Get uptodate 197475 montreal canadiens roster and statistics and much more on. Complete national film registry listing sort films by title, year of release, and year inducted into the registry by using the up and down arrows at the top of each column. Likewise, the message of the film imagination is wonderful. Its possible that the film youre searching for is not on nfb. Frank is a photographer living among the assorted outcasts, junkies, gaybisexual friends and artists populating montreals main street. Maybe very few people will ever have a chance to watch this film. This project was built by athabasca university and is funded in part by the canada interactive fund program of canadian heritage. The 1976 montreal games were marred by an african boycott involving 22 countries.
This is a list of canadian films which were released in 1974. They eloquently describe and analyze the film, placing it at the interstices of film aesthetics, sexual liberation history, and the larger history of representations of the desiring body. Title director cast genre notes 125 rooms of comfort. Pages in category films set in montreal the following 166 pages are in this category, out of 166 total. Montreal main 1974 is the sort of work that justifies the existence of the independent filmmaking endeavor more often dedicated to the creation of callingcard movies. The great gatsby is a 1974 american romantic drama film based on f. Pinballspotting in my hometown of montreal, quebec, canada during the 60s and 70s was impossible. A longhaired canadian boys johnny sutherland parents discourage his friendship with an arty 30yearold man frank vitale. Everything is what it is and yet, like the classic nfb documentaries of the 1950s, suggests other things. The imaginary documentaries of montreal filmmakers frank. He headed the first film studies department in canada 1969. Occasionally, i will post meetups for screenings, in those cases we will see the film together and hold a discussion afterwards. Its a very rare and forgotten film that may be in some forgotten vault in montreal or new york, where vitale worked about twenty five years ago. Writerdirector frank vitale and cowriter allan moyle created something unique and hard to forget in montreal main.
For screenings, free or paid, the fee will be waived. Original trailer for frank vitals montreal main 1974. Lawrence boulevardthe montreal main of the titlewe hear frank and pammy marchant, shouting at one another. Frank vitale, montreal main, 1974, 16 mm, blackandwhite, sound. Not all films from our collection are available online. Get uptodate 197475 montreal canadiens schedule and results and much more on. Nick pinkerton on 1970s canadian independents artforum. On 17 july, with queen elizabeth, canadian prime minister pierre trudeau and 73,000 people looking on, the greek.
Boasting a film festival nearly every week of the year, montreal has a longstanding reputation as a thriving urban centre where traditional cinematic and new media practices flourish. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Its complicated and warm, filled with contradictory, improvisatory performances. Its a portrait of people who are, to quote the film, hip on the outside, scared and nervous about things on the inside. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing montreal main near you. In his effort to clean up the city, mayor jean drapeau managed to implement a bylaw in 1955 or so that banned pinball machines arguing that they were gambling machines and corrupted youth. On frank vitales montreal main winnipeg film group.
Get the best deals on topps basketball card sets when you shop the largest online selection at. It was directed by jack clayton and produced by david merrick from a screenplay by francis ford coppola. Theres something admirable and intriguing in montreal mains nonsensationalist approach to its subject matter. Silent night, bloody night is a slowburn oddity with atmosphere and eclecticism and budget holes to spare, but style and set pieces that prefigure so many elements of bob clarks black christmas 1974 killer in the house, creepy phone calls, cold, dark shadowy nights that i assumed this must have been a canadian production. As the camera moves in on the outside of franks loft on st.
The film opens with a sense of personal relationships as a battle ground. The film was directed by frank vitale, and written by vitale, allan moyle and stephen lack. Vitales first feature was the most honest film about male sexuality made to date. French stream voir film streaming complet en streaming. Footage taken by the filmed 16mm trailer uploaded by ultra 8 pictures. The film was directed by frank vitale fr, and written by vitale, allan moyle and stephen lack. But when vitale and lack were reunited for anthology film archives 1970s canadian.
Montreal main 1974 is the sort of work that justifies the existence of the independent filmmaking. Canadian film online is an interactive website devoted to the history of fulllength feature filmmaking in canada. Frank vitale and stephen lack will appear at both screenings. Montreal main has somehow been lost to the annals, which is unfortunate.
