A 2002 video piece featuring director Bob Rafelson, cinematographer László Kovács, and actor Bruce Dern discussing style and process of the film The King of Marvin Gardens (1972).
Direction
Rafelson's candid reflections on his own masterpiece.
Cinematography
Kovács breaks down those desaturated Atlantic City visuals.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Rafelson and Kovács had already collaborated on Five Easy Pieces and The Last Movie, making this a bittersweet reunion—Kovács died in 2007, Rafelson in 2022.
This short was produced for the Criterion Collection release, part of their early 2000s push to archive director commentaries as standalone artistic documents.
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