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Jul 5, 1972 · This documentary tells the story of the rise and fall of Lenny Bruce (1925-1966), hip comedian and bête noire to the establishment. The film makes the case that Bruce was impoverished and broken by a series of unjust arrests and prosecutions in the 1960s.
- (154)
- Documentary, Biography
- Fred Baker
- 1972-07-05
The movie is held together by a series of cliche narrations and some melancholy jazz. At the end, there's Lenny Bruce's nude, overdosed body and then a maudlin song of the sort all performers secretly like in their narcissistic moods, about how they're all alone.
The outrageous, groundbreaking comic Lenny Bruce, whose iconoclastic material in a conservative era got him into tragic trouble, is profiled by a close friend, Fred Baker, who prefers to remember the laughs Lenny Bruce's memory evokes instead of the tears.
- Fred Baker
- 4
The outrageous, groundbreaking comic Lenny Bruce, whose iconoclastic material in a conservative era got him into tragic trouble, is profiled by a close friend, Fred Baker, who prefers to remember the laughs Lenny Bruce's memory evokes instead of the tears.
Lenny Bruce Without Tears. A collection of tapes, stills and film footage of Lenny Bruce shows him in his most outrageous and tortured moments. [Conveys] the startling physical...
- Fred Baker
- Documentary
- Lenny Bruce, Steve Allen, Paul Krassner
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Lenny Bruce: Without Tears. Summaries. Documentary on the life and death of Lenny Bruce. This documentary tells the story of the rise and fall of Lenny Bruce (1925-1966), hip comedian and bête noire to the establishment. The film makes the case that Bruce was impoverished and broken by a series of unjust arrests and prosecutions in the 1960s.
