{"id":9284,"date":"2009-08-21T14:23:45","date_gmt":"2009-08-21T21:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9284"},"modified":"2021-03-25T09:14:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T16:14:06","slug":"remember-my-name-1978","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9284","title":{"rendered":"Remember My Name (1978)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t cry when you disappeared.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Remember-My-Name-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Remember-My-Name-Poster-198x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-66915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Remember-My-Name-Poster-198x300.jpg 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Remember-My-Name-Poster-85x128.jpg 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Remember-My-Name-Poster-179x270.jpg 179w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/Remember-My-Name-Poster.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn ex-con (Geraldine Chaplin) stalks a construction worker (Anthony Perkins) and his wife (Berry Berenson).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alan Rudolph Films<\/li>\n<li>Anthony Perkins Films<\/li>\n<li>Ex-Cons<\/li>\n<li>Geraldine Chaplin Films<\/li>\n<li>Jeff Goldblum Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nLike his debut, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=45\"><em>Welcome to L.A.<\/em> (1977)<\/a>, Alan Rudolph&#8217;s second feature received mostly negative reviews upon its release, but remains an interesting failure. It&#8217;s essentially a slow-motion &#8220;fatal attraction&#8221; thriller, with Chaplin&#8217;s ex-con making her presence only gradually known to Perkins and Berenson: she tears up flowers in their garden, lurks behind corners, and skulkily follows them around in her beat-up car; we&#8217;re kept in suspense about why she&#8217;s so intent on making life miserable for this particular couple. Meanwhile, we witness her sparking an uneasy romance with a black handyman (Moses Gunn) in her apartment, and getting a job as a cashier in a grocery store, where she must contend with the suspicious nature of both her boss (Jeff Goldblum) and her co-worker (Alfre Woodard). The overall effect &#8212; thanks largely to Chaplin&#8217;s focused, sympathetic performance &#8212; is mostly absorbing, despite an occasional tendency towards pretension (as when broadcasts about an Eastern European earthquake are shown endlessly on television, for no apparent reason). And it&#8217;s nice to see wiry Perkins &#8212; performing with his real-life wife, Berry Berenson &#8212; cast somewhat against type as the object of Chaplin&#8217;s vengeance; given his inevitable association with &#8220;Norman Bates&#8221;, we&#8217;re never quite sure exactly how violent or psychotic he may turn out to be. Unfortunately, despite all these positive elements, the film&#8217;s ending doesn&#8217;t make much sense, and peters out just when we expect to see things resolved; this is a rare film that should have gone on longer than its 94 minutes, simply to wrap up the loose threads that suddenly emerge. With that said, it&#8217;s still worth a look, primarily for Chaplin&#8217;s stand-out performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Geraldine Chaplin as Emily<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/remember-my-name-chaplin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/remember-my-name-chaplin.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9291\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Anthony Perkins as Neil<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/remember-my-name-anthony-perkins.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/remember-my-name-anthony-perkins.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9295\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine supporting performances<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/remember-my-name-supporting.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/remember-my-name-supporting.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9293\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tak Fujimoto&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/remember-my-name-cinematography.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/remember-my-name-cinematography.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-9294\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Alberta Hunter&#8217;s blues score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, but it&#8217;s worth a look for both Chaplin and Perkins. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0078150\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/cgi-bin\/article.cgi?f=\/c\/a\/1995\/01\/13\/DD57256.DTL\">SF Gate Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1979\/03\/11\/archives\/remember-my-name-film-by-alan-rudolphthe-cast.html\">NY Times Original Review (spoiler alert)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t cry when you disappeared.&#8221; Synopsis: An ex-con (Geraldine Chaplin) stalks a construction worker (Anthony Perkins) and his wife (Berry Berenson). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Alan Rudolph Films Anthony Perkins Films Ex-Cons Geraldine Chaplin Films Jeff Goldblum Films Review: Like his debut, Welcome to L.A. (1977), Alan Rudolph&#8217;s second feature received mostly negative reviews upon its release, but remains an interesting failure. It&#8217;s essentially a slow-motion &#8220;fatal attraction&#8221; thriller, with Chaplin&#8217;s ex-con making her presence only gradually known&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=9284\"> 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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9284","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=9284"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70808,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9284\/revisions\/70808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}