What is Medium Cool / Reflections in a Golden Eye about?

Larry Karaszewski Presents: Double Feature: MEDIUM COOL, 1969, Paramount, 110 min. Photographed in and around the riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, MEDIUM COOL stars Robert Forster as a cynical TV reporter trying to maintain his equilibrium amid tear gas, yippies, black militants and working-class mother Verna Bloom. Written, directed and shot by Haskell Wexler. REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE, 1967, Warner Bros., 108 min. Director John Huston’s adaptation of Carson McCullers’ weird Southern Gothic has NATIONAL VELVET’s Elizabeth Taylor all grown up, married to Major Marlon Brando but horsing around with married neighbor Brian Keith. Repressed Brando’s hung up by manliness, particularly in the form of private Robert Forster, who likes to ride bareback on Liz’s prize stallion. Co-starring Julie Harris. Discussion between films with Robert Forster and Haskell Wexler, moderated by Larry Karaszewski.

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What is Medium Cool / Reflections in a Golden Eye about?: Larry Karaszewski Presents: Double Feature: MEDIUM COOL, 1969, Paramount, 110 min. Photographed in and around the riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, MEDIUM COOL stars Robert Forster as a cynical TV reporter trying to maintain his equilibrium amid tear gas, yippies, black militants and working-class mother Verna Bloom. Written, directed and shot by Haskell Wexler.

REFLECTIONS IN A GOLDEN EYE, 1967, Warner Bros., 108 min. Director John Huston’s adaptation of Carson McCullers’ weird Southern Gothic has NATIONAL VELVET’s Elizabeth Taylor all grown up, married to Major Marlon Brando but horsing around with married neighbor Brian Keith. Repressed Brando’s hung up by manliness, particularly in the form of private Robert Forster, who likes to ride bareback on Liz’s prize stallion. Co-starring Julie Harris. Discussion between films with Robert Forster and Haskell Wexler, moderated by Larry Karaszewski.