Portrait of Jason

Name: Portrait of Jason
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1967
Rating: 82.38499999999999
Cast: Jason Holliday, Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee

1967·Movie

1h 45min

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82/100

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7.0

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About

Interview with Jason Holliday aka Aaron Payne. House-boy, would-be cabaret performer, and self-proclaimed hustler giving one man's gin-soaked, pill-popped view of what it was like to be black and gay in 1960s United States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Milestone Films in 2013.

DNA

Genres: Experimental Biographical Documentary Docudrama
Mood: DarkMelancholicReflectiveThought-ProvokingEmotionalIntimateContemplativePhilosophical
Themes: Click below to reveal spoilers
The Human ConditionBetrayalIdentity CrisisSelf-DiscoveryFriendshipComplex Personalities
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RedemptionPersonal InterviewsFriendship DynamicsPsychological ExplorationComplex RelationshipsUnreliable Narrator
Pacing: LeisurelyEpisodic
Narrative: Real-Time NarrativeStream Of Consciousness
Dialog: Philosophical DiscussionsIntimate Conversations
Character Types: NarratorNarrator's Friend
Time: 1960s
Place: Urban Cityscape
Cinematic Style: Documentary StyleHandheld Camera WorkMinimalist Sets
Costume and Set: Modern AttireEveryday Locations

Sequels and Prequels

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Crew

Directed by:

Shirley Clarke, Jeri Sopanen

Produced by:

Shirley Clarke

Cast

Shirley Clarke

Interviewer (voice)

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