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 July 20, 2012

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Film reviewer Chris Dashiell looks back at a 1975 film that was shot locally, and which still stands out as an oddity in the career of one of America's most acclaimed directors.
by Mark McLemore

alice doesnt live spotlight Ellen Burstyn, Alfred Lutter, and Kris Kristofferson in a scene from "Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore"

martin scorcese in tucson portrait Director Martin Scorcese, at work on "Alice" in 1975

Sometimes, a film can almost inadvertently capture the look and feel of a particular place and era in amazing detail. This effect can be seen at work in Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, the 1975 Oscar-winner directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Ellen Burstyn and Kris Kristofferson.

Chris Dashiell takes a look back at the film, paying particular attention to the locations where some key scenes were shot, scenes which depict a bygone time in Arizona.

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Who is Chris Dashiell?

chris dashiell portrait Film reviewer Chris Dashiell

Chris Dashiell has been writing about movies for seventeen years, serving as the editor of the online film lovers' guide Cinescene for ten of them. He currently reviews films for Flicks, a weekly program on Tucson's community radio station KXCI, and he confesses to shamelessly idolizing Carl Dreyer, Jean Renoir, and Luchino Visconti.

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