The Moderns

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Cast

Keith Carradine
as Nick Hart

Linda Fiorentino
as Rachel Stone

John Lone
as Bertram Stone

Wallace Shawn
as Oiseau

Geneviève Bujold
as Libby Valentin

Geraldine Chaplin
as Nathalie de Ville

Kevin J. O'Connor
as Ernest Hemingway

CharlElie Couture
as L'Evidence

Charleie Couture
as Charley

Elsa Raven
as Gertrude Stein

Ali Giron
as Alice B. Toklas

Gailard Sartain
as New York Critic

Michael Wilson
as Surrealist Poet

Michael Rudder
as Buffy

Paul Buissonneau
as Alexandre

Lenie Scoffie
as Femme de Lettres

Reynald Bouchard
as Chapelle

Pierre Chagnon
as Stone's Bodyguard #1

Antonia Dauphin
as Babette

Ranee Lee
as Black Chanteuse

Bob Gould
as Blackie

David Stein
as Critic

Harry Hill
as Mr. Brown

Marthe Turgeon
as Proprietress

Didier Hoffman
as Priest

Meegan Lee Ochs
as Francis

Brooke Smith
as Abigail

Timothy Webber
as Stone's Business Associate

Danielle Schneider
as Fille de Nuit

Hubert Loiselle
as Art Critic

Beverly Murray
as Eve (Group Montparno)

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Critic Reviews for The Moderns

Audience Reviews for The Moderns

• Jul 30, 2009

  This is a fairly enjoyable tale set in the art world of 1920s Paris. The look of the film and the mood it creates are the most important things; far more important than the enjoyable, yet slow-moving plotline. It is highly imaginative and its representation of icons such as Ernest Hemingway and Gertrude Stein add an extra dimension to the film. The only true weak points are some of the dialogues between the two leads; it is sometimes out of place and almost too 'modern'! All the performances are good but John Lone and Keith Carradine are especially suited to their parts.
  Cassandra M Super Reviewer
• May 26, 2006

  [font=Century Gothic]"The Moderns" takes place in 1920's Paris where Nick Hart(Keith Carradine) is a starving artist who makes his living drawing cartoons to accompany the columns written by Oiseau(Wallace Shawn) in the Tribune.(Taking the high road, he has declined a commission to forge three Cezanne paintings for a wealthy soon-to-be divorcee, Nathalie(Geraldine Chaplin).) Nick's former lover, Rachel(Linda Fiorentino), is in town, now married to a mysterious businessman, Bertram Stone(John Lone), who is rumored to have killed a man. So, of course, Nick slaps Rachel at the salon of Gertrude Stein(Elsa Raven). Since dueling is now out of fashion, Bertram and Nick instead agree to a boxing match...[/font] [font=Century Gothic]"The Moderns" has an interesting setting and a fine cast but both are wasted in what is little more than a penis-measuring contest between Nick and Bertram. The movie is about the neverending battle between commerce and art but by not making it specifically about creating art, the film misses out on what made Paris in the 1920's special. Keith Carradine's wooden performance only hurts matters.[/font]
  Walter M Super Reviewer

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