Behind the Scenes With My Favorite Actors: Theresa Russell in Bad Timing

"I'm not ambitious, not an artist, not a poet, not a revolutionary."













***These stills are a small sampling of the hundreds found on Criterion's tremendous special edition of this film.***

John Schlesinger's Far From the Madding Crowd to finally hit DVD

John Schlesinger's extraordinary 1967 Thomas Hardy adaptation Far From the Madding Crowd is finally set to hit Region 1 DVD on January 27th in a Widescreen, uncut version. No word yet on any extras but the welcome arrival of this gorgeous Nicolas Roeg photographed film starring Julie Christie and Terence Stamp in their prime is cause for celebration.
Speaking of the wonderful Thomas Hardy, it's terrific that several of his finest books have been given such fine screen adaptations. Schlesinger's film stands along with Polanski's Tess (1980) and Michael Winterbottom's Jude (1996) as bona-fide masterpieces in my book. I wish someone would tackle a big screen version of Hardy's haunting short story "The Withered Arm", as apparently there has only been a small screen BBC go at it so far.

My Favorite Closing Shots: John Frankenheimer's I Walk the Line and Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell To Earth

The Art of the Movie Poster (David Bowie Birthday Edition) The Man Who Fell To Earth

Movie Sequences that Shake me to the Core: The Drowning of Christine from Nicolas Roeg's Don't Look Now