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Pharos of Chaos( 1983)

TV-MADocumentary
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Overview

A superb, moving and thrilling interview with American actor Sterling Hayden (1916-86), held in Besançon, France, on board a dilapidated barge, when he was 65 years old. An unparalleled portrait, in his own words and without any qualms, of a legendary Hollywood star, icon of film noir and the western, who was also a marine, an OSS agent, an anti-communist informer, a writer and a wandering sailor: the hero of his own life.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Charles Brauer

      Self - Narrator (voice)

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      Sterling Hayden

      Self - Actor

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      Burkhard Driest

      Self

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      Hannes Wader

      Self

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      Hanns Zischler

      Self

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    5
    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Mar 28 2022
    A fascinating opportunity to spend some intimate time learning about the life and career of Sterling Hayden as he lives - aged 67 (ish) - on his dilapidated Parisian barge. Unfortunately, the film allows the subject to randomly rabbit on - frequently about alcoholism, from which he clearly suffered. Without any constructive or even vaguely penetrative direction, this becomes little more than a video diary; sometimes engaging and lucid, other times completely in the realms of "Grey Gardens". It is frequently too much of a monologue - it's as if Manfred Blank was too unwilling and/or intimidated ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • cinema on cinema
    • movie business
    • besançon, france
    • celebrity interview