#barbara kopple

[fuckyeahwomenfilmdirectors]

Havoc dir. Barbara Kopple (2005)

[genevieveetguy]

Harlan County U.S.A., Barbara Kopple (1976)

[davidhudson]

Happy 78th, Barbara Kopple.

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Sign in the mines in Harlan County U.S.A

1976, dir. Barbara Kopple

[oldfilmsflicker]

new-to-me #256 - Shut Up & Sing

[corythesaxon]

I’m from WV and people have this weird glorification with coal mining despite it being the reason Appalachia is covered in poverty and why a lot of people die before they’re old.

Harlan County, U.S.A., 1976

[schlock-luster-video]

On December 23, 1977, Harlan County, USA debuted to a limited release in the United States.

Here's some original art inspired by the classic documentary!

[audreys-hepburn]

Anne Hathaway as Allison Lang HAVOC 2005 — dir. Barbara Kopple

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Wednesday, July 12.

1970s.

Ah, those were the days...

...not that we were there, of course. But we can sure as sugar pretend: listen to dusty vinyl records, grow our hair in all manner of styles, write on typewriters, watch films from the innovative "New Hollywood" directors such as Martin Scorsese, Stanley Kubrick, Mike Nichols, Elaine May, Barbara Kopple, and Francis Ford Coppola if we're feeling artistic, neigh, intellectual (or sit down with Star Wars, Jaws, Rocky, and Saturday Night Fever if we're not), go to a lot of protests, recall our most grisly, harrowing memories from 'Nam, wear high-waisted trousers, and try to sneak into Fleetwood Mac's ever destructive, irresistibly sexy inter-band drama. 

In short, there was a lot happening in the 1970s, or indeed, the #70s, all of it big, bold, colorful, yet earthy, and very often brilliant. It was a decade of immense cultural, political, and societal change, much of it for the better, and much of it that, at the very least, continues in spirit to our own day. The 70s is not such a period of time, indeed, but a state of mind. 

[kissablelips-desireslure-vol2]

OZ: THE SERIES SEASON 3 EPISODE 8 (1999)

Directed By: Barbara Kopple

Written By: Tom Fontana

CHRISTOPHER MELONI (as Chris)

&

LEE TERGESEN (as Tobias)

[glennmillerorchestra]

i was tagged by maddie @leonardcohenofficial to post my top 9 ntm watches of 2023! i really slacked on my film goals this year but the movies i DID watch i enjoyed :)

in no particular order, L-R from the top:

asteroid city (2023), dir. wes anderson mr. smith goes to washington (1939), dir. frank capra mermaids (1990), dir. richard benjamin the shop around the corner (1940), dir. ernst lubitsch salmonberries (1991), dir. percy adlon harlan county, usa (1976), dir. barbara kopple to wong foo, thanks for everything! julie newmar (1995), dir. beeban kidron the caddy (1953), dir. norman taurog bottoms (2023), dir. emma seligman

i'll tag @frogeye-pierce @juliebarnes @iwrotemrtambourineman :))

[importantwomensbirthdays]

Barbara Kopple

Documentary filmmaker Barbara Kopple was born in New York City in 1946. Kopple's film Harlan County USA, a documentary about a coal miners' strike in Kentucky, won an Academy Award and was named to the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress. Her film American Dream, which focused on a food worker strike in Minnesota, won an Academy Award as well as a DGA Documentary Award. Two years later, in 1994, Kopple won another DGA Documentary Award for Fallen Champ: The Untold Story of Mike Tyson. She has also been nominated for seven Emmy Awards, and in 2023, was honored with the Emmy's News & Documentary Lifetime Achievement Award.

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[nancywheeeler]

any movie recs??? 👀

oh anon, i love you and you have no idea the can of worms you have just opened. heck yeah do i have movie recs...

movies i've loved recently:

Rye Lane {incredible modern rom-com, awesome lead performances, gorgeous to look at, takes the "one chaotic day together" narrative structure and runs full speed with it}

Bound {the wachowskis' first movie! a very intense neo-noir thriller. the directing is giving "we're already conceptualizing the matrix" which means they direct the hell out of it}

Harlan County, USA and American Dream {both essential documentaries by Barbara Kopple about union efforts in Pennsylvania in the 70s and Minnesota in the 80s respectively. if you're then looking for a narrative feature with similar themes, Norma Rae is great}

Duck Soup / The Gold Rush / The General {three classics of the Hollywood Golden Age for one! go with Chaplin's The Gold Rush if you want snowy antics in Alaska, Buster Keaton's The General if you wanna see a guy almost die on a train many, many times, and the Marx Brothers' Duck Soup if you want a sharp-witted satire on fascism and war}

movies i personally never shut about:

All the President's Men {it's so sexy when people are good at their jobs! especially if that job is journalist who takes down the nixon administration! if you want a thriller that isn't bloody or overtly sexual, this is the thriller for you!}

The Full Monty {a comedy i believe everyone needs to watch. a 90 minute delight about a group of unemployed blue-collar guys trying to stage a strip show. given it came out in 1997, it's not nearly as dated as you think it'll be and stars a tumblr sexyman hall of famer, Robert Carlyle}

The Vast of Night {weird to describe a movie as gentle sci-fi horror, but that's exactly what this is. it centers around one eerie night in a 1950s town where the local radio station manager and a telephone operator begin picking up strange signals. it has vibes for days and does a lot with a very simple story and small budget}

Cure {...okay, this movie is not for everyone, but if you're down for a very unsettling horror movie, i cannot recommend this one highly enough. the premise is a detective investigating a series of murderers where each murderer has no memory of committing the crime. one of the best-directed movies i've ever seen. like it'll have you holding your breath in scene after scene}

The Last Waltz {since i recommended two other documentaries, i can't resist also recommending my favorite. it's Martin Scorsese's concert film of The Band's final show together. a great movie to put on in the background while cooking / doing chores since it's mostly musical performances, or you can do what i do and stare at Rick Danko the entire time!}

okay, i'll quit while i'm ahead now. if you're looking for movies in a specific genre (drama, comedy, romance, horror, sci-fi, sci-fi horror, horror comedy, romantic comedy with a dash of horror, throw me anything), let me know! i seriously could talk about movies for the rest of my life.

[justmochi]

GOT7’s Jenn To Make Her Musical Debut In ‘Harlan County’

GOT7’s Jenn is going to star in a new musical 'Harlan County' which is set to open on May 16. This also marks her musical debut.

Based off of Barbara Kopple's "Harlan County USA" that won an Academy award for Best Documentary, Harlan County is a true story of the Harlan County coal mine village which was a milestone in the American labor movement.

Jenn is cast in the role of Elena, the only female miner and daughter of the chairman of the mining union, Morrison.

Harlan County is set to run from May 16 until July 16 at KEPCO Art Center.

[filmografie]

Favorite films watched in February 2023:

Sounder (1972), dir. Martin Ritt

Harlan County, USA (1976), dir. Barbara Kopple

The Importance of Being Earnest (1952), dir. Anthony Asquith

EO (2022), dir. Jerzy Skolimowski

To Sleep With Anger (1990), dir. Charles Burnett

Valentina (1981), dir. Gleb Panfilov

This Happy Breed (1944), dir. David Lean