Rollerball (1975)
DP · Season 6 · Episode 142 · 4/9/2023 · 1:18:08
Guest: slim
At long last, the return of super producer and co-host of The Letterboxd Show and 70mm, Slim. He’d always wondered why no one talks about 1975’s sci-fi film gladiator sports film that was James Caan’s follow-up to The Godfather, Rollerball. Now he knows. Is it an under-rated gem, attaining Kubrickian levels of genius, or does the story, pacing, editing, acting, costuming, sound design, and directing make this film a dud. Find out...NOW.
Directed by: Norman Jewison
Cinematography: Douglas Slocombe
Music: André Previn
Starring: James Caan, John Houseman, Maud Adams, John Beck, Moses Gunn, Pamela Hensley, Barbara Trentham, Shane Rimmer