San Francisco Film Society Oral History Project Interview with ...

CLAUDE JARMAN: But we had the Bo Widerberg film, we had Eric Rohmer’s film, we had good
movies that year. We were really beginning to get well known in Europe. People loved to come to San
Francisco. So it was a good example.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: You had one of the great tributes with Bette Davis.
CLAUDE JARMAN: Yes, memorable. We also had a film called Popcorn, which was sold like it was
going to be the Rolling Stones, and people hated it. It was a midnight showing.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Was it a music film?
CLAUDE JARMAN: Yes. And people started, I remember—Who was the guy who died, over in
France? Who was the rock star?
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Oh, Jim Morrison.
CLAUDE JARMAN: Yes, that’s right. He was there, and he came out. I remember him throwing
something against the wall. “I thought that guy was a big fraud, and I hated that movie.” So there you
go.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: Wow! I never even heard of it, so it must have been bad. (LAUGHS)
CLAUDE JARMAN: Well it had the Bee Gees, Otis Redding, Jimi Hendrix. And then the John
Schlesinger tribute—that was a good one.
MARGARITA LANDAZURI: What was his film?
CLAUDE JARMAN: No, his was a tribute. We also had tributes for Frank Perry, Mike Nichols and then
Bette Davis. And this was when Albert didn’t know when to cut it. I mean, it was like he’d start these
tributes at ten in the morning, and they wouldn’t come off until five in the afternoon.
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