A Safe Place (1971)

A strange young woman lives in a fantasy world where she can never grow up.

Director:

Henry Jaglom

Writer:

Henry Jaglom

Stars:

Tuesday Weld, Orson Welles, Jack Nicholson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tuesday Weld	...	Susan / Noah
Orson Welles	...	The Magician
Jack Nicholson	...	Mitch
Phil Proctor	...	Fred (as Philip Proctor)
Gwen Welles	...	Bari
Dov Lawrence	...	Larry
Fanny Birkenmier	...	The Maid
Rhonda Alfaro	...	Little Girl in Rowboat
Sylvia Zapp	...	Susan at Age 7
Rachel Harlow	...	Noah's Friend (as Richard Finnochio)
Barbara Flood	...	Noah's Friend
Roger Garrett	...	Noah's Friend
Jordon Hahn	...	Noah's Friend
Francesca Hilton	...	Noah's Friend
Julie Robinson	...	Noah's Friend

Storyline

A disturbed young woman - a former for child of the 60's, named Noah lives alone in New York, where she's retreated into her past, yearning for lost innocence., searching for a "safe place." As a child, she met a magician in Central Park who gave her magical objects. She's romantically involved with 2 different men; Fred's practical but dull, and Mitch is dynamic sexy - her ideal fantasy partner, but neither man's able to totally fulfill her needs.

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Plot Keywords:

hippie | new york city | magic | free spirit | experimental | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

GP

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 October 1971 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Safe Place

Filming Locations:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

BBS Productions, Columbia Pictures, The Rainbow Film Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Anaïs Nin said of 'A Safe Place,' "'A Safe Place' is a masterpiece! All the subtle dreams and fantasies which color our experience are captured on film for the first time. Henry Jaglom is the magician of America Cinema."

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Quotes

Magician: Last night... in my sleep... I dreamed that I was sleeping. And dreaming in this sleep that I had awakened... I fell asleep.

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Crazy Credits

Jaglom's highly experimental sense of montage continues well into the closing credits, cutting between Orson Welles' hysterical laugh, aerial shots of the roof, the younger Noah in the window and older Noah leaning on the jukebox staring directly into the camera as the credits roll on the left side.

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Connections

Featured in Edge of Outside (2006)

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Soundtracks

Le Mer
Music by Charles Trenet
Lyrics by Charles Trenet
Performed by Charles Trenet

User Reviews

wonderful scenario

I don't know why I hadn't seen this movie before. I find the script an almost perfect one, closer to poetry than to the novel and a cinema language that owes a lot to Jean Luc Godard but nevertheless contributes to a post-modern comprehension of cinema as an art form in constant evolution. A 'must see' for any serious student of the evolution of cinema.

The film's cinematography, with a clear cut preference for close ups, is a contribution to the general epos of the story. A real masterpiece, which I am sure will gain in public aclaim as time passes. A 10 by any standard. Pedro Saad