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Quiet Days in Clichy AKA Not so Quiet Days

Directed by Jens Jørgen Thorsen

Henry & June

Directed by Philip Kaufman
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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.

  • 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.

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