Next Stop, Greenwich Village
by Paul Mazursky
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Actor: Christopher Walken, Ellen Greene, Lenny Baker, Lois Smith, Shelley WintersDirector: Paul Mazursky
Brand: BAKER,LENNY
Cinematographer: Arthur J. Ornitz
Producer: Paul Mazursky
Writer: Paul Mazursky
Editor: Richard Halsey
Producer: Anthony Ray
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 111 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-12-13
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of Next Stop, Greenwich Village
Movie Review: For Adults Who Want To See 1950s Without June Cleaver
Summary: 5 Stars
I recall seeing this at the Circle Theater in Washington, DC two or three years after its original release. The Circle was a repertory cinema four blocks from the White House. In 1986 the owners closed it, and the building was razed.
I recommend this film based on my 27 - year - old memories of it. A lot of realism. Diners and small apartments are reconstructed in detail so you time travel to the 1950s. Many scenes take place in cold weather; I could feel it. Christopher Walken's performance stands out.
It's not for children anywhere or for adults in the Bible Belt. Other reviewers haven't mentioned three points in the film that may puzzle a child or offend an adult in the Bible Belt or an adult who thinks Leave It To Beaver and What's My Line reflect 1950s America.
# 1 -- A member of the gang of Greenwich Villagers named Anita is introduced when the gang announces gleefully that she's committing suicide and they must witness it. They practically skip down the street on the way to her apartment. Turns out she was just threatening to do it.
Anita later joins the gang in a diner and goes with the flow. She stops talking about her personal problems and keeps up with the rapid conversations. Topics include the prosecution and death sentences for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. I couldn't figure out if Anita was supposed to be Jewish or Catholic. Her mannerisms and last name can suggest either group.
# 2 -- In several scenes, the main character and his girlfriend refer to the form of birth control known as a diaphragm. If you want your kids to think that device first became available on the solstice that launched the Summer of Love in 1967, then keep this DVD away from them.
# 3 -- When the main character, an aspiring actor, must rehearse a scene outside the theater, he lets his mother (Shelley Winters) read the lines of his character's leading lady. In fact, mother and son rehearse a love scene, and they kiss passionately. I couldn't figure out if filmmaker Paul Mazursky was implying that their relationship had an incestuous undercurrent.
All in all, Mr. Mazursky convinces me that in the 1950s, Greenwich Village and the rest of the United States were different planets.
I would love to see a 1950s San Francisco other than the one seen in Vertigo. Were I to see it I might put S.F. on the same planet as Greenwich Village. I suspect that the Madison, Wisconsin of the 1950s might belong on this "Alternative To Leave It To Beaver Planet," but such a film seems unlikely to get made now that five decades have passed. (People from those cities who could help the set designers have died.) Thanks, Mr. Mazursky, for capturing what you captured when it was just 20 years old.
Summary of Next Stop, Greenwich Village
During the 1950s, a young man leaves home to go live in Greenwich Village and be an actor.Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: R
Release Date: 13-DEC-2005
Media Type: DVD
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