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I Never Sang for My Father (Gilbert Cates, 1970).

I Never Sang for My Father (1970) 

Sylvia Sidney-Joanne Woodward “Deseos de verano, sueños de invierno” (Summer whises, winter dreams) 1973  de Gilbert Cates.

I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER (1970). Gilbert Cates directs Melvyn Douglas and Gene Hackman in an adaptation of the Robert Anderson play.

Gene Hackman in I Never Sang for My Father (Gilbert Cates, 1970)

Happy Father’s Day! Today, I present two Gene Hackman starring films about complicated, dysfunctional father/children relationships. He plays the tortured son in I Never Sang for My Father and in the The Royal Tenenbaums, the selfish and inconsiderate father. The former a melancholy drama with no easy answers. A combination of dark comedy and uncomfortable drama, tied together with Wes Anderson’s quirky, meticulous style, forms the latter. They both show very difficult relationships that are emotionally trying.

I Never Sang for My Father (Gilbert Cates, 1970).

I Never Sang for My Father (Gilbert Cates, 1970).