Quiet Days in Clichy AKA Not so Quiet Days
Henry & June
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Quiet Days in Clichy AKA Not so Quiet Days (Stille dage i Clichy)
Directed by Jens Jørgen Thorsen.
With Paul Valjean, Wayne Rodda, Ulla Koppel.
Denmark, 1970, 35mm, black & white, 100 min.
English and Danish with English subtitles.
Print source: HFA
A struggling writer and a charming stud with a taste for young girls weave their way through a decadent Paris paved with wanton women, wild orgies, and outrageous erotic adventures. Based upon the long-banned novel by Henry Miller, the film was deemed obscene on its release by the United States Government which promptly seized all English-language prints until the film was ultimately cleared in Federal Court.
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Henry & June
Directed by Philip Kaufman.
With Fred Ward, Uma Thurman, Maria de Medeiros.
US, 1990, 35mm, color, 136 min.
Print source: HFA
Based on the journals of Anaïs Nin, the film chronicles the love triangle which developed between Nin (Medeiros), Henry Miller (Ward) and his wife, June (Thurman) in 1930s Paris. As Miller toiled away at his loosely autobiographical Tropic of Cancer, Nin explored her desires for both the writer and his enigmatic wife. Henry & June generated much controversy as the first film to garner the MPAA's NC-17 rating, designed as a more palatable alternative to the stigmatizing X rating. Beyond the hype, the film provides a sensuous rendering of French bohemia.
Part of film series
Screenings from this program
Ballad of a Soldier / The Forty-First
Nightfall / Great Day in the Morning
Verboten! / Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
I'll Never Forget What's 'is Name / The Jokers
Hearts of the World / True Heart Susie
Anna Christie / The Long Voyage Home
Suddenly Last Summer / The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Quiet Days in Clichy / Henry and June
The Freshman / The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
The Sheep Has Five Legs / The Law is the Law
Hobson's Choice / Sidewalks of London
I Know Where I'm Going / Outcast of the Islands
An Inspector Calls / The Belles of St. Trinian's
Mother Joan of the Angels / Thérèse
Dawn of the Dead / Strange Behavior
