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Charles Burnett on His Soaring Romance ‘The Annihilation of Fish,’ Finally Released After 25 Years in Distribution Hell
Charles Burnett ('Killer of Sheep') on the long-delayed release of his romance 'The Annihilation of Fish,' starring James Earl Jones and Lynn Redgrave.
The late James Earl Jones and Lynn Redgrave star as aging neighbors turned tender lovers in “ The Annihilation of Fish,” newly restored in 4K from Kino Lorber and Milestone Films. Playing New York now before expanding to Los Angeles and select cities, the film not only finds two terrific actors — three, including Margot Kidder — working at the top of their games, but also sees them united with director Charles Burnett. Still, Burnett carries the woe that Redgrave, who died in 2010, “won’t get the response we had really wished she would get from the audiences.” Indeed, “The Annihilation of Fish” is a complete charmer: a masterwork of tonal control that deserves to be reckoned with as much more than an archival curiosity.
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