{"id":86103,"date":"2014-07-01T15:21:54","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T19:21:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=86103"},"modified":"2019-03-11T09:16:23","modified_gmt":"2019-03-11T13:16:23","slug":"r-i-p-paul-mazursky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheilaomalley.com\/?p=86103","title":{"rendered":"R.I.P. Paul Mazursky"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nJohn Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands in Paul Mazursky’s “Tempest.”<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cI seem to have a natural bent toward humor and I seem to make people laugh, but I think there is in me a duality. I like to make people cry also. I like to deal with relationships. The perfect picture for me does all that.\u201d – Paul Mazursky<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Director\/actor\/writer Paul Mazursky has passed away at the age of 84. A quick look at his IMDB page tells me that he directed six performers in Oscar-nominated performances, and that kind of says it all about the kinds of films he directed (not to mention wrote). It’s also not surprising that most of those nominated were women: Mazursky was awesome at directing women, Jill Clayburgh in Unmarried Woman<\/i> being the most obvious example. She was such a strange and specific talent, somewhat uncontrollable, awkward, and he just let her BE that. It’s an amazing performance. <\/p>\n

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