Film
Ammo for Shooting Clouds: John G. Avildsen Before Rocky
2022 · 26m · Documentary
Before he was King of the Underdogs, he was King of the Counterculture!
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Overview
John G. Avildsen has only recently cemented his reputation as the "king of the underdogs," owing to his having directed both Rocky (1976) and The Karate Kid (1984). Within the last decade, a feature-length biographical documentary was released and a critical study book was published. But before Rocky, he was an astute chronicler of the counterculture, whose films possessed a rugged street aesthetic. Those early films (including Joe, Guess What We Learned in School Today, Cry Uncle, Save the Tiger, and The Stoolie) are evaluated for assuming an alternate posture on the counterculture happenings of the era.
Cast
Crew
- Daniel KremerDirector · Writer · Editor
Details
- Release date
- October 26, 2022
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 26m
- Genres
- Documentary
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