John Turturro’s Adventures in Moviegoing
21 Episodes
A virtuoso actor who brings an unpredictable edge to his always memorable performances for frequent collaborators like the Coen brothers and Spike Lee, John Turturro is also a fervent cinephile who became enamored with the golden-age Hollywood stars whose films he watched religiously on television while growing up in Queens. In this edition of Adventures In Moviegoing, he sits down with Criterion Collection curatorial director Ashley Clark to discuss a selection of the films that have marked his life, including those built around commanding, physical performances from favorite actors like Burt Lancaster (BRUTE FORCE), Marlon Brando (ON THE WATERFRONT), and Toshiro Mifune (SEVEN SAMURAI).
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John Turturro's Adventures in Moviegoing Teaser
Episode 1
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18:06Episode 2John Turturro in Conversation
Episode 2
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01:59Episode 3John Turturro on THE LADY EVE
Episode 3
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1:34:30Episode 4The Lady Eve
Episode 4
Directed by Preston Sturges • 1941 • United States
Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles CoburnBarbara Stanwyck sizzles, Henry Fonda bumbles, and Preston Sturges runs riot in one of the all-time great screwballs, a pitch-perfect blend of comic zing and swoonworthy romance. Aboard a cr...
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03:11Episode 5John Turturro on ON THE WATERFRONT
Episode 5
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1:47:59Episode 6On the Waterfront
Episode 6
Directed by Elia Kazan • 1954 • United States
Starring Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Lee J. CobbMarlon Brando gives the performance of his career as the tough prizefighter-turned-longshoreman Terry Malloy in this masterpiece of urban poetry. A raggedly emotional tale of individual failure and soc...
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02:57Episode 7John Turturro on SEVEN SAMURAI
Episode 7
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3:27:09Episode 8Seven Samurai
Episode 8
Directed by Akira Kurosawa • 1954 • Japan
Starring Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Keiko TsushimaOne of the most thrilling movie epics of all time, SEVEN SAMURAI (SHICHININ NO SAMURAI) tells the story of a sixteenth-century village whose desperate inhabitants hire the eponymous warriors to pro...
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02:36Episode 9John Turturro on ROCCO AND HIS BROTHERS
Episode 9
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2:58:50Episode 10Rocco and His Brothers
Episode 10
Directed by Luchino Visconti • 1960 • Italy
Starring Alain Delon, Annie Girardot, Renato SalvatoriLooking for opportunity, five brothers move north with their mother to Milan. There, Simone and Rocco find fame, in the boxing ring, and love, in the same woman. Jealousy mounts, blood is shed, and...
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02:17Episode 11John Turturro on BRUTE FORCE
Episode 11
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1:40:54Episode 12Brute Force
Episode 12
Directed by Jules Dassin • 1947 • United States
Starring Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles BickfordAs hard-hitting as its title, BRUTE FORCE was the first of Jules Dassin’s forays into the crime genre, a prison melodrama that takes a critical look at American society as well. Burt Lancaster ...
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03:26Episode 13John Turturro on DIVORCE ITALIAN STYLE
Episode 13
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1:44:52Episode 14Divorce Italian Style
Episode 14
Directed by Pietro Germi • 1961 • Italy
Starring Marcello Mastroianni, Stefania Sandrelli, Daniela RoccaBaron Ferdinando Cefalù (Marcello Mastroianni) longs to marry his nubile young cousin Angela (Stefania Sandrelli), but one obstacle stands in his way: his fatuous and fawning wife, Rosalia (D...
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03:15Episode 15John Turturro on WILD STRAWBERRIES
Episode 15
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1:32:25Episode 16Wild Strawberries
Episode 16
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1957 • Sweden
Starring Victor Sjöström, Bibi Andersson, Ingrid ThulinTraveling to accept an honorary degree, Professor Isak Borg—masterfully played by the veteran filmmaker and actor Victor Sjöström—is forced to face his past, come to terms with his faults, and make...
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03:29Episode 17John Turturro on CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI
Episode 17
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1:01:57Episode 18CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI: Episode 1
Episode 18
Directed by Francesco Rosi • 1979 • Italy
Starring Gian Maria Volontè, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain CunyAn elegy of exile and an epic immersion in the world of rural Italy during the regime of Benito Mussolini, Francesco Rosi’s sublime adaptation of the memoirs of the painter, physician, and politica...
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55:55Episode 19CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI: Episode 2
Episode 19
Directed by Francesco Rosi • 1979 • Italy
Starring Gian Maria Volontè, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain CunyAn elegy of exile and an epic immersion in the world of rural Italy during the regime of Benito Mussolini, Francesco Rosi’s sublime adaptation of the memoirs of the painter, physician, and politica...
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51:00Episode 20CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI: Episode 3
Episode 20
Directed by Francesco Rosi • 1979 • Italy
Starring Gian Maria Volontè, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain CunyAn elegy of exile and an epic immersion in the world of rural Italy during the regime of Benito Mussolini, Francesco Rosi’s sublime adaptation of the memoirs of the painter, physician, and politica...
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53:43Episode 21CHRIST STOPPED AT EBOLI: Episode 4
Episode 21
Directed by Francesco Rosi • 1979 • Italy
Starring Gian Maria Volontè, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain CunyAn elegy of exile and an epic immersion in the world of rural Italy during the regime of Benito Mussolini, Francesco Rosi’s sublime adaptation of the memoirs of the painter, physician, and politica...
