Monday, August 23, 2010

Films and filming, June, 1970, Costa-Gavras Interviewed

As noted in an earlier post about the film 'Z', this may or may not be (some like Courson herself stated it was Pursued with Robert Mitchum) the last film Jim Morrison (and possibly Courson) saw before his death in July, 1971. It would seem that it may have been a film Morrison would be interested in, since a subject matter concerning political assassination sat well with Morrison's take on contemporary society, when it came to writing his poetry/song lyrics (especially when comments on the topic of assassination by Morrison have oft been quoted, and also where Morrison in either/or or both of The Lords/The New Creatures poetry collections deals specifically but minimally with the subject of political assassinations...). Remember that Morrison during his late teens/early twenties lived through a period of intense political, social, religious and economic upheaval in the USA. Assassination, arrest, and an apocalyptic mood was the main order of the day.





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