剧情：EightjunkiesplayjazzmusictogetherinaseedyNewYorkapartment,whiletheywaitfortheirdealertoarrive.Allthewhile,pretentiousfilmmakerJimDunn,playedbyWilliamRedfield,istryingtoshootadocumentaryaboutthesedrugged-upmen.Inthisprovocativefeature,directorShirleyClarketreadsthelinebetweendocumentaryandfictiontopokefunatcinemaverité.... (展开全部) EightjunkiesplayjazzmusictogetherinaseedyNewYorkapartment,whiletheywaitfortheirdealertoarrive.Allthewhile,pretentiousfilmmakerJimDunn,playedbyWilliamRedfield,istryingtoshootadocumentaryaboutthesedrugged-upmen.Inthisprovocativefeature,directorShirleyClarketreadsthelinebetweendocumentaryandfictiontopokefunatcinemaverité.... EightjunkiesplayjazzmusictogetherinaseedyNewYorkapartment,whiletheywaitfortheirdealertoarrive.Allthewhile,pretentiousfilmmakerJimDunn,playedbyWilliamRedfield,istryingtoshootadocumentaryaboutthesedrugged-upmen.Inthisprovocativefeature,directorShirleyClarketreadsthelinebetweendocumentaryandfictiontopokefunatcinemaverité.HotheadDunnexhortsthementoactnaturally,saying,“I’mjusttryingtomakeanhonesthumandocument.” TheConnection(1961)wastobecomeoneofthemostinfluentialworksofUSindependentcinema,withitsrestlesscamerawork,improviseddialogues,andunderstatedjazzscorebypianistFreddieReddandsaxlegendJackieMcLean.Clarke’srawapproachcapturesboththebebop-infusedcountercultureoftheearly1960sandthefeelingsofdisillusionment. Thedirector’ssubversivereworkingofJackGelber’seponymousplay,featuringactorsfromLivingTheater,wasimmediatelybannedforitsuseofobscenelanguage.DespiteClarkewinningtheensuingtwo-yearlegalbattle,thefilmwentunseenformanyyears. 源自：https://festival.idfa.nl/en/film/aa2e5ba2-5a7b-4952-884f-c058384677c1/the-connection/