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THECONNECTIONisoneofthemostvital,fascinatingfilmsoftheAmericanindependentworld.Createdbyawomandirector,ShirleyClarke,atatimewhentheywereinveryshortsupply,thefilmshatteredstereotypesinjustabouteveryconceivableway.Andyet,thefilmremainedunseenformanyyears.<br/> TheConnectionwasaplaywithinaplaywithinajazzconcert.Itportrayedagroupofdrugaddicts,someofthemjazzmusicians,waitinginaNewYorkloftapartmentfortheirdrugconnection.Aproducerandawriter,meanwhile,haveenteredtheirlivestostudythemandwriteaplayaboutthem.ThebrilliantlywrittenBeatdialoguewasblendedwithjazzmusicwrittenbythegreatpianistFreddieRedd.<br/> ClarkechangedthecharacterofthewritertoJimDunn,ayoung,preppyfilmmakerouttomakeanameforhimselfbydocumentingthe"scene."AsClarkewasbestfriendswiththehotnewindiedirectors,sheaddedalevelofhumorbypokingfunatthecinemaveritémovement.Shealsochosetokeeptheplay'sone-setconstriction,butshecombinedtheFrenchNewWave’smobilecamerawithawhirlingchoreographyofmovementandjazztocreateanexciting,kineticfilmthatwasacclaimedattheCannesInternationalFilmFestivalasamasterpiece.Yetevenknowingtheavantgardenatureoftheplayandherfilm,littlecouldClarkerecognizethefurorthefilmwasabouttocreate.
