Five Easy Pieces - A man is looking for himself
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Five Easy Pieces - A man is looking for himself |
| Original title | Five easy pieces |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1970 |
| length | 96 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Bob Rafelson |
| script |
Carol Eastman Bob Rafelson |
| production | Bob Rafelson Richard Wechsler |
| camera | László Kovács |
| cut |
Christopher Holmes Gerald Shepard |
| occupation | |
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Five Easy Pieces - A man seeks himself (Original title: Five Easy Pieces ) is an American feature film from 1970.
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Robert Dupea works as a casual laborer on an oil field. He is dissatisfied with his life, his partnership with the simple Rayette Dipesto and his environment. But in Robert lie dormant talents that he left behind when he left his family. Robert was a gifted pianist in a family of musicians.
When his work buddy Elton is arrested for a gas station robbery, Robert quits his job and visits his sister Tita, also a talented pianist, in a recording studio. There he learns that his father Nicholas is seriously ill after a second stroke. Together with Rayette, he makes his way home. Before they reach their destination, however, he leaves Rayette in a motel. It seems impossible to him to introduce Rayette into his intellectual family.
In addition to his father, who can no longer speak, his sister Tita, brother Carl, the formerly successful violinist who, however, can no longer perform after an accident, and his new girlfriend Catherine, who has an erotic effect on Robert, await him at the family home . He stays alone with the family for two weeks and begins an affair with Catherine, until Rayette joins the family because she has run out of money and has grown tired of waiting for Robert.
Robert is actually embarrassed about Rayette's encounter with his family. He makes one last attempt to relate the affair with Catherine, but Catherine rejects him. Frustrated, Robert leaves the family with Rayette, but where should his path lead him. While resting at a gas station, he asks a trucker if he'll take him along. Robert leaves Rayette with his money and car at the gas station.
music
The film manages without music specially composed for the film. Five original songs by country singer Tammy Wynette were used, including her early hits Stand by Your Man and DIVORCE . In addition, music by Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart can be heard.
Reviews
“Portrait of a former pianist who gave up his artistic career prematurely and wandered restlessly through the world. Somewhat original outsider presentation - with time-critical approaches, but without going deeper into the subject. "
"Director Bob Rafelson made this gripping character study that is considered by many critics to be his best film to this day."
“ Five Easy Pieces has the complexity, nuance and depth of the best narratives. He brings these people, these times, and these places so close to us that we care about them even though they do not require our affection or our applause. We remember Bobby and Rayette because they are so themselves, so needy and so strong in their loneliness. "
Awards
Karen Black received a Golden Globe Award for her portrayal of Rayette Dipesto and a New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress . She was also nominated for an Oscar . Jack Nicholson received a Golden Globe nomination and an Oscar for Best Leading Role. The film received further Golden Globes and Academy Award nominations in the categories of Best Picture and Best Screenplay. There was a New York Film Critics Circle Award in 1970 for both Best Picture and Best Director.
In 2000 the film was entered into the National Film Registry .
Web links
- Five Easy Pieces - A man looking at himself in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Five Easy Pieces - A man looking at himself at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Five Easy Pieces - A man seeks himself. In: Lexicon of international films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ cf. prisma.de
- ^ Roger Ebert : Great Movies . In: Chicago Sun-Times , March 16, 2003.