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“Carnal Knowledge” is clearly Mike Nichols’ best film. It sets out to tell us certain things about these few characters and their sexual crucifixions, and it succeeds. It doesn’t go for cheap or facile laughs, or inappropriate symbolism, or a phony kind of contemporary feeling.
Aug 29, 2022 · “Carnal Knowledge,” now being re-released by Rialto Pictures in a new 4K restoration, is as searing today as it was when it was released in 1971. Directed by Mike Nichols and written by Jules Feiffer, the film follows two college roommates through decades of sexual triumphs and failures.
- Neely Swanson
Although it comes lopsidedly from the male gaze, Carnal Knowledge is a sexually frank and ferociously well-acted battle between the sexes. Read Critics Reviews
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- Mike Nichols
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- Jack Nicholson
Carnal Knowledge: Directed by Mike Nichols. With Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret. Chronicling the lifelong sexual development of two men who meet and become friends in college.
- Mike Nichols
- 58 sec
Jul 4, 1971 · For “Carnal Knowledge” has a great deal on its mind, being, in effect, a political and social history of this country during the last 30 years, as defined, exclusively, in the sexual triumphs,...
TOP CRITIC. Nichols has broken thoroughly now with his stage beginnings, integrating camera and action easily, using space and silence with the fluency of a man at home behind a lens. Full Review...
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