32° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
NEW HOLLYWOOD II

CARNAL KNOWLEDGE

CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
by Mike Nichols
Country: USA
Year: 1971
Duration: 98'


Jonathan (Jack Nicholson) and Sandy (Art Garfunkel) share everything: a dorm room, future projects, their first awkward sentimental overtures, even girls. As adults, they continue to exchange stories and confidences, in a depressing existential vacuum. The sentimental and sexual education of the American male, narrated by Feiffer with poisonous humor and directed with icy brutality by Nichols. A disturbing movie (which anticipates Closer, by Nichols), with a chilling finale and a lost beauty spinning on her skates.

Biography

film director

Mike Nichols

FILMOGRAFIA

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Chi ha paura di Virginia Woolf?, 1966), Catch-22 (Comma 22, 1970), The Day of the Dolphin (Il giorno del delfino, 1973), The Fortune (Due uomini e una dote, 1975), Silkwood (id., 1983), Heartburn (Heartburn - Affari di cuore, 1986), Biloxi Blues (Frenesie militari, 1988), Working Girl (Una donna in carriera, 1989), Postcards from the Edge (Cartoline dall’inferno, 1990), Regarding Henry (A proposito di Henry, 1991), Wolf (Wolf - La belva è fuori, 1994), Primary Colors (I colori della vittoria, 1998), Angels in America (Angeli in America, tv, 2003), Closer (id., 2004), Charlie Wilson’s War (La guerra di Charlie Wilson, 2007).

Cast

& Credits

regia, produttore/director, producer
Mike Nichols
sceneggiatura/screenplay
Jules Feiffer
fotografia/cinematography
Giuseppe Rotunno
montaggio/film editing
Sam O’Steen
scenografia/production design
Richard Sylbert
costumi/costume design
Anthea Sylbert
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Jack Nicholson (Jonathan), Ann-Margret (Bobbie), Art Garfunkel (Sandy), Candice Bergen (Susan), Rita Moreno (Louise), Cynthia O’Neal (Cindy), Carol Kane (Jennifer)
produzione/production
AVCO Embassy Pictures
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