{"id":1021,"date":"2006-04-21T18:35:53","date_gmt":"2006-04-22T01:35:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1021"},"modified":"2021-01-25T19:35:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-26T02:35:03","slug":"cold-wind-in-august-a-1961","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1021","title":{"rendered":"Cold Wind in August, A (1961)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I keep forgetting I&#8217;m robbing the cradle.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Cold-Wind-in-August-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Cold-Wind-in-August-Poster-194x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-65992\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Cold-Wind-in-August-Poster-194x300.png 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Cold-Wind-in-August-Poster-663x1024.png 663w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Cold-Wind-in-August-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Cold-Wind-in-August-Poster-175x270.png 175w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Cold-Wind-in-August-Poster.png 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 194px) 100vw, 194px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis<\/strong>:<br \/>\nA lonely stripper (Lola Albright) seduces a teenager (Scott Marlowe) in her apartment building, then finds herself unexpectedly falling in love.  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Coming-of-Age<\/li>\n<li>May-December Romance<\/li>\n<li>New York City<\/li>\n<li>Strippers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, &#8220;Lola Albright&#8230; had her one strong movie role in this erotic, honest little sleeper&#8221;, playing a &#8220;past-her-prime stripper who, to show herself she still has what it takes, seduces a seventeen year-old&#8221;, and &#8220;is surprised to discover that he provides her with the love and sex that have been missing from her life&#8221;. Most effective is the way Burton Wohl&#8217;s screenplay (based upon his own novel) presents us with two characters in flux: Albright&#8217;s Iris is finally learning what it&#8217;s like to be in love, while Marlowe&#8217;s Vito is simply responding to his awakening sexual urges.  It&#8217;s inevitable that such a pairing won&#8217;t last, but it&#8217;s still painful to watch Vito pulling away, and Iris suffering as a result. Made six years before <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=27573\"><em>The Graduate<\/em> (1967)<\/a>, <em>Cold Wind<\/em> is the superior film simply in terms of showing the &#8220;older woman&#8217;s&#8221; perspective.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lola Albright&#8217;s mature, natural performance as Iris (Peary nominates her for an Alternate Oscar)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Iris.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Iris.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1018\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The rapport between Vito and his understanding father (Joe De Santis)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/VitoFather2.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/VitoFather2.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1019\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Unusual camera angles and editing<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/CoolCameraAngle.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/CoolCameraAngle.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1015\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Striking graphics in the opening titles<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/ColdWindinAugust.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/ColdWindinAugust.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1017\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Smart dialogue<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s highly recommended for Albright&#8217;s wonderful performance.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0054755\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I keep forgetting I&#8217;m robbing the cradle.&#8221; Synopsis: A lonely stripper (Lola Albright) seduces a teenager (Scott Marlowe) in her apartment building, then finds herself unexpectedly falling in love. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Coming-of-Age May-December Romance New York City Strippers Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, &#8220;Lola Albright&#8230; had her one strong movie role in this erotic, honest little sleeper&#8221;, playing a &#8220;past-her-prime stripper who, to show herself she still has what it takes, seduces a seventeen year-old&#8221;,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1021\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1021","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1021"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65993,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021\/revisions\/65993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1021"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1021"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1021"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}