- The Moderns
Infobox_Film
name =The Moderns
caption = Theatrical release poster
writer =John Bradshaw Alan Rudolph
starring =Keith Carradine Linda Fiorentino John Lone Wallace Shawn Geneviève Bujold Geraldine Chaplin
Kevin J. O'Connor
director =Alan Rudolph
producer =David Blocker Shep Gordon Carolyn Pfeiffer
music =Mark Isham CharlElie Couture
cinematography =Toyomichi Kurita
distributor =Alive Films
release date =1988
runtime =126 min.
country = USA
language =English
budget =
imdb_id = 0095649"The Moderns" is a
1988 film byAlan Rudolph , which takes place in 1926Paris during the period of theLost Generation and at the height ofmodernist literature .American film critic,
Roger Ebert , in his review stated that "The Moderns" is::"sort of a source study for theParis ofErnest Hemingway in the 1920s; it's a movie about the raw material he shaped into "The Sun Also Rises " and "A Moveable Feast ", and it also includes raw material for books byGertrude Stein ,Malcolm Cowley andClifford Irving ." [ [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19880506/REVIEWS/805060303/1023 Roger Ebert's review of "The Moderns"] ]Plot summary
Nick Hart (
Keith Carradine ) is anexpatriate American artist living in Paris among some of the great artists and writers of the time, includingErnest Hemingway (Kevin J. O'Connor),Gertrude Stein (Elsa Raven ), andAlice B. Toklas (Ali Giron ).Nick is torn between his estranged wife Rachel (
Linda Fiorentino ) and Nathalie de Ville (Geraldine Chaplin ) who hires him to forge her paintings. He must also contend with Rachel's current husband, Bertram Stone (John Lone ).Notes
External links
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/themodernsnrkempley_a0ca12.htm Film review] at "
The Washington Post "
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