A Shock to the System
1990
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Director. Writer. Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Jan Egleson was born in 1946 in New York City, New York, USA. He is a director and writer, known for The Blue Diner (2001), Lemon Sky (1988) and A Shock to the System (1990). More at IMDbPro. Contact info.
- January 1, 1
- 1.71 m
- New York City, New York, USA
- Director, Writer, Actor
about the filmmaker. Jan Egleson's trilogy of films starring Boston's working class residents in the late 70's and early 80's have been hailed as innovative pioneering works of Independent Filmmaking.
The Harvard Film Archive is pleased to present this tribute to local filmmaker Jan Egleson, recipient of this year’s Vision Award for Distinguished Filmmaking from the Boston Film/Video Foundation. Born in New York City in 1946, Egleson began his ...
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Associate Professor of the Practice, Film & Television. Office: B02. Email: jegleson@bu.edu. About Jan Egleson. Jan Egleson is a writer/director who has worked in film, television and theater. He most recently directed Coyote Waits, based on the novel by Tony Hillerman, for Robert Redford’s Wildwood Productions.
THE BLUE DINER — Jan Egleson. WATCH THE FILM HERE. THE BLUE DINER is a film about food, memory, language and caskets. It is the story of a Puerto Rican mother and daughter living together in Boston and the difficulties they encounter when the daughter, Elena, mysteriously loses her ability to speak Spanish, her first language.
Nov 27, 2013 · The Early Days of Boston/Cambridge Cinema: An Interview with Director Jan Egleson. I have spent a great deal of time on this blog bringing forgotten or undiscovered trash classics to people’s attention, but the first legitimately great film I watched, where I felt a real sense of loss from its obscurity, was Jan Egleson’s 1979 drama ...
