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Robert Jay Rafelson (February 21, 1933 – July 23, 2022) was an American film director, writer and producer. He is regarded as one of the key figures in the founding of the New Hollywood movement of the 1970s.
Jul 25, 2022 · In tribute to the great New Hollywood director, who has died aged 89, we republish this expansive interview in which he analysed the idiosyncrasies of his first four features. This interview first appeared in the Autumn 1976 issue of Sight and Sound and was republished in The New Hollywood Volume 2.
Jun 6, 2012 · Just a year earlier, 1969, the road had been Easy Rider. Bob Rafelson was an uncredited producer on that, as well as one of the gang who got the unruly picture edited. Then in his mid thirties, he’d had a mixed-up life. He was born in New York City, the son of a man who produced felt for hat-making.
Feb 20, 1997 · Nicholson should know: Rafelson, whom he calls Curly (he had thick, wavy hair in the old days), has directed him in some of his best roles, in movies such as “Five Easy Pieces” (1970) and “The...
Jul 25, 2022 · He was born in New York City on February 21, 1933. After graduating from high school and studying philosophy at Dartmouth, Rafelson was drafted into the Army and stationed in Japan. While there, he began to develop an interest in film, including the works of John Ford, Ingmar Bergman and Yasujiro Ozu. Around this time, he married his high ...
Apr 14, 2009 · In 1976, Rafelson directed the distinctive and underrated Stay Hungry, set in the world of gymnasiums and body building contests, starring Jeff Bridges and featuring a young Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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Jul 28, 2022 · In 1990, Rafelson finally got to realize a project he’d dreamt of for years. Mountains of the Moon tracks an expedition in the 1850s, the search for the source of the Nile River led by Richard Francis Burton, one of Rafelson’s childhood heroes, and John Hanning Speke.