Frank vitale pushes boundaries in this independent, controversial story from 1974 that exposes two different worlds. It is a film that was first shot completely on video as a test drive. I broke down this list by the best things to do in montreal, local attractions, outdoor activities and hikes, museums, food and drinks, tours, day trips, and events. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. A film that is so seventyish that almost the smell of chips in blvd. Screening at garden scene in montreal july 8th 2015. The winnipeg film group was formed in 1974 as a direct result of the canadian film symposium at the university of manitoba, an annual event held to critically discuss and screen independent canadian film and filmmaking. Uncertain identities montreal main 1974 by peter harcourt photo by lois siegel. On frank vitales montreal main by john greyson montreal main. Womens events in basketball, rowing and team handball all made their.
At the montreal forum, there is total symbiosis between the crowd and the habs. Full of equivocal relationships, montreal main constructs a world of moral ambivalence. John sutherland in montreal main 1974 john sutherland and frank vitale in montreal main 1974 montreal main. The film played the gay film festival circuits in the 1970s and occasionally showed up on us art house screens at the time, but has rarely been revived since. Its too raw and discomfiting and morally dubious to be made by anyone other than committed amateurs. Frank, a photographer living among the assorted outcasts, junkies, and artists populating montreals main is quieter and more introspective than most of his friends. Download pdf copies of the entire list of registry titles sorted alphabetically or by year of release. Boylinks the internets most comprehensive listing of boyrelated and boylove websites. Peter harcourt peter harcourt, a canadian critic based at the british film institute, was hired by queens university in 1967 to teach its first regular film course. It seemed no great leap for vitale to set to making a film more or less documenting their surroundings. Taking in an entire season of the baiecomeau drakkar, this film reveals the daily lives of players and managers on this quebec major.
A great deal of the films enduring power lies in the sense of veracity they. Montreal was in the fullthrottle grip of its own quebecois nouvelle vague, with features by arcand, lefebvre, groulx and heroux being produced. Movie details for montreal main 1974 montreal main 1974 country. The boycott was organised by tanzania to protest the fact that the new zealand rugby team had toured apartheid south africa and that new zealand was scheduled to compete in the olympic games. Everything is what it is and yet, like the classic nfb.
Overview for angela lansbury turner classic movies. Naturalistic in appearance, it has the air of making itself up as it goes along. The formula is pretty much set in stone, but in 1976 montreal added a wrinkle. Yet every image in the film and every element of its style possess the resonance of metaphor. Complete national film registry listing film registry. Frank vitale, a bearded introvert described early on as the noisy silent type, is a photographer whos spent time in new york but who now follows his towheaded partner in. Waugh and garrison treat montreal main with all the complexity that a vanguard film dealing with the relationships between men and boys deserve. This fulllength documentary offers a fascinating behindthescenes look at our national. In frank vitales autobiographical study, he plays a photographer living among the assorted outcasts, junkies, and artists populating montreals main. The film centres on frank vitale and bozo moyle, two friends of ambiguous sexuality living in the bohemian arts community of montreal, quebec. Written by vitale, moyle, and local personality stephen lack, montreal main 1974 has little pretense to narrative, more concerned with portraying the milieu and way of life, the actors performing under their own names, and spending much of their time simply hanging out, chewing the fat.
Montreal main 1974 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Montreal film discussion club saintlaurent, qc meetup. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. Cinema in montreal theres no denying that montreal is a cinephile city. Wanted to see a canadian film after a good experience watching the luck of ginger coffey 1964.
Vitales autobiographical study, he plays a photographer living among the assorted outcasts, junkies, and artists populating montreals main. Montreal main 1974 a longhaired canadian boys johnny sutherland parents discourage his friendship with an arty 30yearold man frank vitale. Michel braults great verite melodrama, also from 1974. The montreal film group is the largest film group in canada with over 2,000 members the montreal film group has three divisons the montreal movie fans the montreal film industry group the montreal singles movie group membership to the club is 100% free. The 1975 montreal expos team roster seen on this page includes every player who appeared in a game during the 1975 season. Explore all films nfb national film board of canada. Montreal main is a canadian docufiction film, released in 1974. Frank vitale, allan moyle, stephen lack, johnny sutherland, peter brawley. Frank director frank vitale, an adult photographer, befriends and grows close to a young boy, johnny john sutherland, over their mutual interest in photography. I offer this synoptic preface because in 1974, montreal main grew out of this. This is the backdrop of montreal main, written by vitale, moyle, and lack, and starring all three. French stream voir film streaming complet en streaming vf gratuit. Peter harcourt, a canadian critic based at the british film institute. It is a comprehensive team roster and player names are sorted by the fielding position where the most.