Country: USA
Year: 1989
Duration: 81'
In this documentary James Toback asks various people existential questions like: "Why are we born?", "Who are we?" and "Where are we going?". Amongst the people interviewed, boxer José Torres, astronomer Fred Hess, basketball player Darryl Dawkins, and producer Don Simson. At the beginning of the film, James Toback tries to convince producer Joseph H. Kanter to produce a film that has neither a story, a screenplay nor characters.
Biography
film director
James Toback
James Toback was born in 1946. He graduated from Harvard University and taught at the City College of New York. He worked as a reporter for magazines such as "Esquire", "Harpers", "Dissent", and "Commentary". In 1974 he debuted as a feature film screenwriter with The Gambler, directed by Karel Reisz. He won an Oscar nomination in 1991 for his screenplay for Bugsy, directed by Warren Beatty. His first film as a director was Fingers, starring Harvey Keitel. His documentary, The Big Bang, won him an Oscar in 1989.
FILMOGRAFIA
Fingers (Rapsodia per un killer, 1978), Love and Money (Per amore e per denaro, 1982), Exposed (Star's Lovers, 1983), The Pick-Up Artist (Ehi ci stai? , 1987), The Big Bang (doc., 1989), Two Girls and a Guy (1997), Black and White (id., 2000), Love in Paris (1999), Harvard Man (2001).
Cast
& Credits
Regia, soggetto e sceneggiatura: James Toback.
Director of photography: Barry Markowitz.
Editor: Keith Robinson.
Interviste: Emma Astner, Missy Boyd, Max Brockman, Darryl Hawkins, Eugene Fodor, Polly Frost, James Toback, José Torres, Fred Hess, Don Simpson.
Production company: Joseph H. Kanter per Kanter-Toback Production.
Director of photography: Barry Markowitz.
Editor: Keith Robinson.
Interviste: Emma Astner, Missy Boyd, Max Brockman, Darryl Hawkins, Eugene Fodor, Polly Frost, James Toback, José Torres, Fred Hess, Don Simpson.
Production company: Joseph H. Kanter per Kanter-Toback Production.