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Child Under A Leaf — written, directed and edited by George Bloomfield, Produced by Murray Shostak and Robert Baylis, Director of Cinematography — Don Wilder, Music composed and conducted by Francis Lai, Art Director — Jocelyn Joly, Location Sound Recordist — Henri Blondeau, Assistant Directors — Sunny Cullen, John Fretz, Maury Chaykin, Assistant Cameraman — Rick Maguire, Production
How has “‘Child Under a Leaf” been received?
It’s a strange thing. It’s had a mixture of reactions, which has really surprised me. I thought if anything, it’s one of those pictures that would have a generally sympathetic reaction. It has gotten some violent reactions in a number of people! Most women have responded well. It’s a very romantic film, I think. But men, very sensitive men have responded very well, but men who also may be sensitive but who are nervous in their relationships with women, men who are a little uneasy about man/woman roles and, I suppose, men who are nervous’ about their wives — it’s amongst those men that I have had very violent reactions.
That probably has a lot to do with the fact that your film is obviously from the point of view of the man —who is depicted as being very sensitive towards women. That has become
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— A. Ibranyi-Kiss
Manager — Stan Schwartz. Starring: Dyan Cannon, Donald Pilon, Joseph Campanella, Albert S. Waxman, Micheline Lanctot, Bud Knapp, Bess Bloomfield and Julie Bullock. Potterton Productions in association with Ethos Productions, with assistance from the Canadian Film Development Corporation. ;
(Interviewed by Stephen Chesley and A. Ibranyi-Kiss.)
unusual in the wake of films like Clockwork Orange, Easy Rider, Straw Dogs, Last Detail, Carnal Knowledge, etc. — all films which have reacted against the Women’s Movement.
The film is from Pilon’s point of view, you’re absolutely right. He represents the fantasies of what a lover would be in the minds of an awful lot of mature women. He has that sensitivity, that virility, but at the same time he’s not a bull. That could very well be what makes some men very nervous seeing it.
There’s certainly nothing controversial about it — it’s a very simple film. We’re talking about human beings and certain set of feelings between human beings. If you start dealing with the plot line of Child Under A Leaf, it’s the same plot line you might find in soap opera. There’s no question about it. It’s true the emphasis goes entirely the other way, but the