative structure. The film went into limited release in the uk in 2012 before enjoying a limited run in north america in early 20. So asks celeste colette laffont near the beginning of sally potters the gold diggers 1983. Gold diggers of 1937 1936 official trailer dick powell. Lindsay cooper music from the gold diggers 1983, vinyl. I cannot highly recommend this film unless you are a christie fan which i am or you like artsy films that may or may not have a hidden signification. Watch the gold diggers online vimeo on demand on vimeo. Casting julie christie and colette laffont as costars, the film explores the relationship between the female spectator and two cinematic portraits. The gold diggers 1983 film jump to navigation jump to search. The gold diggers is a film directed by sally potter with julie christie, colette laffont, hilary westlake, david gale, year.
That film, gold diggers of broadway, which starred nancy welford and conway tearle, was the biggest box office hit of that year, and gold diggers of 1933 was one of the topgrossing films of 1933. Though its first half has numerous wry references to poverty, one chilling line from aline macmahon about the lengths to which outofwork chorus girls might be forced to go, and. The gold diggers is a 1983 british film directed by sally potter, her debut, and stars julie christie, kassandra colson and siobhan davies. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see lists of open tasks and regional and topical. Romantic comedy a story about a girl, who doesnt know how to be poor and about a boy, who doesnt know how to b. Its also possible that the critics resented potter for giving them all tinnitus. But this is no action movie, for its heart is in its mouth, and the value of each. An experimental feminist examination on the relationship between women and capitalism, sally potters the gold diggers defies easy encapsulation. Gold diggers 1933 precode scene hd, busby berkeley. This version of hopwoods play was written by james seymour and erwin s.
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