Film Montage from "Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession" (2004)
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This is the end of the film "Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession" (2004), a fine documentary about the Z Channel, which was one of the first pay cable TV stations in the US. Z Channel became famous for showing an eclectic variety of films, including foreign language, silent, documentary, director's cut, forgotten, overlooked, underappreciated, erotic as well as mainstream films, without commercials and uncut and letterboxed when possible.
The film also tells the tragic story of Z Channel's programming director Jerry Harvey, true film lover, programming genius, and a man almost singlehandedly responsible for getting many great films shown to the public. Sadly, Jerry was a mad genius who had a constant battle with personal demons and ended his own life and the life of his wife in a murder-suicide.
The saddest part of all is that Z Channel (and Jerry's awesome programming) didn't survive to become a nationwide cable channel.
In this clip we hear Jerry requesting the song "What'll I Do" because "for me, it's the greatest love song". The song was written by Irving Berlin, and is sung here by William Atherton. Yes, the actor from "Die Hard".
As the song plays, the remainder of this clip is a montage of clips from films shown on the Z Channel.
0:18 1900 (1976, Bertolucci)
0:26 ?
0:28 Children of Paradise (1945, Carné)
0:34 China 9, Liberty 37 (1978, Hellman)
0:38 The Leopard (1963, Visconti)
0:44 Black Orpheus (1959, Camus)
0:49 La Strada (1954, Fellini)
0:55 Das Boot (1981, Petersen)
0:59 McCabe & Mrs. Miller (1971, Altman)
1:04 Malizia (1973, Samperi)
1:07 1900 (1976, Bertolucci)
1:10 In a Lonely Place (1950, Ray)
1:15 Heaven's Gate (1980, Cimino)
1:25 Salvador (1986, Stone)
1:29 Paths of Glory (1957, Kubrick)
1:33 Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession (1980, Roeg)
1:37 Turkish Delight (1973, Verhoeven)
1:40 8½ (1963, Fellini)
1:49 Le Magnifique (1973, de Broca)
1:45 The Important Thing is to Love (1975, Zulawski)
1:52 Fitzcarraldo (1982, Herzog)
1:55 One Deadly Summer (1983, Becker)
2:00 Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973, Peckinpah)
2:05 ?
2:09 Once Upon a Time in America (1984, Leone)
2:13 Silver Streak (1976, Hiller)
2:15 Pandora's Box (1929, Pabst)
2:18 College (1927, Horne)
2:21 Overlord (1975, Cooper)
2:25 Red Desert (1964, Antonioni)
2:30 The Wild Bunch (1969, Peckinpah)
2:36 The 400 Blows (1959, Truffaut)
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0:26 is from Juliet of the Spirits (1965, Fellini) - it occurs about 20 to 25 minutes into the film when Juliet (Giulietta Masina) is walking back from the beach through the forest and she hears voices.
2:05 is from Lady on the Bus (1978, Neville de Almeida) - final love-making scene that occurs in last 8 minutes of film.
I was a designer and production artist for Z Magazine for about 3 years in the 80s at the end...I was in my 20s and it was very enlightening! Paige Hardy & Associates was the agency I worked for during that time...it was in San Diego, California.
The magic and nostalgic ending of a moving and beautiful documentary.
The end of a brave and unique experience.
I will never be grateful enough to those who made the documentary and the channel itself.
Great clips; and who knew William Atherton had such a golden voice.
Great collage putting Jacqueline Bisset right before Klaus Kinski talk about Beauty and the Beast!
I have not heard this Bill Atherton version from the Gatsby soundtrack in 30 years. Thank you!
0:26, The Scene with the two children with green umbrella is Fellini's Juliet of the Spirits (1965)
For me this is the finest rendition of this song. And yes it is somewhat bizarre that it was sung by Atherton who went on to star in such films as "Ghostbusters" and as you pointed out "Die Hard". Indeed it was a few years before he even became a film actor. For anyone who is interested the Atherton version is from "The Great Gatsby"(1974) which starred Robert Redford.
0: 26 is Juliet of the Spirits by Fellini
i still have no clue on what the clip is at 2:05 but everything else is spot-on as i've seen 16 of these films in that montage.
The movie is the Cricket (La CIcila) that’s Clio Goldsmith nude
Does anyone know the names of EACH film shown in this montage? I only know several. I ask because I want to find them & watch them as well.
As for the documentary....I enjoyed it. It has been on Sky movies in the UK a lot over the past 3-4 months. I'll be honest and say as I live in the UK I had never heard of the Z Channel before I saw it. It was important in reviving and restructuring underrated greats like "Heaven's Gate" and "Once upon A Time in America". Jerry Harvey was ultimately a cruel self loathing alcoholic though. I felt that came across strongly.
It was directed by Xan Cassavetes daughter of the late great John.
Hey can you tell me the name of the film shown in the clip at 00:44 with the little girl dancing on the hill in the sunset and the clip directly after that which has some great camera work and I presume is French.
Also the one with the guy with the shades at 01:43. Thats such a cool shot.
Thanks.
I think its from "Black Orpheus"
Was Z-Channel carried by LA cable or was it a broadcast over-the-air subscription service like "ONTV" and "SelecTV" - or was it sent via Microwave antenna?
Z Channel was produced and broadcast on Santa Monica based Theta Cable, a service seen through many parts of the Los Angeles area, since the service was one of the biggest cable companies in Los Angeles at that time. I had heard that some other regional cable companies had agreements with Theta to carry the Z Channel as well, although I don't know specifically which ones.
The best movie is right there; at 00:54
Wrong best movie of all time at 2:09