#john moulder-brown

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John Moulder-Brown in La Madrastra (1974)

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John Moulder-Brown in La residencia (1969)

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Helmut Berger e John Moulder-Brown en Ludwig (dir. Luchino Visconti, 1972)

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1970  Deep End

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A Pál utcai fiúk - 1968. Rendezte: Fábri Zoltán. Főszerepben: Anthony Kemp, William Burleigh, Robert Efford, John Moulder-Brown, Julien Holdaway, Törőcsik Mari. https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/magyarfilmekatolcettig

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Jane and John Moulder-Brown in ‘Deep End’🌺🩵

Via @lovely_janeasher on Instagram🌺

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John Moulder-Brown and Rocío Dúrcal behind the scenes of the Spanish-French film 'Diselo Con Flores' (Say It With Flowers) in 1974

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Deep End

We’re used to inspirational coming of age tales, so when Jerzy Skolimowski gifted the world with an absurdist take on the subject in DEEP END (1970, Criterion until today, Plex) many critics didn’t know what to do make of it. Some even found it offensive. John Moulder-Brown is a 15-year-old who’s dropped out of school and found a job at a bath house (not that kind of bath house). Although he had a flirtation in school, his real sexual awakening comes from his growing obsession with an older co-worker (Jane Asher) who’s alternately seductive and dismissive, because she’s hasn’t come of age either. The film is at times queasily funny, as when a blowsy customer (Diana Dors), mauls Moulder-Brown while raving about football and getting the ball into the goal. When Moulder-Brown follows Asher and her wealthy, callous fiancé to a porn theatre, there’s a screamingly funny take-off on “instructional” sex films of the era. But Skolimoski also plants more unsettling elements. Moulder-Brown gets violent when he discovers Asher is also having an affair with his former PE teacher. At one point he runs by a brothel that has a cardboard cut-out of a naked woman who may or may not be Asher. He steals it and swims naked with it in the bath house pool until its head comes off. Asher and Moulder-Brown are both very good (they rehearsed extensively together and even improvised some of their scenes). She ties together the conflicting urges of a young woman who hasn’t yet figured out who she is or what she wants. He hits all the right notes as his character ranges from boyish enthusiasm to misplaced braggadocio, brattiness and eventually fury. This is a great film from a great, almost forgotten filmmaker who apprenticed with Roman Polanski and found his own voice in exile from his native Poland.

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Deep End (1970) Jerzy Skolimowski

July 25th 2024

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Deep End (1970) Jerzy Skolimowski

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John Moulder-Brown in Ludwig (1973)

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"I thought he was an extraordinary looking man. Helmut is a wonderful actor. He looked like Ludwig, and I think he was magnificent in the part. He was, at all times, charming to me. We went out together." — John Moulder-Brown

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La residencia (1969)

AKA The House That Screamed, The Boarding School, The Finishing School, House of Evil

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Ludwig o Luis II de Baviera (1973) de Luchino Visconti

John Moulder Brown’s role as Prince Otto in Visconti’s Ludwig is pretty small when considering screentime, but it is one of the most compelling. His deterioration (portrayed in the film as the result of some sort of PTSD) is heartbreaking to watch and although his final scenes are about halfway through the runtime I found his character to be one of the most memorable.