Lee Grant
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| - | '''''Criminal Desires: Jean Genet and Cinema''''' | ||
| - | by [[Jane Giles]] [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2489394/] published by [[Creation Books]] in the [[Persistence of Vision]] series. It deals with the film adaptations of the work of French writer [[Jean Genet]]. | ||
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| - | ===Films based on the work of Genet=== | ||
| - | In [[1950]], Genet directed [[Un Chant d'Amour]], a 26-minute black-and-white film depicting the [[fantasy (psychology)|fantasies]] of a gay male prisoner and his prison warden. | ||
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| - | Genet's work has also been adapted for film and produced by other filmmakers. In 1982, [[Rainer Werner Fassbinder]] released ''[[Querelle]]'', his final film which is based on ''[[Querelle de Brest]]''. It starred [[Brad Davis (actor)|Brad Davis]], [[Jeanne Moreau]] and [[Franco Nero]]. Genet never saw this film because he would not have been allowed to smoke in a movie theatre. [[Todd Haynes]]' [[homoerotic]] movie ''[[Poison (film)|Poison]]'' was also based on the writings of Genet. | ||
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| - | Several of Genet's plays were adapted into films. ''[[The Balcony]]'' (1963), directed by [[Joseph Strick]], starred [[Shelley Winters]], [[Peter Falk]], [[Lee Grant]] and [[Leonard Nimoy]]. | ||
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| - | [[Tony Richardson]] directed a film, ''[[Mademoiselle (film)|Mademoiselle]]'', which was based on a short story by Genet. It starred [[Jeanne Moreau]] with the screenplay written by [[Marguerite Duras]]. | ||
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| - | His play, ''[[The Maids]]'' was made into a film starring [[Glenda Jackson]], [[Susannah York]] and [[Vivien Merchant]]. | ||
| + | '''Lee Grant''' (born [[October 31]], [[1927]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning, [[Golden Globe]]-nominated [[theater]], [[film]] and [[television]] [[actor|actress]], and [[film director]] who was [[Hollywood ten|blacklisted]] by the [[Hollywood]] [[movie studio]] bosses in the 1950s. | ||
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Lee Grant (born October 31, 1927) is an American Academy Award-winning, Golden Globe-nominated theater, film and television actress, and film director who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses in the 1950s.
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