Notes for Jerome

1978

Documentary

IMDb Rating 6.5/10 10 58 58

Plot summary

During the summer of 1966 Jonas Mekas spent two months in Cassis, as a guest of Jerome Hill. Mekas visited him briefly again in 1967, with P. Adams Sitney. The footage of this film comes from those two visits. Later, after Jerome died, Mekas visited his Cassis home in 1974. Footage of that visit constitutes the epilogue of the film. Other people appear in the film, all friends of Jerome.

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Top cast

Julian Beck as Self
Julie Sitney as Self
720p.BluRay
1.62 GB
1280*960
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
3 hr 2 min
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The sad and ultimately depressing tale of a charmless man

Shot almost entirely on location this is a seemingly surreal tale of a man who infuriates people around him with his constant talking. It makes difficult viewing at times because the reactions of his "victims" seem very real and you wonder whether they even knew they were being filmed. It certainly pulls an emotional punch, and doesn't make for easy viewing. I walked away in a slight state of shock feeling as if I might have been watching a disaster happening in slow motion. A slightly entertaining tale at some points, especially when Jerome gets over-excited, but far too easy to parody. Best avoided.
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